The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) has published the Draft National Numbering Plan (NNP) and Statement of Results from the NNP Public Consultation that was initiated under the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) in 2008. The work which is now being completed by URCA was delayed with the introduction of new electronic communications sector legislation in 2009 and the subsequent transition of the PUC to URCA, as the new regulator. This transition process resulted in the re-prioritization of some of the work already started by the PUC. Section 79 of the Communications Act empowers URCA to regulate Telecommunications Numbering and…
Section 116 of the Communications Act 2009 (the “Comms Act”) sets out presumptions of Significant Market Power (SMP) for Bahamas Telecommunications Company (“BTC”) and Cable Bahamas Limited (“CBL”) for two high level markets respectively and imposes a duty on URCA to determine which specific, if any, ex ante obligations should be imposed on these two operators. The obligations are to be “designed to maintain … the objective of encouraging, promoting and enforcing sustainable competition”. The consultation process on this matter started at the end of September 2009 with the publication of Preliminary Determinations and accompanying guidelines. Since then there have…
The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) publishes its Public Register of all individual licensees, including named licensees and relevant subsidiary undertakings and all registered class licensees. The Public Register is in electronic form however, URCA will maintain hard copies of its Public Register at its principal office for inspection by the public on request during normal business hours without charge. URCA will also maintain hard copies of Individual Licences and Class Licences Requiring Registration at its principal office for inspection by the public on request during normal business hours without charge. Where any member of the public requires or…
URCA today publishes a Position Paper on Types of Obligations on BTC and CBL under Section 116(3) of the Communications Act. The purpose of the Paper is to set out URCA’s current thinking on the types of obligations, and the reasons for possible changes to the Preliminary Determination issued in September 2009. This document is not a statement of results. It does not discuss all submissions and data received in detail, nor does it repeat the original analysis unless necessary: readers of this document should refer to the Preliminary Determinations and Draft Orders (which may be downloaded from URCA’s website…
