Five expressions of interest for printed, online telephone directory

The Malta Communications Authority (MCA) has received a total of five expressions of interest for the provision of printed and online directories under the MCA’s decision to publish both printed and online directories that would include all telephony operators

The MCA has received three expressions of interest for printed telephone directory from Malta Directories Ltd, MediaToday Co.Ltd, and Yellow Pages (Malta) Ltd.

For the electronic version of the Universal telephone directory, the MCA has received two submissions from Abakus Solutions and Malta Directories Ltd.

In accordance with its Decision Notice published in April 2010, the MCA said it would evaluate all expressions of interest by adopting an adjudication process that ensured an “efficient, objective, transparent and non-discriminatory designation mechanism in the forthcoming period”

The deadline for submission of offers closed at noon yesterday.