New director assumes office at Regulatory Authority of Curaçao
Bureau Telecommunicatie & Post (BT&P) welcomed its new director, mr. Franklin Sluis, on January 20th, 2016. On this day BT&P also celebrated its 20-year anniversary and took a retrospective view on 20 years of regulatory services rendered by… read more
Tariff adjustment fuel January 2016
The Government of Curaçao has announced a tariff adjustment for the retail prices for the products Mogas 95, Gasoil LSD, LPG 100 lbs and LPG 20 lbs, which is applicable as per 5 January 2016. Download here the… read more
Tariff adjustment electricity and water January 2016
The Government of Curaçao has announced an adjustment of the tariffs for electricity and water applicable as per 1 January 2016. Download here the information about the tariff adjustments that apply as of 1 January 2016 until further… read more
Fuel prices December 2015
Curaçao, 27 November 2015 The Bureau Telecommunication & Post (to be referred to hereinafter as: the Bureau) by means of this press release gives further information on the recently established price adjustments in the tariffs for Mogas 95… read more
Tariffs for electricity and water December 2015
Curaçao, 27 November 2015 The Bureau Telecommunication & Post (to be referred to hereinafter as: the Bureau) by means of this press release gives further information on the background of the recently adapted tariffs for water and electricity… read more
WRC 15 approves spectrum for automotive radar: Anti-collision mechanism to improve road safety worldwide
The World Radiocommunication Conference 2015 (WRC 15) decided that radio-frequency spectrum needed for the operation of short-range high-resolution automotive radar will be allocated in the 79 GHz frequency band. The allocation of the 79 GHz frequency band provides… read more
Radio spectrum allocated for global flight tracking
In a special meeting on global flight tracking, held in Montréal, 12-13 May 2014, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) encouraged ITU to take urgent action to provide the necessary spectrum allocations for satellites to support emerging aviation… read more
WRC-15 approves resolution: Space planes intended to perform suborbital flights
As a result of increasing activities and projects under development using satellite launch and suborbital flight vehicles not intended to remain in outer space for a long period it was suggested to the WRC-15 to consider the relevance… read more
WRC-15 allocates spectrum for future innovation
The World Radiocommunications Conference 2015 (WRC-15) concluded its deliberations on 27 November 2015 as delegates signed the Final Acts that revise the Radio Regulations, the international treaty governing the use of radio-frequency and satellite orbits. Around 3300 participants,… read more
Growth in number of license-free equipment
Growth in number of license-free equipment Due to the rapid developments in the telecommunication sector, the number of applications considered unlicensed has grown significantly. This mainly concerns radio transmitters that in principle is intended for bridging signals over… read more