TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Treaties

Signed on In force on Title
1 February 1855 Convention between Great Britain and France, relative to the Establishment of a line of Electric Telegraph between Bucharest and Varna
15 March 1859 Convention between Her Majesty and the Emperor of Austria, for the establishment of a line of Telegraph between Ragusa and Alexandria
29 June 1860 Convention Between Great Britain, Austria and Turkey, relative to the establishment of a Line of Telegraph between Ragusa and Alexandria
21 April 1861 Convention between Great Britain and Turkey, for the establishment of a Telegraphic Cable between Malta and Alexandria
3 September 1864 Convention between Great Britain and Turkey, for the Establishment of Telegraphic Communication between India and the Ottoman Territory
23 November 1865 1 May 1866 Convention between Great Britain and Persia, relative to Telegraphic Communication between Europe and India
2 April 1868 Convention between Great Britain and Persia for extending and securing Telegraphic Communication between Europe and India
21 October 1870 Agreement respecting telegraphic Communication between British India and Netherland India
19 December 1870 Regulations between Great Britain and the Netherlands for the conduct of Telegraphic Correspondence between the two Countries
2 December 1872 Convention between Great Britain and Persia for continuing the System of Telegraphic Communications between Europe and India through Persia
25 December 1875 Declaration between Great Britain and Spain , respecting Telegraphic Messages between Gibraltar and Spain
31 December 1878 1 January 1879 Agreement between Great Britain and Belgium, for facilitating the application of a Word Tariff for Telegraphic Correspondence exchanged, by way of Belgium, between Great Britain and Germany
7 March 1879 Agreement between Great Britain and the Netherlands, amending the Telegraphic Regulations of December 19, 1870
15 March 1880 Agreement between Great Britain and the Netherlands, respecting Telegraphic Communication and Correspondence between the two Countries
19 March 1880 1 April 1880 Agreement between Great Britain and Belgium, respecting Telegraphic Correspondence exchanged between the two Countries (World Tariff)
20 March 1880 Agreement between Great Britain and Spain, respecting Telegraphic Messages between Gibraltar and Spain
27 May 1880 1 April 1880 Agreement between Great Britain and Belgium, in respect of Anglo-Dutch Telegrams transmitted over Belgium
31 May 1880 1 June 1880 Agreement between Great Britain, Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands, fixing the Rates for Telegraphic Messages between Great Britain and Germany
21 March 1881 Agreement between Great Britain, Spain, and France, for facilitating Telegraphic Intercourse between Gibraltar and France
6 June 1883 Declaration recording Accession of Bosnia and Herezgovina to the International Telegraph Convention
25 October 1883 Telegraphic Convention between the Cape of Good Hope, Natal and the Orange Free State
10 January 1884 10 January 1884 Agreement between Her Majesty's Government, the Egyptian Government, and the Eastern Telegraph Company, respecting the Construction of a Submarine Cable between Suez and Suakin
14 March 1884 1 May 1888 Convention between Great Britain, the Argentine Republic, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, the Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Italy, Netherlands, Persia, Portugal, Roumania, Russia, Salvador, Servia, Spain, Sweden and Norway, Turkey, United States, and Uruguay, for the Protection of Submarine Cables
17 September 1885 1 July 1886 Regulations in execution of the International Telegraph Convention of July 22, 1875 (Great Britain, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cochin China, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Japan, Luxemburg, Montenegro, Netherlands and Netherlands Indies, New South Wales, Norway, Portugal, Roumania, Russia, Senegal, Servia, Siam, South Australia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tasmania, Tunis and Turkey)
11 May 1886 Arrangement between Great Britain and France Post Offices prolonging duration of Telegraph Agreement of July 25, 1879
26 June 1886 26 June 1886 Declaration between the Governments of Great Britain and Belgium for prolonging the Duration of the Telegraphic Convention of the 19th March, 1880, till the 2nd January, 1889
1 December 1886 1 May 1888 Declaration of the Plenipotentiaries of the Signatory Governments of the Convention of the 14 March, 1884, for the Protection of Submarine Cables, explanatory of Articles II and IV of the Convention
3 July 1887 3 July 1887 Agreement Between The British And Persian Government For Prolonging, Until January 31, 1905, The Convention Between Her Majesty And The Shah Of Persia of December 2, 1872, Relative To Telegraphic Communication Between Europe And India.
