The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) invites interested entities to submit proposals for services to conduct a survey of the Retail Mobile Market in The Bahamas. The results of this survey will help to inform URCA’s understanding of the product market definition for retail cellular/mobile services. In particular, the survey is intended to find out about: Socio-demographic profiles of customers;Customer usage and attitude;Preference for cellular/mobile services versus fixed-line services and Over-the-Top (‘OTT’) calling[1] and messaging services;[2] andCustomer responsiveness to price changes. The deadline for submission of proposals is no later than 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday 6 April 2021. A…
For Immediate Release Today, the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (‘URCA’) published on its website the draft reference offers from BTC and CBL for their point of presence based wholesale dedicated internet access (‘WDIA’) services along with URCA’s consultation document ECS 02/2021. This represents the implementation stage of the obligations set out in the Final Determination on the Review of Wholesale Broadband Access Services under Sections 39 and 40 of the Communications Act, 2009. URCA now invites interested parties to review and comment on both the price and non-price terms for WDIA services proposed by BTC and CBL in their…
29 January 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Today, the Utilities Regulations and Competition Authority (“URCA”) publishes Adjudication [ECS-COMP 01/2021] pursuant to section 105 of the Communications Act 2009 (Comms Act). On the 15 December 2020, Speedcast Caribbean Limited applied for a Change in Control pursuant to section 70(1) of the Comms Act by submitting a Basic Notification Form (with accompanying document) to URCA. This Adjudication sets out URCA's analysis of the effect of the notified Transaction on competition in the relevant market in The Bahamas, pursuant to section 75(1)(a) and 75(1)(b) of the Comms Act, and in accordance with section 103…
SAVE THE DATE!The Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (CCREEE) will hold an information session focused on the newly launched Project Preparation Facility (PPF).The PPF is designed for private sector entities including project developers interested in accessing sustainable energy project development support for implementation in any of the CARICOM Member States.For more information on the PPF visit: https://www.ccreee.org/eve…/ppf-private-sector-info-session/.REGISTER TODAY here: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx…
