Attachment 2013LightSquared - r

This document pretains to SAT-MOD-20101118-00239 for Modification on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

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REDACTED FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION 10802Parkrdge Rovievard, Reston, VA 20191 wwwlightsquared:com April 30, 2013 FILED/ACCEPTED Marlene H. Secret Dortch ary APR 30 2013 Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commissi Office of the Secretary Office of the Secretary son 445 12th Street SW ' Washington, DC 20554 Re: 18 Docket No. 08—184 and IBFS File No. SAT—MOD—20111118—00239 Dear Ms Dortch: 6 LightSquared Subsidiary LLC ("LightSquared") 1 hereby submits this combined semi— annual report pursuant to the Memorandum Opinion and Order and Declaratory Ruling adopted by the Commission on March 26, 2010 in 1B Docket No. 08—184 (the "MO&O"), and quarterly report pursuant to the Order and Authorization adopted by the Commission on January 26, 2011 in IBFS File No. SAT—MOD—20111118—00239 (the "O&A") (collectively, the "Orders"). By separate letter, LightSquared requests confidential treatment of this report. On February 15, 2012, the Commission released a Public Notice seeking comment on the letter sent to it on February 14, 2012 by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration‘s (NTIA)." The Public Notice addressed certain issues related to the potential incompatibility of GPS receivers with LightSquared‘s planned operations, and recommended vacating the Commission‘s Condifional Waiver Order and modifying LightSquared‘s satellite license to suspend indefinitely its ATC authority. The Conditional Waiver Order itself provides that LightSquared and members of the GPS industry must resolve certain outstanding issues "before LightSquared commences offering commercial service pursuant to [the waiver granted in the Conditional Waiver Order] on its L—band MSS frequencies."" in light of the Commission‘s Public Notice and the unresolved condition in the Conditional Waiver Order, LightSquared is not yet providing commercial service using its ATC authority. 1 See Letter from Jeffrey J. Carlisle, Executive Vice President, LightSquared GP Inc., to Mariene H. Dortch, Secretary, FCC (July 20, 2010) (nofifying the Commission of the corporate name changes affecting various SkyTera—named entities). * See Public Notice: international Bureau Invites Comment on NTIA Leffter Regarding LightSquared Conditional Waiver, 1B Docket No. 11—109, DA 12—214 (Feb. 15, 2012). 3 LightSquared Subsidiary LLC, 26 FCC Red 568, at [ 41 (2011 }. LightSquared

REDACTED FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION 10ezParkridge Roulevard, Reston, VA 20191 wwwovlightsquaredxom LightSquared remains committed to working cooperatively with Congress, federal government agencies, and the GPS industry to address the concerns raised by the GPS industry and others. Beginning in September of 2012, LightSquared made a series of filings with the Commission proposing solutions that would allow the company to deploy terrestrial broadband service in a way that is compatible with legacy GPS receivers. These filings have been accepted by the Commission and all have been placed on public notice for comment.* The comment cycles with respect to the underlying public notices were alil closed as of January 11, 2013. SITE DEVELOPMENT As a result of the Commission‘s Public Notice of February 15, 2012, LightSquared has not undertaken any significant site development activity during this reporting period. LightSquared has focused its efforts on resolving the underiying spectrum and deployment issues identified by the Commission through the series of filings referenced above. DEVICE MANUFACTURERS Qualcomm Incorporated is integrating L—Band LTE technology in its mainstream chipset roadmap and has developed an advanced satellite air interface technology to enable the satellite mode of operation in mobile devices. SATELLITE Each of the satellites operated by LightSquared has performed nominally and as expected over the past six months. * Public Notice, Federal Communications Commission Invites Comment on LightSquared Request for Relief from Build—Out Conditions, DA 12—1604 {ret. Oct. 10, 2012); Public Notice, Consumer & Govermmental Affairs Bureau Reference Information Center Petition for Rulemaking Filed, RM No. 11681 {rel. Nov 9, 2012);Public Notice, Federal Communications Commission Invites Comment on LightSquared Request to Modify its ATC Authorization, DA 12—1863 (rel. Nov. 18, 2012); Public Notice, Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau Reference lnformaaon Center Petition for Rulemaking Filed, RM No. 11883 {rel. Nov 16, 2012). | LightSquared

REDACTED FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION ‘smr?’afkri‘ég'e Houlsvard, Poston, ¥A 10191 e lightsquared.com PARTICULAR REPORTING REQUIREMENTS 1. Pursuant to reporting requirement III.A of the O£A, LightSquared reports that as of March 31, 2013, there were approximately terminals and approximately active private network customers on its —only network. ightsquared is capable of providing only an estimate of the latter figure because LightSquared does not have direct access to the subscriber counts of its wholesale customers. As noted above, LightSquared is not yet providing commercial MSS/ATC or terrestrial—only services. Accordingly, the number of reportable active terminals and active users on its network in these categories is zero. As the terrestrial network is not yet in commercial service, the number of reportable total bytes carried by LightSquared‘s terrestrial network also is zero (see Condition 3 to the MO&O). 2. Pursuant to reporting requirement H1.B of the O&A, LightSquared provides the following list of components available from mainstream component suppliers to support L—band dual mode operations: RF Components: & & & L Sincerely, Jeffrey J. Carlisle Executive Vice President Regulatory Affairs and Public Policy Co_— Sean Lev John Leibovitz Mindel De La Torre Rod Porter Gardner Foster IB—SATFO@fce.gov


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