SECTOR SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS WTO Services Database Output
Modes of supply : 1)Cross-border supply 2)Consumption abroad 3)Commercial presence 4)Presence of natural persons
Sector or Sub-sector Limitations on Market Access Limitations on National Treatment Additional Commitments Notes
USA
02. Communication Services
B. LAND-BASED COURIER 1) None 1) None
SERVICES (except courier
services involving any prior
or subsequent movement by
air)
2) None 2) None
3) None 3) None
4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 4) None
horizontal section
02.C.o. Other
Telecommunication Services
2.C.a. Voice services 1) None 1) None The United States undertakes
the obligations contained in the
2.C.b. Packet-switched reference paper attached
data transmission services hereto.
2.C.c. Circuit-switched
data transmission services
2.C.d. Telex services
2.C.e. Telegraph services
2.C.f. Facsimile services
2.C.g. Private leased
circuit services
2.C.o. Other
Mobile Services
Analogue/Digital cellular
services
PCS (Personal
Communications services)
Paging services
Mobile data services
SECTOR SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS WTO Services Database Output
Modes of supply : 1)Cross-border supply 2)Consumption abroad 3)Commercial presence 4)Presence of natural persons
Sector or Sub-sector Limitations on Market Access Limitations on National Treatment Additional Commitments Notes
2) None 2) None
3) None, other than 3) None
- Comsat has exclusive rights to
links with Intelsat and Inmarsat.
- Ownership of a common carrier
radio license:
Indirect: None
Direct: May not be granted to or held
by
(a) foreign government or the
representative thereof
(b) non-U.S. citizen or the
representative of any non-U.S. citizen
(c) any corporation not organized
under the laws of the United States or
(d) U.S. corporation of which more
than 20% of the capital stock is
owned or voted by a foreign
government or its representative,
non-U.S. citizens or their
representatives or a corporation not
organized under the laws of the
United States.
4) Unbound except as indicated by 4) Unbound except as indicated by horizontal
horizontal commitments commitments.
SECTOR SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS WTO Services Database Output
Modes of supply : 1)Cross-border supply 2)Consumption abroad 3)Commercial presence 4)Presence of natural persons
Sector or Sub-sector Limitations on Market Access Limitations on National Treatment Additional Commitments Notes
Enhanced 1) None 1) None
Telecommunications
Services, as defined by the
US Federal Communications
Commission in Section
64.702 of the Commission's
Rules and Regulations:
services, offered over
common carrier
transmission facilities (i.e.,
public telecommunications
transport services) which
employ computer processing
applications that:
i) act on the format, content
code, protocol or similar
aspects of the subscriber's
transmitted information; or
ii) provide the subscriber
additional, different, or
restructured information; or
iii) involve subscriber
interaction with stored
information.
Includes the following:
h) Electronic Mail
i) Voice Mail
j) On-line Information and
Data Base Retrieval
k) Electronic Data
Interchange
l) Enhanced/Value-added
Facsimile Services (including
store and forward, store and
retrieve)
m) Code and Protocol
Conversion
n) On-line Information
and/or Data Processing
(including transaction
processing)
o) Other
2) None 2) None
3) None 3) None
4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 4) None
horizontal section
02.D. Audiovisual Services
a) Motion Picture & Video 1) None 1) Grants from the National Endowment for
Tape Production & the Arts are only available for: individuals
Distribution Services with US citizenship or permanent resident
alien status, and non-profit companies.
SECTOR SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS WTO Services Database Output
Modes of supply : 1)Cross-border supply 2)Consumption abroad 3)Commercial presence 4)Presence of natural persons
Sector or Sub-sector Limitations on Market Access Limitations on National Treatment Additional Commitments Notes
2) None 2) None
3) None 3) Grants from the National Endowment for
the Arts are only available for: individuals
with US citizenship or permanent resident
alien status, and non-profit companies.
4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 4) None
horizontal section
b) Motion Picture Projection 1) None 1) None
Service
2) None 2) None
3) None 3) None
4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 4) None
horizontal section
c) Radio & Television 1) None 1) None
Services
2) None 2) None
3) None 3) None
4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 4) None
horizontal section
d) Radio and Television 1) None 1) None
Transmission Services
2) None 2) None
3) A single company or firm is prohibited 3) None
from owning a combination of
newspapers, radio and/or TV
broadcast stations serving the same
local market. Radio and television
licences may not be held by: a foreign
government; a corporation chartered
under the law of a foreign country or
which has a non-US citizen as an
officer or director or more than 20 per
cent of the capital stock of which is
owned or voted by non-US citizens; a
corporation chartered under the laws
of the United States that is directly or
indirectly controlled by a corporation
more than 25 per cent of whose
capital stock is owned by non-US
citizens or a foreign government or a
corporation of which any officer or
more than 25 per cent of the directors
are non-US citizens.
SECTOR SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS WTO Services Database Output
Modes of supply : 1)Cross-border supply 2)Consumption abroad 3)Commercial presence 4)Presence of natural persons
Sector or Sub-sector Limitations on Market Access Limitations on National Treatment Additional Commitments Notes
4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 4) None
horizontal section. In addition, US
citizenship is required to obtain radio
and television licences.
e) Sound Recording 1) None 1) None
2) None 2) None
3) None 3) None
4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 4) None
horizontal section
f) Other Audiovisual 1) None 1) None
Services
2) None 2) None
3) None 3) None
4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 4) None
horizontal section
