In later 1984 President Reagan announced that the US Government had given permission in principle for US private communications satellite companies to provide a limited range of international services. The companies have not been given permission to go ahead as yet: the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has to give its approval and the companies have to obtain governmental approval in other countries.
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