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

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     Marlene H. Dortch                                                              Federal Communications Commission
     Secretary                                                                            Office of the Secretery
     Federal Communications Commission
     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:

     Ligado Networks Subsidiary LLC ("Ligado")‘ 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—20101118—00239 (the "O&A") (collectively,
     the "Orders"). By separate letter, Ligado 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 Ligado‘s planned
     operations, and recommended vacating the Commission‘s Conditional Waiver Order
     and modifying Ligado‘s satellite license to suspend indefinitely its ATC authority.

     The Conditional Waiver Order itself provides that Ligado and members of the GPS
     industry must resolve certain outstanding issues "before Ligado 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, Ligado is not yet providing

     ! See Letter from Jeffrey J. Carlisle, Executive Vice President, LightSquared GP Inc., to Marlene H.
     Dortch, Secretary, FCC (July 20, 2010) (notifying the Commission that SkyTerra had changed its name to
     LightSquared); Letter from Jeffrey J. Carlisle, Executive Vice President, Ligado Networks Subsidiary LLC
     to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, FCC (Feb. 11, 2016) (notifying the Commission that LightSquged had
     changed its name to Ligado Networks).
     * 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).
     ° LightSquared Subsidiary LLC, 26 FCC Red 566, at 141 (2011).


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        commercial service using its ATC authority. Ligado 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, Ligado 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 Ligado‘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, Ligado has not
        undertaken any significant site development activity related to the provision of two—way
        terrestrial mobile service during this reporting period." Ligado has focused its efforts on
        resolving the underlying 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 Ligado 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, Ligado reports that as of
‘                   March 31, 2018 there were approximately                           terminals and approximately
                              active private network customers on its                 MSS—only network. Ligado is
                    capable of providing only an estimate of the latter figure because Ligado. does
                    not have direct access to the subscriber counts of its wholesale customers. As
                    noted above, Ligado 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


        * 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).
        5 Ligado has implemented a one—way DVB—H network in the 1670—1675 MHz band.


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                  commercial service, the number of reportable total bytes carried by Ligado‘s
                  terrestrial network also is zero (see Condition 3 to the MO&O).

             2. Pursuant to reporting requirement III.B of the O&A, Ligado 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
                  Mindel De La Torre
                  Jennifer Gilsenan
                  IB—SATFO@fcec.gov




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