3 July 1887 3 July 1887 Agreement Between The British And Persian Government For Prolonging, Until January 31, 1905, The Convention Between Her Majesty And The Shah Of Persia Of April 2, 1868, Relative To Telegraphic Communication Between Europe And India.
7 July 1887 7 July 1887 Protocol signed by the Plenipotentiaries of the Signatory Governments of the Convention of March 14, 1884 for the Protection of Submarine Cables, respecting the date on which the Convention should be put into force.
28 September 1887 Agreement with German Telegraph Administration ( made by Post Office )
30 October 1888 Agreement between Great Britain and Germany, respecting Telegraphic Correspondence exchanged between the two countries
11 December 1888 Declaration between Great Britain and France, respecting Telegraphic Correspondence exchanged between the two Countries
1 January 1889 1 January 1889 Agreement between Great Britain and Belgium respecting Telelgraphic Correspondence between the two Countries
29 January 1889 Agreement with German Telegraph Administration ( made by Post Office )
2 February 1889 Proces-verbal of arrangement with Belgian, Dutch, and German Telegraph Administrations ( signed by Post Office Officials )
2 February 1889 Agreement with Dutch Telegraph Administration ( made by Post Office )
28 March 1889 1 April 1889 Agreement between Great Britain, Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands, respecting Telegrams exchanged between Great Britain and Germany
30 March 1889 Agreement between Great Britain and the Netherlands respecting the Telegraphic Correspondence
30 March 1889 Agreement between Great Britain, Belgium and the Netherlands, respecting Telegraphic Correspondence
4 December 1889 Agreement between Great Britain, Belgium, and France, respecting Telegraphic Correspondence
21 June 1890 Regulations annexed to the International Telegraph Convention of St. Petersburg of 22 July 1875 (Revision)
19 November 1891 19 November 1891 Declaration between the Governments of Great Britain and France for the Execution of the Agreement signed at Paris May 17, 1891, and at London June 16, 1891, for the Regulation of the Telephonic Service between the Two Countries
7 January 1892 7 January 1892 Agreements between the British and Persian Governments prolonging existing Conventions between Her Majesty and the Shah of Persia relative to Telegraphic Communication between Europe and India
6 September 1894 Convention between Great Britain and China respecting the Junction of the Chinese and Burmese Telegraph Lines
5 April 1898 Convention between the United Kingdom and the Netherlands providing that Submarine Cables connecting the two Countries shall be their Joint Property
20 March 1899 Declaration between the United Kingdom and France prolonging for One Year the Declaration of December 11, 1888, regulating Telegraphic Communication between the Two Countries
8 November 1899 Agreement between the United Kingdom and France for the exchange of Press Telegrams by night at reduced rates
17 February 1900 Convention between the United Kingdom and France regulating the Telegraphic Communication between the Two Countries
15 August 1901 Convention between the United Kingdom and Denmark for the Exchange of Press Telegrams at reduced rates
16 August 1901 Convention between the United Kingdom and Persia extending the System of Telegraphic Communication between Europe and India through Persia
29 July 1902 Convention regulating the Telephone Service between Great Britain and France
21 November 1902 Convention between the United Kingdom and Belgium regulating Telephonic Communication between the United Kingdom and Belgium
2 February 1905 Agreement between the United Kingdom and Norway respecting Telegraphic Communications between the two Countries
23 May 1905 Convention between the United Kingdom and China respecting the Junction of the Chinese and Burmese Telegraph Lines, being a Revision of the Convention of September 6, 1894
6 December 1905 Convention between the United Kingdom and France respecting Telegraphic Communication between Mauritius and Reunion
