Mariateresa Fiocca
Ashgate Dartmouth
Hardback
142
1990
Satellite communications have been with s for some twenty-five years. In this book one of the leading experts in the field analyses the legal context of satcoms and how the various organizations connected with them operate. After an introductory section the author describes the US Communications Satellite Cooperation which has been a major influence on developments and then goes on to discuss the international organizations which set up and now run the satellite systems. these include INTELSAT the largest provider of satellite links INMARST and the maritime services EUTELSAT the European venture INTERSPUTNIK the communist alternative to INTELSAT and ARABSAT the Arab league?s enterprise. There is also a section on the regulation of radio frequency usage and orbits. The book concludes with a brief update covering developments until December 1988 and then looks at the future and suggests that competition and commercialism are likely to overshadow the ?public service? ideal of the early years.
Ashgate Dartmouth
Hardback
142
1990
Satellite communications have been with s for some twenty-five years. In this book one of the leading experts in the field analyses the legal context of satcoms and how the various organizations connected with them operate. After an introductory section the author describes the US Communications Satellite Cooperation which has been a major influence on developments and then goes on to discuss the international organizations which set up and now run the satellite systems. these include INTELSAT the largest provider of satellite links INMARST and the maritime services EUTELSAT the European venture INTERSPUTNIK the communist alternative to INTELSAT and ARABSAT the Arab league?s enterprise. There is also a section on the regulation of radio frequency usage and orbits. The book concludes with a brief update covering developments until December 1988 and then looks at the future and suggests that competition and commercialism are likely to overshadow the ?public service? ideal of the early years.