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This book emphasizes U.S. policy considerations in as much as the U.S. has been at the forefront of satellite technology and its application. It addresses the impact of the earlier U.S. policy of global monopoly on the development of international satellite systems.

Legal framework provided by conventions adopted by the U.N. and the International Civil Aviation Organization, and various regional conventions.

This article focuses on the regulations and instruments used in, the implementation of specific international telecommunication connection, i.e., submarine cable and satellite systems. It concentrates on the legal setting for legislating/ regulating, international public telecommunication systems, namely, those systems to which the general public has access after paying a fee to the owners of a telecommunication facility. These systems provide the public with telecommunication services, such as telephone, telex and data communication services. No attention will be given to the regulation of private international telecommunication facilities (SWIFT or SITA). Legal arrangements applying to satellite systems differ considerably from those applying to submarine cables and common concepts will be presented to bridge the gap between these two different domains. In that sense an overall analysis of what used to be separate areas of law will be developed . This can be achieved by distinguishing three issues: (i) allocation of resources; (ii) interconnection between systems; (iii) the legal instruments used in the construction phase. This distinction enables potential users of (commercial) space telecommunications to compare both regulatory regimes, and decide which type of connection is, from a legal point of view, most effective in achieving the users' goal: Constructing a satellite telecommunication system or opt for the construction of a submarine cable connection.