Competition

URCA’s competition function extend to all electronic communication sector services related to the provision of content services including broadcasting; networks and carriage services; and any other services and/or facilities provided by means of, in association with or in facilitation of any network or carriage services.

Competition issues are governed by the following Regulatory Guidelines:

• For Merger Control
  • ECS Comp 1 – Competition Guidance, Merger Control Procedure
  • ECS Comp 2 – Competition Guidance, Merger Control Substantive
  • ECS Comp 3 – Merger Control, Regulation on Fees
• For Anticompetitive Agreements & Abuse of Dominant Position
  • ECS Comp 4 – ECS Comp 9 – Consolidated Competition Guidelines

URCA’s Competition Guidelines outline the scope of URCA’s functions in competition matters, and also provide guidance on how a competition complaint may be submitted. It also outlines URCA’s investigation procedure.