Cable Bahamas Ltd. (“CBL”) was incorporated on September 19, 1994. It is wholly owned Bahamian company with a diverse cross section of over 2,000 Bahamian shareholding entities.  CBL is a publicly traded company on the Bahamas International Securities Exchange. The company and its subsidiaries that are incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas^[1] provide cable television and related services, national and international data services (leased lines/circuits), broadband Internet access services, and fixed telephony services (including prepaid calling cards). 

In 2011, CBL merged with existing operator, SRG.^[2] At the time of the merger, SRG (trading as IndiGO Network) was primarily active in the provision of fixed voice telephony services offering fixed wireless access, prepaid phone cards, and voice over internet. Cable Bahamas has recently acquired shareholdings in telecommunications and broadband providers in Central and Southwest Florida., under the umbrella of its wholly-owned subsidiary Summit Vista.

Since the CBL/SRG merger in 2011 CBL has progressively improved their network in order to compete with BTC and meet customer demand for high quality and cost effective electronic communications services. These services are provided by way of a hybrid fibre optic coaxial cable network throughout sixteen (16) of the most densely populated islands in The Bahamas. CBL through its subsidiary Caribbean Crossing Limited (CCL) operates the Bahamas Internet Cable System (“BICS”) with international links into Boca Raton, USA.^[3]

In the Bahamian market, CBL is determined by URCA as having significant market power (SMP) in the high-speed data services and connectivity (where it has presence) and Pay-TV markets. CBL is a designated Universal Service Provider for Pay-TV and internet services under the universal service obligations (USO) of the Communications Act.

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