URCA Publishes Final SMP Decision
Section 116 of the Communications Act 2009 (the “Comms Act”) sets out presumptions of Significant Market Power (SMP) for Bahamas Telecommunications Company (“BTC”) and Cable

Section 116 of the Communications Act 2009 (the “Comms Act”) sets out presumptions of Significant Market Power (SMP) for Bahamas Telecommunications Company (“BTC”) and Cable
The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) publishes its Public Register of all individual licensees, including named licensees and relevant subsidiary undertakings and all registered
URCA today publishes a Position Paper on Types of Obligations on BTC and CBL under Section 116(3) of the Communications Act. The purpose of the
In fulfillment of its commitment to publish a series of comprehensive Guidelines on the application of the competition provisions set out in Part XI of
URCA publishes the National Spectrum Plan Friday 12 March 2010 The National Radio Spectrum Plan for The Bahamas is published by the Utilities Regulation and
Firstly, URCA publishes its Preliminary Determination on the Types of Obligations on operators with Significant Market Power (SMP) on 30 September 2009. Having regard to
In response to a complaint made to the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority by Dr. Bernard J. Nottage, MP, JP, against the Broadcasting Corporation of
Today URCA published a public consultation document on Content Regulation: Process for developing Codes of Practice. The purpose of this public consultation is to set
URCA held a press conference on the Interim Code of Practice for Political Broadcasts Downloads Interim code of Practice for Political Broadcasts
Part IX of the Comms Act sets out URCA’s role on content regulation. To that end, URCA is in the process of issuing a public
URCA is pleased to publish its first Draft Annual Plan, pursuant to Section 41 of the URCA Act. It outlines broad priorities of URCA for
URCA published Preliminary Determinations ECS 18/2009 and ECS 19/2009 (the “Preliminary Determinations”) on 30 September, 2009. These Preliminary Determinations set out the types of obligations
The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) issued a Preliminary Determination on 1 October, 2009 (Consultation Document – ECS 03/2009) on the Class Licences, Exemptions
The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) issued a Preliminary Determination on 19 August, 2009 (Consultation Document – ECS02/2009) on the cost of capital associated
Pursuant to Section 116(3) of the Communications Act 2009, URCA today issued Preliminary Determinations on Types of Obligations on operators deemed to have SMP –
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
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
URCA publishes a supplement – URCA A new standard in regulation Downloads URCA supplement
An article appeared in the Tribune heading: Sector policy footprint has chilly climate By:Audrey Ingram Roberts. Downloads Sector Policy footprint has chilly climate
The Utilities Regulation & Competition Authority (URCA) is pleased to announce that the Communications Act 2009 (Comms Act), gives URCA full powers. Downloads New licensing