The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (“URCA”) issues this Final Determination and Order (“FDO”) to Paramount Systems Ltd. (“PSL” or “the Licensee”) pursuant to section 99(1) of the Communications Act, 2009 (“Comms Act”).

This FDO is issued consequential to URCA’s own-initiative investigation concerning suspected breaches by PSL of the Code of Practice for Content Regulation ECS (Revised) 08/2020 (“the Code”) and Individual Spectrum Licence IS-09-0055 issued by URCA to PSL on 15 June 2017 (“the Licence”), and the Notice of Preliminary Determination and Draft Order – ECS 07/2023 dated 8 May 2023 issued by URCA to PSL (“PDDO”).

URCA has determined that PSL has breached clauses 2.1(1), 2.1(2)(a), 2.1(2)(b), 2.4(1), 2.4(7), 3.1(1), 3.1(2), 5.1(1), 5.1(2), 5.1(3), 5.2(1), 5.4(3), 5.10(1), and 8.6(2) of the Code, and Condition 3.2 of the Licence. In accordance with section 100(5) of the Comms Act, this FDO provides URCA’s reasoning behind its determination in sufficient detail to enable it to be understood and the reasons for such decision to be known.

A copy of the full document may be downloaded below:

ECS 08/2023 Final Determination and Order to Paramount Systems Ltd.