29 October, 2013
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URCA Decisions
22 August, 2013
Final Determination and Order – BTC June 2012 Network Outage
On March 7, 2013, the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) issued a Final Determination and Order to the Bahamas Telecommunications Company Limited (BTC) regarding the operator’s network outage on June 18, 2012. The Final Determination upheld URCA’s preliminary finding [release issued January 2, 2013] that BTC breached Condition 27.1.1
21 March, 2013
Final Determinations: Alleged Breaches of Content Regulations, ZNS
On January 15, 2013, The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) issued Final Determinations on alleged breaches of the Communications Act by the Broadcasting Corporation of The Bahamas (BCB) as follows: May 2, 2012 complaint regarding a paid political advertisement of the Free National Movement (FNM) Alleged use of profanity
15 January, 2013
21 December, 2012
ECS 06/2012 Final Determination and Order: Application of the Code of Practice for Content Regulation
Today, URCA issued its Final Determination and Order on the Application of the Code of Practice for Content Regulation (ECS 6/2012) to Carriage Services, Content Services and On Demand Audiovisual Media Services and the Application of Must Carry Obligations to Content Services Intended for Reception by Subscribers of Carriage Services
29 May, 2012
Final Order: Cable Bahamas Limited, Political Advertisements
Today, URCA issued a Final Order to Cable Bahamas Limited in response to political advertisement complaints. A copy of the Order may be downloaded by following the below PDF document link.
4 May, 2012
Orders: Political Advertisement Complaints, CBL and ZNS
Today, URCA issued two Orders in response to complaints made against The Broadcasting Corporation of The Bahamas and Cable Bahamas Limited regarding political advertisements. Copies of the issued Orders may be downloaded via the below PDF document links.
2 May, 2012
Final Determination and Order Against CBS
Pursuant to section 101 of the Communications Act, 2009 (“Comms Act”) the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (“URCA”) publishes its Final Determination and Order issued on April 12, 2012 to Complete Business Systems Ltd. (“the Licensee”). The Final Determination and Order were issued in accordance with sections 99 and 95
17 April, 2012
Final Determinations and Orders, Simon Smith, CBS and Pacific Wireless
Pursuant to section 101 of the Communications Act, 2009 (Comms Act) URCA hereby publishes its Final Determinations and Orders issued on September 23, 2011 to the following Licensees: (a) Simon Smith T/A Island WISP (b) Complete Business Systems Ltd. (c) Pacific Wireless Company The Final Determinations and Orders were issued
26 September, 2011
Final Determination and Order: GEMS Radio
URCA today published a Final Determination and Order that it issued under Sections 99 and 95 respectively of the Communications Act 2009 to Bartlett-McWeeney Communications Limited, the operators of GEMS FM Radio 105.9, on May 26, 2011 arising from the failure of the Licensee to retain or to permit URCA
15 August, 2011
Adjudication on Change in Control of BTC
URCA has today issued its Final Adjudication on the Change in Control of BTC. A PDF copy of the the complete Merger Control Adjudication may be downloaded via the document link below.
10 March, 2011
Adjudication on the Merger of Systems Resource Group Limited and Cable Bahamas Ltd.
URCA has today issued its Final Adjudication on the proposed merger between CBL and SRG. A PDF copy of this Merger Control Adjudication may be downloaded via the below document link
4 February, 2011
Order, Inbound Call Dispute, BTC-SRG
URCA today published an Order that it issued under section 95 of the Communications Act to Bahamas Telecommunications Company Ltd. (BTC) and Systems Resource Group Ltd.(SRG, trading as IndiGO) arising from a dispute between them on 23rd June 2010. The Update Publication of Order re: BTC/SRG Inbound Termination Dispute and
27 January, 2011