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

IBFS_SATMOD2010111800239_1017012

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                                            April 30, 2013                          FILED/ACCEPTED
Marlene H.
Secret        Dortch
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Federal Communications Commission                                                Federal Communications Commissi
Office of the Secretary
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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 }.



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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).



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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:
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                                            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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