In this Final Determination, the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (“URCA”) sets forth its decision to approve the terms and conditions upon which The Bahamas Telecommunications Company Limited (“BTC”) will offer direct mobile interconnection for Other Licensed Operators’ (“OLOs”) traffic. Today’s decision requires BTC to incorporate the updated terms and conditions for direct mobile connectivity (at Section 3 below) into BTC’s Reference Access and Interconnection Offer (“RAIO”).

Direct mobile interconnection is a regulated wholesale service that OLOs must have to physically link their networks to BTC’s mobile switch and to route and exchange traffic. The availability of the service will increase efficiency and transparency and reduce transaction costs for networks.