47 U.S.C. § 769 — Definitions

(a) In this subchapter:

(1) “INTELSAT” means the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization established under the Agreement Relating to the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization.

(2) “Inmarsat” means the International Mobile Satellite Organization established under the Convention on the International Maritime Organization.

(3) “Signatories” means, for INTELSAT or an INTELSAT successor or separated entity, a Party or a telecommunications entity designated by a Party that signed the Operating Agreement and for which the Agreement took effect. For Inmarsat or an Inmarsat successor or separated entity, it means either a Party to the Operating Agreement or an entity a Party designated to sign it.

(4) “Party” means, for INTELSAT, a nation for which the INTELSAT agreement took effect; and for Inmarsat, a nation for which the Inmarsat convention took effect.

(5) “Commission” means the Federal Communications Commission.

(6) “International Telecommunication^* Union” means the intergovernmental organization that is a United Nations specialized agency in which member countries cooperate to develop telecommunications. This includes adopting international rules for land and space uses of the frequency spectrum and for use of the geostationary-satellite orbit.

(7) “Successor entity” means a privatized entity created from privatizing INTELSAT or Inmarsat, or from their assets. It does not include a separated entity.

(8) “Separated entity” means a privatized entity to which part of INTELSAT’s or Inmarsat’s assets are transferred before full privatization. This includes, in particular, the entity whose structure INTELSAT was discussing on March 25, 1998, but excludes ICO.

(9) “Orbital location” means the place for positioning a satellite on the geostationary orbital arc, as defined in the International Telecommunication Union Radio Regulations.

(10) “Space segment” means the satellites and the tracking, telemetry, command, control, monitoring, and related facilities and equipment used to support satellites owned or leased by INTELSAT, Inmarsat, a separated entity, or a successor entity.

(11) “Non-core services” means, for INTELSAT, services other than public-switched-network voice telephony and occasional-use television. For Inmarsat, it means services other than global maritime distress and safety services or other existing maritime or aeronautical services for which no alternative providers exist.

(12) “Additional services” means, for Inmarsat, non-maritime or non-aeronautical mobile services in the 1.5 and 1.6 GHz band on planned satellites or in the 2 GHz band. For INTELSAT, it means direct-to-home or direct-broadcast-satellite video services, or services in the Ka or V bands.

(13) “INTELSAT Agreement” means the Agreement Relating to the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (“INTELSAT”), including all annexes (TIAS 7532, 23 UST 3813).

(14) “Headquarters Agreement” means the International Telecommunication Satellite Organization Headquarters Agreement of November 24, 1976 (TIAS 8542, 28 UST 2248).

(15) “Operating Agreement” means, for INTELSAT, the agreement, including its annex but not article titles, opened for signature in Washington on August 20, 1971, by Governments or their designated telecommunications entities under the Agreement. For Inmarsat, it means the Operating Agreement on the International Maritime Satellite Organization, including its annexes.

(16) “Inmarsat Convention” means the Convention on the International Maritime Satellite Organization (Inmarsat) (TIAS 9605, 31 UST 1).

(17) “National corporation^*” means a corporation owned through publicly traded securities and incorporated under, and subject to, national, State, or territorial-government law.

(18) “COMSAT” means the corporation established under subchapter III of this chapter or its successor in interest.

(19) “ICO” means the company known on March 17, 2000, as ICO Global Communications, Inc.

(20) “Global maritime distress and safety services,” or “GMDSS,” means the automated ship-to-shore distress-alert system using satellites and advanced land-based systems for international distress communications and generally promoting maritime safety. GMDSS allows worldwide alerts to vessels, coordinated search-and-rescue operations, and distribution of maritime-safety information.

(21) “National security agency” means the National Security Agency; the Director of Central Intelligence and the Central Intelligence Agency; the Department of Defense; and the Coast Guard.

(b) Unless subsection (a) provides otherwise, a term used in this subchapter that section 153 of this title defines has the meaning given in section 153.