3 November 1906 1 July 1908 International Radiotelegraphic Convention.(With Final Protocol and Service Regulations)
3 November 1906 Service regulations to the International Radiotelegraphic Convention
3 November 1906 Additional Agreement to the International Radiotelegraphic Convention
3 November 1906 Final Protocol to the International Radiotelegraphic Convention.
11 January 1910 Declaration between the United Kingdom and France Abrogating the Agreement of November 8, 1899, respecting the Exchange of Press Telegrams
27 May 1910 Convention between the United Kingdom and Mexico respecting Telegraphic Communication between Mexico and British Honduras
30 December 1910 Agreement between the United Kingdom and Norway providing for the Telegraph Service between the Two Countries
5 February 1912 Agreement between United Kingdom and France regulating the Telephone Service between the two Countries
5 July 1912 International Radiotelegraph Convention
23 January 1923 Agreement between British and Netherlands Governments regulating the Telephone Service between Great Britain and the Netherlands
25 February 1924 Exchange of Notes concerning Modification of Dutch Text of Article IV of the Agreement between the British and Netherlands Governments regulating the Telephone Service between Great Britain and the Netherlands
29 July 1924 Notes exchanged between the United Kingdom and Belgium Accepting the Conditions for the Agreement providing for Direct telegraphic Communication between the Uganda Protectorate, and the Agreement
8 September 1925 1 October 1925 Exchange of Notes Agreeing to prohibition of use of certain wavelengths by ships registered in Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America to prevent interference with wireless broadcasting
19 October 1926 1 November 1926 Exchange of Notes between the British and German Governments agreeing to prohibition of use of certain wavelengths by ships registered in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada and Newfoundland, and in Germany to prevent interference with broadcasting
18 December 1926 1 January 1926 Agreement between the Sudan Government and the Hejaz Government His Majesty's Government assenting relating to the Port Sudan-Jeddah Telegraph Cable
25 November 1927 1 January 1929 Convention regarding Radiotelegraphy [with General Regulations and Supplementary Regulation]
27 September 1928 Exchange of Notes between the Irish Free State and Canada regarding Wireless Telegraphy. Private Experimental Stations
26 February 1929 Exchange of Notes concerning the Assignment of Radio Frequencies on the North American continent
17 February 1932 Agreement between His Majesty, in respect of the United Kingdom and of India, and His Imperial Majesty the Shah of Persia in regard to the Withdrawal of the Indo-European Telegraph Department from Persia
9 December 1932 1 January 1934 Convention concerning International Telecommunications
19 June 1933 15 January 1934 Convention Wireless Telegraphy (European Broadcasting frequencies)
23 April 1934 Exchange of Notes between Canada and the United States of America regarding Wireless Telegraph - Communication between Private Experimental Stations and between Amateur Stations
30 October 1935 African Telecommunications Agreement with Regulations
12 August 1936 12 August 1936 Exchange of Notes between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and the Egyptian Government regarding Telecommunications
23 September 1936 2 April 1938 International Convention concerning the Use of Broadcasting in the Cause of Peace
3 December 1937 Agreement between the United Kingdom and Belgium concerning Anglo-Belgian Telephone Service
13 December 1937 Arrangement regarding Radiocommunications, and Annex
13 December 1937 Convention on Radiocommunications and 3 Annexes
15 April 1939 Convention regarding European Broadcasting
13 September 1939 Convention between the Government of the United Kingdom and the French Government regarding the French Telegraph Cable between Mauritius and Reunion
23 September 1944 25 August 1946 Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics concerning the Establishment of a Direct Radiotelephone Service between their respective Territories [with Protocol]
15 March 1945 Memorandum of Agreement and Understanding Mediterranean submarine cables. Seized Italian cable- Horta-Gibraltar-Fiurnicino-Rome. Maintenance costs. Charges for US Government traffic.
