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

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Giovanni Bisignani Director General & CEO 5 June 2011 The Honorable Julius Genachowski Chairman Federal Communications Commission 445 12"" Street, SW Washington, D.C. 20554 United States of America On behalf of the 230 member airlines of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), I am writing to express our strong opposition to the waiver of the "integrated service" rule granted to LightSquared Subsidiary LLC (LightSquared) for its Mobile Satellite Service license in the L Band. Specifically, we are concerned that interference from the proposed LightSquared system will impact Global Positioning System (GPS) frequencies, which are used by airline operations around the world for critical navigation, communication, and surveillance services that are essential for aviation safety. We are particularly alarmed that interference to GPS signals will directly impact the U.S. Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen), an air traffic modernization effort strongly endorsed by the Obama Administration, which uses the GPS as the basis of its technology. IATA is a strong proponent of NextGen and endorses its implementation to improve safety, increase efficiency, and reduce aviation‘s environmental footprint We urge the Commission to take all necessary steps to ensure that GPS service provision is not compromised in any way by the LightSquared system. JCXA International Air Transport Association 800 Place Victoria, B.R. 113 Routede !Agroport 33, PO. Box 416 Montréal, Québec 1215 Geneva 15 Airport Canada H4Z 1M1 Switzerland Tel: +1 514 874 0202 Tel: +41 0 22 770 2900 Fax +1 514 874 2657 Fax: +41 0 22 770 2680 muwata.org iata.dg.ceo@iata.org iata.dg.ceo@iata.org


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