Attachment 2003Compass-SES apr

2003Compass-SES apr

REPLY submitted by SES Americom

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2003-04-28

This document pretains to SAT-MSC-20020325-00054 for Miscellaneous on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATMSC2002032500054_825356

PAUL(. WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON 8 GARRISON LLP PARTNERS RESIDENT IN WASHINGTON HENK BRANDS DALE M. SARRO ROBERT E. MONTGOMERY, JR. PHILLIP L. SPECTOR 1615 L STREET, NW 1285 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS ROBERT P. PARKER STUART G. STEINGOLD NEW YORK, NY 10019—6064 WASHINGTON, DC 20036—5694 WARREN B. RUDMAN, OF COUNSEL TELEPHONE (212) 373—3000 TELEPHONE (202) 223—7300 FACSIMILE (212) 757—3990 PARTNERS NOT RESIDENT IN WASHINGTON FACSIMILE (202) 223—7420 NEALE M. ALBERT* ALAN W. KORNBERG RECEIVED 62. RUE DU FAUBOURG SAINT—HONORE ARK H. ALCOTT RUBEN KRAIEM* ALLAN J. AREFA* DANIEL J. KRAMER* LLOYD K. GARRISON (1946—1991) 75008 PARIS, FRANCE ROBERTA ATKINS * DAVID K LAKHDHIR RANDOLPH E. PAUL (1946—1956) TELEPHONE (33 1) 53 43 14 14 BAUGHMAN * LANG DANIEL [J. BELLER DAN!EL adg LEFFELL" SIMON H. RIFKIND (1950—1995) FACSIMILE (33 1) 53 43 00 23 MITCHELL L BERG’ MARTIN LOND LoUIS S. WEISS (1927—1950) MARK S. RGM JEFFREY D. MARELL* BRUCE BIRENBOIM" MARCO V. MASOTTI* JOHN F. WHARTON (1927—1977) FUKOKU SEIMEI BUILDING H. CHRISTOPHER BOEHNING‘ EDWIN 8. MAYNARD" APR 2 8 2003 > 2—2 " UCHISAIWAICHO 2—CHOME RICHARD JOHN S. BORISOF F. BREGLiO® OBYN S. J. M 1 CHIYODA—KU, TOKYO 100—001 1, JAPAN RICHARD J BRONSTEIN* JOHN_J._O‘N TELEPHONE (81—3) 3597—8 10 1 NE Y F CI:{AN' KELLEY D. PARKER* NNE MARC E. PERLMUTTER* FACSIMILE (81—3) 3s97—8 120 DOUGLAS A. CIPU* MARK F. POMERANTZ* FEBDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISEION LEWIS R._ CLAYTON LEONARD_V._QUIGLEY* OFFICE OF the sechetaRy RUsSELLo. coLweLL* CaRED CAREY R.R. Ramooo\ 00 2918 CHINA WORLD TOWER II KEbLGELYg RCODRN\IISSH' M}I“CHAEL B. REEDE* WRITER‘S DIRECT DIAL NUMBER NO. 1 JIANGUOMENWAI DAJIE AMES M. DU . DAVIS* WALTER RIEMAN" BEIJING, 100004 LESLIEGORDON FAGEN PEOPLE‘S REPUBLIC OF CHINA PETER L FELCHER* 202—223—7340 TELEPHONE (86—10) 6505—6822 PETER FIS W N. ROSENBERG‘ STEVEN B ROSENFELD WRITER‘S DIRECT FACSIMILE FACSIMILE (86—10) 6505—6830 ROBERT g. FLEDER" PETER J. ROTHENBERG" MARTIN FLUMENBAUM RAPHAEL M. RUSSO* ANDREW J. FOLEY* JEFFREY D. SAFERSTEIN* HARRIS B. FREIDUS* JEFFREY B._SAMUELS* RECE’ VEBTH FLOOR, HONG KONG CLUB BUILDING spector@paulweiss.com pSp P s 9A CHATER ROAD, CENTRAL PKOMGS:.GmSerken""~— ERIC 5. GOLDSTEIN® Kewwelm Moschneiper« SCHIME ROBERT B. SCHUME wRITER‘s DiIRECT E—MAIL ADDbRESS Hone kone ERIE GooDiSso AmMES H. sCHWas? 1 C cHartes cooee. umt MICHAEL J. SECAL® WRITERS DIRECT FAX APR 2 9 200 TELEPHONCENE) cbomsecs NPLAN* STEPHEN J. SHIMSHAK* FACSIMILE (e52) 2sse—0622 GAINES GWATHMEY * DAVID_R_ SICULAR® 202—223—7440 MOSES SILVERMAN® QN CLAléDIA HAMMERMAN* EBEBVERNr_sMgI ty RT P. HAND* MJ ALDER CASTLE GERARD E. HARPER MARILYN SOBEL* 10 NoBLE sTREET goBeRT M. HIRSH* AIDANSyNNOTT+ VEN_R. HOWARD®* LONDON ECEV rJU U.K: OYCE 5. HUANG® ARK A. UNDERBERG* TELEPHONE (44 20) 7367 1600 uen GHaARLES JOHNSON MARIA T. VULLO* MEREDITH J. KAN THEODORE V. WELLS, JR. FACSIMILE (44 20) 7367 16SO ROBERTA A KAPLAN" STEVEN L. WOLFRAM+* BRAD S. KARP® LISA YANO* JOHN C KENNEDY® JORDAN E. YARETT* FRED KINMONTH* ALFRED D. YOUNGWOOD April 28, 2003 *NOT AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE DC BAR. i Receiv By Hand APR 3 0 2003 Marlene H. Dortch Secretary POHQY Branch Federal Communications Commission Buregy . 445 12th Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 Re: Application of Compass Systems, Inc. for Authority to Construct an International Direct Broadcast Satellite System, DA 03—410, File No. SAT—MSC—200320325—00054, filed March 20, 2002. SA1t. SCc— aboa 63 as GOOS 4 Dear Ms. Dortch: This letter is written on behalf of SES AMERICOM, Inc. ("SES AMERICOM") to respond to certain statements contained in the Application for Review filed by Compass Systems, Inc. ("Compass") on April 2, 2003 (the "Compass Application for Review") in relation to the above—captioned application for a Direct Broadcast Satellite ("DBS") system employing the 157° and 166° West Longitude ("W.L.") orbital locations.‘ These statements relate to a Petition for Declaratory * This letter is submitted as an informal comment to clarify the record with respect to SES AMERICOM‘s own petition related to a different orbital slot. It is accordingly not relevant that the period for oppositions to the Compass Application for Review has expired. As discussed herein, SES AMERICOM takes no position on the merits of the Compass Application for Review, and Compass is not Doc#: DC1: 134365_1

