---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 U.S.C. § 765g"
title: "47"
title_heading: "Telecommunications"
number: "765g"
heading: "Exclusivity arrangements"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/47/765g"
units:
  - "Chapter 6 — Communications Satellite System"
  - "Subchapter VI — Communications Competition and Privatization"
  - "Part C — Deregulation and Other Statutory Changes"
---

# §765g. Exclusivity arrangements

- (a) **In general—** No satellite operator shall acquire or enjoy the exclusive right of handling [telecommunications](/usc/47/702.md?p=6) to or from the United States, its territories or possessions, and any other country or territory by reason of any concession, contract, understanding, or working arrangement to which the satellite operator or any [persons](/usc/47/757.md?p=1) or companies controlling or controlled by the operator are [parties](/usc/47/769.md?p=a-4).
- (b) **Exception—** In enforcing the provisions of this section, the [Commission](/usc/47/702.md?p=10)—
  - (1) shall not require the termination of existing satellite [telecommunications](/usc/47/702.md?p=6) services under contract with, or tariff commitment to, such satellite operator; but
  - (2) may require the termination of new services only to the country that has provided the exclusive right to handle [telecommunications](/usc/47/702.md?p=6), if the [Commission](/usc/47/702.md?p=10) determines the public interest, convenience, and necessity so requires.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 87–624, title VI, § 648, as added Pub. L. 106–180, § 3, Mar. 17, 2000, 114 Stat. 57.)