Attachment LightSquared - Req C

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

IBFS_SATMOD2010111800239_1087513

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                                                                                      Lome—Squarep {3
                                                 April 30, 2015
                                                                                     Accepted / Filed
    Marlene H. Dortch
    Secretary                                                                                       30 2015
    Federal Communications Commission                                                     APR           2
    Office of the Secretary                                                       Federal Communications Commission
    445 12th Street SW                                                                   Office of the Secretary
    Washington, DC 20554

            Re: 1B Docket No. 08—184 and IBFS File No. SAT—MOD—20101118—00239

    Dear Ms Dortch:

    LightSquared Subsidiary LLC ("LightSquared")‘ hereby submits this combined semi—
    annual report pursuant to the Memorandum Opinion and Order and Declarafory Ruling
    adopted by the Commission on March 26, 2010 in IB 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—20101118—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 Conditional Waiver Order
    and modifying LightSquared‘s satellite license to suspend indefinitely its ATC authority.
    The Conditional Waiver Orderitself provides that LightSquared and members ofthe
    GPS industry must resolve certain outstanding issues "before LightSquared
    commences offering commercial service pursuant to [the walver 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.
    LightSquared remains committed to working cooperatively with Congress, federal



    1 See Letter from Jeffrey J. Carlisle, Executive Vice President, LightSquared GP Inc., to Marlene H.
    Dortch, Secremry FCC (July 20, 2010) {notifying the Commission of the corporate name changes
    affecting various SkyTena—named entities).
    2 See Public Notice: International Bureau Invites Comment on NTIA LetterRegarding LightSquared
    Conditional Waiver, IB Docket No. 11—109, DA 12—214 (Feb. 15, 2012).

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    govermment agencies, and the GPS industry toaddress 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 it to deploy terrestrial broadband
     service in a way that ensures that GPS receivers are compatible with LightSquared‘s
     operations. These filings have been accepted by the Commission and all have been
     placed on public notice for comment.*

    SITE DEVELOPMENT

    As a result of the Commission‘s Public Notice of February 15, 2012, LightSquared has
    not undertaken any significant site development activity related to the provision of two—
    way terrestrial mobile service during this reporting penod 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 has integrated L—Band LTE technology in its 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.

    PARTICULAR REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

        1. Pursuant to reporting requirement IIl.A of the O&A, LightSquared reports that as
           of April 30, 2015, there were approximatelyfl terminals and approximately
                    active private network customers on         S—only network. LightSquared
           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


    * LightSquared Subsidiary LLC, 26 FCC Red 566, at % 41 (2011).
    * See Public Notice, Federal Communications Commission Invites Comment on LightSquared Request to
    Modify Its ATC Authorization, DA 12—863 (rei. Nov. 16, 2012); Public Notice, Consumer & Governmental
    Affairs Bureau Reference Information Center Petition for Rulemaking Filed, RM No. 11683 (rel. Nov 16,
    2012).
     LightSquared has implemented a one—way DVB—H network in the 1670—1675 MHz band.

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           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).

          . Pursuant to reporting requiremenitII1.B of the 0&£4, LightSquared provides the
            following list of components available from mainstream component suppliers to
            support L—band dual mode operations:




                                             Sincerely,




                                             Jeffrey J. Carlisle
                                             Executive Vice President
                                             Regulatory Affairs and Public Policy

    Co:    Jonathan Sallet
           John Leibovitz
           Mindel De La Torre
           Jennifer Gilsenan
           IiB—SATFO@fcc.gov




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