Response Letter (June 22, 2006)

0437-EX-ST-2006 Text Documents

Deere & Company

2006-06-23ELS_76699

mon Ctaventh Staat. SLW Auite 1000 Washington, D.C. 20004—1804 Tel: (202) 637—2200 Fax: (202) 637—2201 www.lw.com FIRM / AFFILIATE OFFICES LATHAM&WATKI N SLLP Brussels New York Chicago Northern Virginia Frankfurt Orange County Hamburg Parig Hong Kong San Diego London San Francisco JTune 22. 2006 Los Angeles Shanghai Milan Silicon Valley Moscow Singapore By Hand QF:,., 22 Munich Tokyo Mr. James Burtle £CEj VED .Ne;r@fisv Washington, D.C. Chief, Experimental Licensing Branch ~ Office of Engineering and Technology HIN 9 29 200¢ Federal Communications Commussion Pede CC _ . 5dgra) s 445 12th Street, N.W. Umunicalon Cojpmies,, MSsinp !’f“,.a: Ofi Washington, DC 20554 Re: Deere & Company, File No. 0437—EX—ST—2006 Dear Mr. Burtle: Inmarsat Ventures Limited ("Inmarsat") submits the enclosed document in reply to the comments of Mobile Satellite Ventures Subsidiary LLC ("MSV") in this proceeding, in which Deere & Company("Deere") seeks experimental authority to test receive only L—Band mobile earth terminals using the Inmarsat—3 satellite at 142° W.L. MSVsubmitted as its comments a pleading that MSV filed in response to Deere‘s application for similar authorityin File No. SES—STA—20060605—00922. On June 21, 2006, Inmarsat fully responded to MSV‘s comments in that proceeding, and demonstrated that the actions requested by MSVare not warranted. Therefore, Inmarsat attaches for inclusion in the record of this proceeding its June 21, 2006 response to MSV‘s comments. Please contact the undersigned if you have any questions regarding the attached. Sincerely yours, A AML~ John W Janka Jeffrey A. Marks Enclosure DC 884746.1

RECEIVED Before the JUN 2 1 20086 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION FedorsiCo i Washington, DC 20554 bral Office Communications Commissi of Secr:mmmlsslon In the matter of ) ) Deere & Company ) —File No. SES—STA—20060605—00922 REPLY OF INMARSAT VENTURES LIMITED Inmarsat Ventures Limited (‘"Inmarsat") replies to the comments of Mobile Satellite Ventures Subsidiary LLC ("MSV"). In this proceeding, Deere & Company ("Deere") seeks special temporary authority ("STA") for a period of 30 days to test a maximum of 20 receive only, non—common carrier, L—Band mobile earth terminals using the Inmarsat—3 ("I—3") satellite at 142° W.L. No one opposes Commission grant of Deere‘s application. MSV is the only party to comment and MSV requests that the Commission include in its grant pronouncements that are of no relevance to this request for testing authority.‘ Specifically, MSV asks that the Commission "make clear that:" (i) Commission grant of the STA "should not be construed as a Commission endorsement" regarding the coordination status of I—3 at 142° W.L.; and (ii) "Inmarsat must coordinate the Inmarsat 3F4 with other L band operators before Deere can \ Inmarsat disagrees with MSV‘s characterizations regarding the ongoing L—Band spectrum dispute between Inmarsat and MSV. See MSV Comments at 2—5. Inmarsat has fully briefed this matter in prior pleadings and incorporates by reference a recent pleading that summarizes Inmarsat‘s positions on the issues involved. See Opposition of Inmarsat, File No. SES—MFS—20060118—00050, et al. (filed Mar. 16, 2006) (with Consolidated Opposition of Inmarsat, File No. File No. SES—MFS—20051207—01709, et al. (filed Feb. 2, 2006) attached thereto as Exhibit A).

