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 NEWS  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  TTY  202  /  418-  2555  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp.  fcc.  gov  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  This  is  an  unofficial  announcement  of  Commission  action.  Release  of  the  full  text  of  a  Commission  order  constitutes  official  action.  See  MCI  v.  FCC.  515  F  2d  385  (D.  C.  Circ  1974). 
 FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE:  News  Media  Contact: 
 October  26,  2000  Rosemary  Kimball  at  (202)  418-  0511 


 FCC  INTERNATIONAL  BUREAU  PLANS  SATELLITE  SEMINAR 
 October  31  –  November  3,  2000 


 Washington,  DC  --  The  FCC’s  International  Bureau  staff  is  planning  a  comprehensive, 
 four-  day  Satellite  Seminar  together  with  the  Satellite  Industry  Association,  the  ITU 
 Radiocommunication  Bureau,  and  INTELSAT.  It  will  be  held  Tuesday  through  Friday,  October 
 31  –  November  3,  2000,  at  the  Charyk  Conference  Center,  Lockheed  Martin  Global 
 Telecommunications  Headquarters  (former  COMSAT  Headquarters),  6560  Rock  Spring  Drive, 
 Bethesda,  Maryland. 


 During  the  first  two  days  and  the  last  day  of  the  Seminar,  experts  from  the  FCC,  ITU, 
 INTELSAT,  and  the  satellite  community  will  help  participants  understand  how  to: 


 -  work  within  the  FCC  regulatory  process; 


 -  apply  the  international  Radio  Regulations  and  requirements  of  the  ITU  Rules  of 
 Procedure,  in  both  the  geostationary  and  the  non-  geostationary  satellite  context,  including 
 the  decisions  of  WRC-  2000; 


 -  navigate  the  new  ITU  notification,  coordination,  and  registration  processes,  including  an 
 examination  of  FCC  legal  and  policy  requirements  for  satellite  and  Earth  stations, 
 particularly  in  applying  the  newly-  imposed  ITU  satellite  cost-  recovery  principles;  and 


 -  complete  satellite  electronic  notification/  registration  forms. 
 The  third  day  of  the  Seminar  will  be  devoted  to  three  different  workshops,  each  held 
 concurrently  three  times,  to  address  the  ITU  International  Frequency  Information  Circular,  the 
 complex  ITU  electronic  forms,  and  ITU  software,  particularly  that  used  for  data  validation. 
 Additionally,  an  FCC  panel  of  engineering  and  legal  experts,  along  with  a  former  ITU  Space 
 Services  Department  official,  will  be  addressing  on  Friday,  November  3,  all  outstanding  issues 
 that  relate  to  the  satellite  notification/  registration  and  licensing  processes,  both  in  the  U.  S.  for 
 domestic  applications,  and  at  the  ITU  for  international  applications. 


 At  the  three  Seminar  workshops,  participants  will  be  able  to  use  laptop  computers  with  CD-ROM 
 readers.  It  is  recommended  that  laptops  have  at  least  64  MB  of  random  access  memory, 
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 and  5  GB  of  disc  storage  to  ensure  the  ITU  CD-  ROMS  available  at  the  seminar  will  work  well. 
 Also,  if  there  are  any  suggestions  for  specific  notification,  or  sharing  case  studies  that  would  be 
 helpful  to  address  during  the  three  workshops,  please  advise  the  FCC  by  October  20,  2000. 


 Registration  for  the  Seminar  is  electronic  by  logging  onto  www.  sia.  org 
 The  full  program  is  available  at  this  web  site  and  at  www.  fcc.  gov/  ib 


 For  further  information,  contact  Bill  Luther  at  the  Federal  Communications  Commission: 
 Phone  202-  418-  0729;  Fax  202-  418-  7270;  E-  mail  wluther@  fcc.  gov 


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