La mise-en-oeuvre en droit canadien des règlementations et conventions internationales en matière de télécommunications spatiales /

Canada, as a leader in satellite telecommunications, is an active ITU Member. The ITU is responsible for spectrum management at the international level. Hence, the ITU is composed of various organs for day-to-day work and for the elaboration of legal instruments. Also, the IFRB, an organ within the ITU, ensures the application of regulations by administrations implementing telecommunication satellites. The First Come, First Served principle is now augmented by the planning of the Fixe-Satellite Service (FSS) and Broadcasting-Satellite Service (DBS) for certain bands. Although the new procedure for the FSS is recognized to be flexible, Canada will not have much choice. Each of the three allotments provided for Canada cover one third of its territory. To obtain a single assignment covering the whole territory on the basis of its allotments, Canada will probably have to use the procedure provided by WARC Orb-88 for additional uses on the basis of Nairobi Convention principles edicted in article 33 par. 2