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50052
SEVERALLY) IN VIEW OF THE IMPLICATIONS FOR THEIR
TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPMENTS ESPECIALLY IN RELATION TO FUTURE
ACCESS TO INTERNATIONAL TELECOM SYSTEMS. RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS
DIVISION (RD) WHO ARE THE RESPONSIBLE ADMINISTRATION WITHIN THE
DTI FOR SUBMITTING REQUIREMENTS TO THE IFRB HAVE PROPOSED THE
FOLLOWING (WITH APPROPRIATE TEST POINTS):
(A) ONE REQUIREMENT FOR HONG KONG
(B) ONE REQUIREMENT FOR GIBRALTAR
(C) ONE REQUIREMENT COVERING ST HELENA, ASCENSION ISLAND AND
TRISTAN DA CUNHA
(D) ONE REQUIREMENT TO COVER THE CARIBBEAN AREA, THAT IS
ANGUILLA, BERMUDA, MONTSERRAT, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS,
CAYMAN ISLANDS, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS
(E) ONE REQUIREMENT TO COVER FALKLAND ISLANDS, FALKLAND ISLAND
DEPENDENCIES AND THE BRITISH ANTARCTIC TERRITORY.
3.
RD POINT OUT THAT AS THE RELEVANT SATELLITE BEAM MAY, IN MANY
INSTANCES, COVER MORE THAN ONE DEPENDENT TERRITORY IT SEEMS
SENSIBLE BOTH ON GROUNDS OF ECONOMY AND EFFICIENCY TO COMBINE
WHERE POSSIBLE, THE REQUIREMENTS OF DEPENDENCIES GEOGRAPHICALLY
CLOSE TO EACH OTHER. THIS HAS THE ADDED ADVANTAGE OF PROVIDING
FOR SUB-REGIONAL SYSTEMS. AND RD ASSURE US THAT ALLOTMENTS IN
ANY EVENTUAL PLAN TO THE TERRITORIES MENTIONED ABOVE, WILL ALLOW
QUOTE PATCHING UNQUOTE INTO THE INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS
NETWORK WITH RELATIVE EASE.
4.
WE ACCEPT THAT CERTAIN ADMINISTRATIONS CHONG KONG AND
GIBRALTAR FOR INSTANCE) WILL HAVE THE NECESSARY EXPERTISE TO
PROVIDE THEIR OWN REQUIREMENTS FOR SUBMISSION BY RD TO THE IFRB.
WE WELCOME THIS. OTHERS MAY HOWEVER, WISH TO LET RD PROCEED ON
THEIR BEHALF. GRATEFUL EITHER FOR YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR FOR
CONFIRMATION THAT YOU HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THE PROPOSALS AT PARA
2 ABOVE BY 12 MAY AT THE LATEST TO PERMIT THE NECESSARY CLEARANCE
BY THE INTER-DEPARTMENTAL PREPARATORY MACHINERY FOR WARC-ORB(2).
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