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territory the earth station is located. The second part
of the Article, which allows applications to be made by a
duly authorised telecommunications entity, is not relevant
in the case of Hong Kong because it relates only to earth
stations located in territory not under the jurisdiction
of a Party. Similarly, under the first part of Article
15(a) of the Operating Agreement, any application for
allotment of INTELSAT space segment capacity must be
submitted to INTELSAT by a Signatory. This means that
applications to INTELSAT in respect of earth stations
licensed by the Hong Kong telecommunications
administration must be submitted by BT. The British side
understands that BT has accordingly submitted applications
to INTELSAT for approval of each of the earth stations
operated by the Cable & Wireless Group in Hong Kong, that
such approval has been given, and that accordingly the
Group has used a part of the total space segment allotted
to BT.
10.
There is close cooperation between the UK
Signatory (BT) and the Cable & Wireless Group on all
matters affecting Hong Kong's interests. In this way,
whenever the Signatory is required to act on behalf of
Hong Kong, the latter's interests are taken fully into
account.