URCA hereby notifies the public that, in exercise of its powers under section 9 of the Communications Act, 2009, it has commenced an investigation into the network outage experienced by The Bahamas Telecommunications Company Limited (BTC) on March 22, 2014. Accordingly, BTC is required to submit to URCA, on or before April 4, 2014, a full report in relation to the network outage, inclusive of a proposal for compensation to consumers affected by the outage. The full Public Notice can be downloaded by clicking on the PDF document below. Downloads Notice of Investigation of BTC's Network Outage
URCA hereby notifies the public that frequencies in the spectrum band 88 MHz to 108 MHz allocated under the National Spectrum Plan for FM Radio Broadcasting have been fully assigned for use on New Providence and, therefore, are currently exhausted and unavailable for any further assignment on the said island. A copy of the Public Notice may be downloaded by clicking on the PDF document below. Downloads Public Notice, Exhaustion of FM Radio Frequencies
URCA today published a consultation document entitled "The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Guidelines". Responses to the consultation should be received no later than May 2, 2014. A copy of the full Press Release, may be downloaded by following the respective PDF document links below. Downloads URCA Release, Consultation on Alternative Dispute Resolution Guidelines
The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) invites interested entities to submit proposals for the provision of records and information management consulting services. The deadline for submission is April 30, 2014. A copy of the Request for Proposals can be downloaded via the PDF document below. URCA wishes to thank all respondents, but only those suitably qualified will be contacted. Downloads Notice, Records and Information Management Services RFP, Records and Information Management Consulting Service
