The ITU Radiocommunication Bureau circulated a proposal for new procedures for dealing...

The ITU Radiocommunication Bureau circulated a proposal for new procedures for dealing with a change of notifying administration for a satellite network when it acts on behalf of a group of named administrations. On several occasions, intergovernmental satellite telecommunication organizations have asked the bureau to change their notifying administration, it said. Twenty-five of 26 countries in Intersputnik had asked the bureau to change the notifying administration for its networks from Belarus to Russia (CD March 30 p16). Belarus wanted to hold onto three networks Intersputnik had said are held by the group. A March meeting of the Radio Regulations Board concluded that when an intergovernmental satellite telecom organization wishes to designate a new notifying administration in relation to ITU for its satellite networks, the bureau must make the changes upon receipt of due written notification by the legal representative of the intergovernmental organization in question, the letter said. Comments are due May 16.