27 September 1945 Convention concerning Inter-American Telecommunications
24 October 1945 Exchange of Notes. Telegraphs and Telephones. Use of Danish service by British Military Authorities.
4 December 1945 29 March 1946 Agreement between the Governments represented at the Bermuda Telecommunications Conference
4 December 1945 Protocol between the Governments of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of the United States of America covering Exclusive Telecommunications Arrangements
7 February 1946 Arrangement regarding Radio Distance Indicators
25 February 1946 29 March 1946 Interim Agreement concerning North American Regional Broadcasting [and 3 Annexes]
19 April 1946 25 August 1946 Exchange of Notes concerning Modification of Agreement concerning the Establishment of a Direct Radiotelephone Service between their respective territories, Moscow 23 September 1944
7 November 1946 Agreement. Telecommunications. Distance indicator systems at specific US gateways. Interim use of certain wavelengths by Comm. & Empire. [Not implemented]
6 January 1947 Exchange of Notes. Payment by British Military Authorities for telephone and telegraph circuits and Appendix
8 January 1947 15 October 1947 Agreement between Canada and the United States of America regarding Radio Broadcasting
2 October 1947 1 January 1949 International Convention on Telecommunications [With Annexes, Final Protocol of Signature and Additional Protocols]
24 December 1947 Exchange of Notes between Canada and the United States of America concerning Radio Broadcasting
11 May 1948 18 September 1957 Commonwealth Telegraphs Agreement (with Protocol)
15 September 1948 15 March 1950 European Broadcasting Convention [With Copenhagen Plan, Protocols, Statements, Recommendation, Resolutions and Opinion]
17 September 1948 15 March 1950 European Regional Convention for the Maritime Mobile Radio Service [With Copenhagen Plan, Statements, Resolution and Recommendations]
9 June 1949 Exchange of Notes between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Italy regarding the disposal of Italian submarine cables which were captured or diverted during the war and subsequently returned voluntarily to Italian ownership
12 August 1949 24 January 1950 Final Act and Agreement for the revision of the Telecommunications Agreement signed at Bermuda on 4th December, 1945
14 December 1949 Agreement between Afghanistan and India regarding Radio-Telegraphic Communications between their respective Countries
15 November 1950 19 April 1960 Agreement concerning North American Broadcasting
8 February 1951 Agreement between the United States of America and Canada concerning the Operation of certain types of Radio Transmission and Equipment
12 November 1951 Exchange of Notes between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Italy regarding the recovery by Italcable Company of submarine cable lying disused between Gibraltar and Casablanca [with Exchange of Notes of 9th/14 June, 1949, as Appendix]
19 May 1952 Exchange of Notes concerning the Return to German Ownership of certain Submarine Cables
12 June 1952 18 May 1954 Agreement between Her Majesty in respect of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the President of Mexico for the Establishment of Telecommunication Services between British Honduras and Mexico
1 October 1952 1 October 1952 Supplementary Agreement revising Article II of Agreement Annexed to Final Act of Commonwealth-United States Telecommunications Meeting signed 12th August, 1949
22 December 1952 1 January 1954 International Telecommunication Convention (with Annexes, Final Protocol and Additional Protocol)
5 February 1954 1 April 1954 Agreement between the Director-General of Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones of the Republic of Syria and the Postmaster-General of the United Kingdom for the Establishment of Wireless Telegraph Service between Syria and the United Kingdom
19 September 1957 Ratification of the Commonwealth Telegraphs Agreement of 11 May 1948 [CRO No 77]
15 December 1958 1 July 1961 European Agreement concerning Programme Exchanges by means of Television Films
15 March 1959 Convention Between Great Britain, Austria for the establishment of a Line of Telegraph between Ragusa and Alexandria
23 June 1959 23 June 1959 Exchange of Notes permitting the United States to establish a 'LORAN' Station (Long- Range Aid to Navigation) on Jamaica.
