CONSULTATIONS & DECISIONS
Feb 7th 2019
The MCA is today publishing its Decision that a PAFS provider that uses its
delivery network to distribute postal articles to its customers in Malta
constitutes a postal service falling outside the scope of the universal
postal service. In line with the Postal Services Act, Chapter 254 of the Laws
of Malta a genera...
Dec 28th 2018
The Malta Communications Authority (MCA) has conducted an investigation of
GO’s zero-rated offers, namely the “GO Music WildCard”, “GO
TVAnywhere” and “GO TVAnywhere Lite” in view of Regulation (EU)
2015/2120 commonly known as the Net Neutrality Regulation. This regulation
establishes the common rules...
Dec 19th 2018
The MCA notified the current decision to the EU Commission prior to today’s
publication. The EU Commission comments letter is available here [1].
Six relevant wholesale markets for the provision of fixed voice call
termination on individual public telephone networks in Malta are identified
in the current decision....
Dec 19th 2018
The Malta Communications Authority (‘MCA’) is hereby publishing the final
decision document concerning the wholesale markets for the provision of voice
call termination services on individual mobile networks in Malta. The MCA
notified the current decision to the EU Commission prior to today’s
publication. The...
Dec 10th 2018
Following a formal request by MaltaPost to review the Registered Mail
tariffs, the Malta Communications Authority (MCA) reviewed this proposal and
issued a Consultation document on the proposed way forward. The Consultation
period ended on the 15th November 2018, and the MCA is publishing its
Decision [1].
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Dec 4th 2018
Following a formal request by MaltaPost to review the established letterbox
collection times, the Malta Communications Authority (MCA) reviewed this
proposal and issued a Consultation document on the proposed way forward. The
Consultation period ended on the 5th November 2018, and the MCA is publishing
its Decision...
Sep 24th 2018
The MCA is hereby publishing a corrigendum to MCA Decision No. MCA/D/17-2971
of 9 October 2017 on the assignment process for additional spectrum for
wireless broadband. The purpose of the corrigendum is to replace the
reference of Commission Implementing Decision '2011/251/EU' (amending
decision) with Commission De...
Jun 28th 2018
In line with Decision (EU) 2017/899, the MCA is publishing the National
Roadmap [1] for the UHF band between 470 – 790 MHz. This roadmap lays down
the foundation to ensure that Malta is well positioned to adopt and benefit
from future wireless technologies while sustaining competitiveness in the
rapidly changin...
May 14th 2018
Following the publication of the Legal Notice amending the Postal Services
(General) Regulations (S.L. 254.01 of the Laws of Malta), the Decision Notice
issued by the MCA today establishes the regulatory conditions which are to be
met by MaltaPost as the Universal Service Provider before the amended
regulations bec...
Apr 16th 2018
In January 2018, the MCA published its decision on the ‘Review of GO
plc’s application for funding of the net cost claimed to have been incurred
to provide universal service obligations during 2014’. It includes an
analysis and assessment of the claimed universal service components and the
result of an auditi...