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Article: Special report - the imminent deregulation of separate systems.
- Article from:
- Satellite News
- Article date:
- December 9, 1991
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The long-running political struggle between Intelsat and its emerging rivals may, at last, be coming to a close, giving way to a new era of economic competitiveness in global communications.
In a dramatic and controversial move, the Bush administration has proposed that separate satellite systems be allowed to provide private line interconnection to the public switched telephone network (PSTN) and has set a five-year target date for the removal of all restrictions on the carriage of PSTN traffic.
Secretary of State James Baker and Commerce Secretary Robert Mosbacher have asked the FCC to lift restrictions preventing the provision of "international ...