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URCA Publishes Results of Retail Price Regulation Consultation

The Government of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas issued a public consultation on 17 June 2009 on the proposed new Retail Pricing Regulation for the communications sector (”the consultation”). The Retail Pricing Regulation Consultation set out the possible options for retail price regulation in the electronic communications sector. Emphasis was placed on proposing retail price regulation that would be suitable for use in a modern, competitive electronic communications market. Based on a request for an extension for the submission of responses, the consultation closed on 3 August 2009. The Utilities Regulation & Competition Authority (URCA) Act came into force on…

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URCA Publishes Guidance on Merger Control

Today, 18 September 2009, URCA has published the first three (3) documents, ECS COMP1, ECS COMP 2, ECS COMP 3. The remaining guidance notes will be published in the next few weeks. These documents can be downloaded from URCA’s website www.urcabhamas.bs Downloads Guidance on Merger Control

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URCA Supplement

URCA publishes a supplement - URCA A new standard in regulation Downloads URCA supplement

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