provide commercial service in the United States with this satellite."" There is no basis for MSV‘s requests. As an initial matter, Deere‘s proposed testing operations do not raise any interference issues. Inmarsat has been successfully operating its I—3 spacecraft at 142° W.L. for approximately three months, since the time Inmarsat decommissioned the Inmarsat—2 spacecraft that had been successfully operating at that location for the previous four years. Nowhere does MSV allege that Inmarsat‘s operations at 142° W.L. have caused harmful interference. Moreover, Deere requests STA to use the very same limited portion of the L—Band that the Commission has authorized for Deere‘s use since 2001." Deere‘s proposed operations in that frequency segment over I—3, therefore, cannot reasonably be expected to have an adverse effect on MSV. Furthermore, MSV‘s requests are superfluous and inconsistent with Commission policy regarding the authorization of L—Band services. First, it would be premature and prejudicial for the Commission to place a condition on Deere‘s future "commercial" operations that are not even the subject of this application, as MSV suggests. The Commission should not include language in Deere‘s STA based on the mere speculation that Deere might file an application for commercial authority at some future date. Second, granting MSV‘s requests regarding coordination would contravene longstanding Commission precedent, which provides that completion of coordination is not a condition precedent to (or a guid pro quo for) issuance of * MSV Comments at 1. * See File No. SES—LIC—20010112—00051 (authorizing Deere‘s provision of L—Band services over the Inmarsat—2 spacecraft at 98° W.L.). t

an authorization to provide MSS in the United States." The Commission confirmed this policy in its recent grant of MSV‘s application to operate a new and uncoordinated L—Band MSS spacecraft at 63.5° W.L." That application was granted just last year without any obligation being imposed on MSV to effectuate coordination with Inmarsat prior to launching or operating MSV‘s spacecraft. Here (as the Commission found in MSV‘s case)® no other L—Band system in the vicinity of the United States could use the L—Band spectrum currently used by Inmarsat (and for which Deere already holds an FCC authorization) to serve the United States. As a final matter, imposing a coordination condition on Deere‘s future operations would be fundamentally unfair, as it would provide MSV with sole control over whether Deere could ever provide commercial services over the I—3 satellite at 142° W.L. Contrary to what MSV implies, Inmarsat has repeatedly attempted to coordinate its North American fleet operations with MSV, but MSV has rebuffed those efforts citing "other" business issues that MSV wishes to address prior to continuing such a dialogue.‘ Moreover, such conditions would unjustifiably treat Deere (and Inmarsat) differently than the Commuission has treated other MSS applicants.* * Establishment ofPolicies and Service Rules for MSS in the 2 GHz Band, 15 FCC Red 16127, 16192 148—49 (2000); SatCom Systems, Inc., 14 FCC Red 20798, 20813 « 30 (1999) ("TMIL); Amendment ofthe Commission‘s Rules to Establish Rules and Policies Pertaining to MSS in the 1610—1626.5/2483.5—2500 MHz Frequency Bands, 9 FCC Red 5936, 6018 211 (1994); AMSC Sub. Corp., 8 FCC Red 4040, 4043 «[ 17 (1993). °* Mobile Satellite Ventures Subsidiary LLC, Application for Authority to Launch and Operate an L—band Mobile Satellite Service Satellite at 63.5° W.L., 20 FCC Red 479 (2005). MSV recently surrendered this authorization after making a business decision not to meet its licensed milestone schedule. ° 1d. at 482 9 8. ‘ See Inmarsat Consolidated Response, File No. SES—STA—20051216—01756 et al., at 9—1 1 (Jan. 6, 2006). iSee, e.g., cases cited, supra, notes 3 & 4.

e we ow For the foregoing reasons, the Commussion should grant STA to Deere without including the coordination pronouncements requested by MSV. Respectfully submitted, Diane J. Cornell Join P .\Tanka Vice President, Government Affairs Jeffrey A. Marks INMARSAT, INC. LATHAM & WATKINS LLP 1100 Wilson Blyvd, Suite 1425 555 Eleventh Street, N.W. Arlington, VA 22209 Suite 1000 Telephone: (703) 647 4767 Washington, D.C. 20004 Telephone: (202) 637—2200 June 21, 2006

