The government has decided that after recommendations from the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA), there is no case for a third mobile operator in The Bahamas at this time, URCA’s draft Electronic Communications Sector (ECS) Policy for 2023-2026 reveals. Mobile companies Bahamas Telecommunications Company Ltd. (BTC) and BeAliv (Aliv) Limited have been waiting for this
The deployment of a 5G network is still three to five years away, though the rollout of the newest mobile network could come sooner for some areas, Cable Bahamas Ltd. (CBL/Aliv) said in one of its responses to the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority’s (URCA) recently released consultation document “Public Consultation on the Demand for Enhanced Internet Connectivity and
Cable Bahamas Ltd. (CBL)/Aliv and Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) are concerned with the eventual cost of the rollout of 5G – with BTC noting in the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority’s (URCA) recently released ‘Public Consultation on the Demand for Enhanced Internet Connectivity and 5G in The Bahamas’ – that the two mobile companies cannot