# Policies and Rules for Alternative Incentive-Based Regulation of Comsat Corporation
> **Federal Communications Commission** · Final rule. · Published 1999-03-25 · Effective 1999-02-09 · 64 FR 14394
## Document
- **Document number:** 99-7253
- **Category:** other
- **Federal Register citation:** 64 FR 14394
- **CFR reference:** 47 CFR 25
- **Publication date:** 1999-03-25
- **Effective date:** 1999-02-09
- **FCC docket:** IB Docket No. 98-60
## Abstract

In this document, the Commission adopts a policy of incentive- based price regulation for Comsat Corporation in its provision of services in ``non-competitive'' INTELSAT markets. The Commission also adopts a streamlined process to determine in the future when Comsat INTELSAT markets should be redefined as non-dominant in response to the introduction of competition. In April 1998, the Commission reclassified Comsat as a non-dominant carrier for most of its services, on most of its routes, and eliminated all rate regulation regarding its provision of INTELSAT services in markets deemed ``competitive''. That decision eliminated rate regulation in markets accounting for approximately 92 percent of Comsat's INTELSAT revenues. Roughly eight-percent of Comsat's INTELSAT revenues--those derived from ``non-competitive'' INTELSAT services markets--remained subject to rate of return regulation. This document addresses the eight-percent.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1999/03/25/99-7253/policies-and-rules-for-alternative-incentive-based-regulation-of-comsat-corporation)
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