Attachment LightSquared - Req f

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

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                                              November 2, 2015           Accepted / Filed

    Secistary
    Mariene H. Dortch
                                                                              NOV —2 2015
    Federal Communications Commission                                 Federal Communications Commission
    Office of the Secretary                                                   Office of the Secretary
    445 12th Street SW
    Washington, DC 20554

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

    Dear Ms Dortch:

    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 Comm|SS|on 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 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.
    LightSquared remains committed to working cooperatively with Congress, federal



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


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    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 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 period." LightSquared has focused
    its efforts on resolving the underlying spectrum and deployment issues identified by the
    Commission through the series of filings referenced above.

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    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 III.A of the O&A, Lif}htSquared reports that as
           of October 31, 2015 there were approximately           terminals and
           approximately         active private network customers on its MSS—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


    * LightSquared Subsidiary LLC, 26 FCC Red 566, at f1 41 (2011).
    * See Public Notice, Federal Communications Commission Invites Comment on LightSquared Request to
    Modify Its ATC Authorization, DA 12—863 (rel. 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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            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).

           . Pursuant to reporting requirement II1.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:




                                              Sincerely, |


                                                                      .22




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

    CCo:    Jonathan Saliet
            John Leibovitz
            Mindel De La Torre
            Jennifer Gilsenan
            IB—SATFO@fcc.gov




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