21 December 1959 1 January 1961 International Telecommunications Convention
22 June 1960 1 July 1961 European Agreement on the Protection of Television Broadcasts
24 June 1960 24 June 1960 Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the United States of America concerning the Establishment in the Bahama Islands of a Long Range Aid to Navigation Station
19 October 1960 19 October 1960 Communications - Tracking Station in Nigeria
25 July 1963 25 July 1963 Commonwealth Telegraphs Agreement
20 August 1964 20 August 1964 Special Agreement concluded pursuant to Article II of the Agreement establishing Interim Arrangements for a Global Commercial Communications Satellite System
20 August 1964 20 August 1964 Agreement establishing Interim Arrangements for a Global Commercial Communications Satellite System (with Special Agreement concluded pursuant to Article 11 of that Agreement)
22 January 1965 24 March 1965 Protocol to the European Agreement on the Protection of Television Broadcasts signed at Strasbourg on 22 June, 1960
22 January 1965 19 October 1967 European Agreement for the Prevention of Broadcasts transmitted for Stations outside National Territories
4 June 1965 21 November 1966 Agreement on Arbitration supplementary to the Agreement establishing Interim Arrangements for a Global Commercial Communications Satellite System open for signature at Washington between 20 August 1964 and 20 February 1965
14 June 1965 14 June 1965 Agreed Minute. United States Experimental Radio Station in the Fiji Islands
12 November 1965 1 January 1967 International Telecommunications Convention with Final Protocol, Additional Protocols I to III and Optional Additional Protocol (with Additional Protocol IV of 21 October 1965)
26 November 1965 26 November 1965 Exchange of Notes between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the United States of America concerning the reciprocal granting of licences to amateur radio operators
24 April 1966 24 April 1966 Notes. Reciprocal Arrangements for Licensing of Radio Amateurs [Arrangement with the G.P.O). ( Israel )
22 November 1967 1 January 1968 Exchange of Notes between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of France concerning the Reciprocal Granting of Licences to Amateur Radio Operators
24 November 1967 24 November 1967 Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the European Space Research Organisation concerning the establishment and use of a Telemetry Station in the Falkland Islands
26 April 1968 3 May 1968 Exchange of Notes between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the United States of America regarding the Establishment of an Apollo Unified S-Band Facility on Grand Bahama Island
27 January 1969 1 April 1969 Agreement terminating the Commonwealth Telegraphs Agreements signed at London on 11 May 1948 and 25 July 1963
10 July 1969 Exchange of Notes and Note of Understanding Concerning the Establishment of a Broadcasting Network for Radio Laos ( ORL )
11 December 1969 11 December 1969 Exchange of Notes between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the United States of America extending to certain overseas territories the Agreement of 26 November 1965 concerning the reciprocal granting of licences to amateur radio operators
22 November 1975 27 November 1985 Additional Protocol 1 relating to the Abrogation of the European Broadcasting Convention (Copenhagen 1948) and the annexed Copenhagen Plan
10 February 1976 8 January 1976 Exchange of Letters between the United Kingdom and the Sultan of Oman concerning the BBC relay Station on Masirah Island (See also Muscat and Oman 25/26:11:1966)
1 July 1983 Regional Agreement for the Medium Frequency Broadcasting Service in Region 2
31 July 2001 Amendments to the Operating Agreement on the International Mobile Satellite Organisation
31 July 2001 1998 Amendments to the Convention on the International Mobile Satellite Organisation
2 August 2017 Instruments Amending the Constitution of the International Telecommunication Union (Geneva, 1992) and the Convention of the International Telecommunication Union (Geneva, 1992) as amended by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Kyoto, 1994), by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Minneapolis, 1998) and by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Marrakesh, 2002) (Amendments adopted by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Antalya, 2006))
1999 Amendment to the Operating Agreement on the European Telecommunications Satellite Organisation (EUTELSAT)
Amendment to the Operating Agreement on the European Telecommunications Satellite Organization (EUTELSAT) (Article 22e)
Amendment to the Convention on the European Telecommunications Satellite Organization (EUTELSAT) (Article XIX)
Amendment to the Operating Agreement relating to the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (INTELSAT), Done at Washington on 20 August 1971
Amendment to the Agreement relating to the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (INTELSAT), done at Washington on 20 August 1971
Amendment to the Operating Agreement on the European Telecommunications Satellite Organisation (EUTELSAT) (Article 15)
Luxembourg Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters Specific to Railway Rolling Stock
1996 Amendments to the Convention on the European Telecommunications Satellite Organisation.(EUTELSAT)(Articles II,X,XI,XVI and XVIII)
Convention for the establishment of the European Telecommunications Office (ETO)
Protocol amending the European Convention on Transfrontier Television [ETS No. 171]
Amendments to the Convention on the European Telecommunications Satellite Organization (EUTELSAT)