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Jeffrey A. Marks, hereby certify that on this 21° day of June, 2006, I caused to be served a true copy of the foregoing "Reply of Inmarsat Ventures Limited" by first class mail, postage pre—paid (or as otherwise indicated) upon the following: James Ball* Stephen Duall* International Bureau International Bureau Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission 445 12"" Street, S.W. 445 12"" Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Washington, DC 20554 JoAnn Ekblad* Richard Engelman* International Bureau International Bureau Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission 445 12" Street, S.W. 445 12"" Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Washington, DC 20554 Gardner Foster®* Howard Griboff* International Bureau International Bureau Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission 445 12"" Street, S.W. 445 12"" Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Washington, DC 20554 Fem Jarmulnek* Andrea Kelly* International Bureau International Bureau Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission 445 12"" Street, S.W. 445 12"" Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Washington, DC 20554 Karl Kensinger* Scott Kotler*® International Bureau International Bureau Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission 445 12"" Street, S.W. 445 12"" Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Washington, DC 20554 John Martin* Robert Nelson* International Bureau International Bureau Federal Communications Commussion Federal Communications Commission 445 12"" Street, S.W. 445 12"" Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Washington, DC 20554

Roderick Porter* Cassandra Thomas* International Bureau International Bureau Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission 445 12" Street, S.W. 445 12"" Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Washington, DC 20554 Eliot J. Greenwald Jennifer A. Manner Bingham McCutchen LLP Vice President, Regulatory Affairs 3000 K Street, N.W. Mobile Satellite Ventures Subsidiary LLC Suite 300 1002 Park Ridge Boulevard Washington, DC 20007—5116 Reston, Virginia 20191 Counselfor Deere & Company Bruce D. Jacobs David S. Konczal Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 2300 N Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20037—1128 Counsel for MSV Yy.0 AA *Via Electronic Mail Jeftgefi@ Marks

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE L. Jeffrey A. Marks, hereby certify that on this 22"" day of June, 2006, I caused to be served a true copy of the foregoing byfirst class mail, postage pre—paid (or as otherwise indicated) upon the following: James Ball * Stephen Duall* International Bureau International Bureau Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commussion 445 12" Street, S.W. 445 12" Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Washington, DC 20554 JoAnn Ekblad* Richard Engelman* International Bureau International Bureau Federal Communications Commiussion Federal Communications Commission 445 12"" Street, S.W. 445 12"" Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Washington, DC 20554 Gardner Foster*® Howard Griboff* International Bureau International Bureau Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission 445 12"" Street, S.W. 445 12"" Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Washington, DC 20554 Fern Jarmulnek* Andrea Kelly* International Bureau International Bureau Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission 445 12" Street, S.W. 445 12"" Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Washington, DC 20554 Karl Kensinger*® Scott Kotler*® International Bureau International Bureau Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission 445 12"" Street, S.W. 445 12"" Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Washington, DC 20554 John Martin* Robert Nelson* International Bureau International Bureau Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commuission 445 12" Street, S.W. 445 12" Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Washington, DC 20554 DC 884746.1

Roderick Porter* Cassandra Thomas* International Bureau International Bureau Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission 445 12"" Street, S.W. 445 12"" Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Washington, DC 20554 Eliot J. Greenwald Jennifer A. Manner Bingham McCutchen LLP Vice President, Regulatory Affairs 3000 K Street, N.W. Mobile Satellite Ventures Subsidiary LLC Suite 300 10802 Park Ridge Boulevard Washington, DC 20007—5116 Reston, Virginia 20191 Counsel for Deere & Company Bruce D. Jacobs David S. Konczal Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 2300 N Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20037—1 128 Counselfor MSV *Via Electronic Mail /]J Kfi/ J freyy. Marks DC §84746.1


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