PAUL, YEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON 8 GARRISON LLP Marlene H. Dortch Ruling filed by SES AMERICOM on April 25, 2002 (the "SES AMERICOM Petition"), requesting a determination that it is in the public interest for SES AMERICOM to offer satellite capacity for direct—to—home services in the United States and certain British Overseas Territories from a satellite licensed by the Government of Gibraltar to use the Broadcasting—Satellite Service ("BSS") frequencies at 105.5° w.L. In this letter, SES AMERICOM takes no position on the merits of the Compass Application for Review, and does not comment on how the Commission should award licenses for U.S. orbital slots for the DBS service. This letter is written solely to clarify certain matters regarding SES AMERICOM‘s proposal to use the 105.5° W.L. slot. In its Application for Review, Compass refers several times to the fact that the SES AMERICOM Petition was accepted for filing by the Commussion, without calling for competing applications, and without any indication that the Commission would auction the orbital slot that is the subject of that Petition." Although Compass‘s overall argument is that auctions are not appropriate for the DBS service, particularly when the proposed service is international (as is the case with SES AMERICOM‘s proposal, as Compass notes"), Compass‘s statements could be interpreted as implying that, if auctions are employed for licensing U.S. DBS orbital slots, it would be appropriate for the Commission to auction the BSS frequencies at the 105.5° W.L. orbital slot. The record should be clear that the 105.5° W.L. orbital slot to be used by SES AMERICOM is not assigned to the United States. Rather, it is a proposed modification to the International Telecommunication Union BSS plans ("BSS Plans"), filed by the United Kingdom on behalf of the Government of Gibraltar. Once entered into the BSS Plans, this orbital location will be assigned to the United Kingdom and through it Gibraltar, and it is Gibraltar that is entitled to decide (as it has) how and to whom to allocate the BSS rights to the slot. The SES AMERICOM Petition does not seek access to a U.S. slot, but rather seeks a Commission determination that it would be in the public interest for SES AMERICOM to offer capacity in the United States from a prejudiced by the filing of the instant letter. To the extent that leave is necessary for inclusion of this letter in the Commission recordof this proceeding, such leave is hereby requested. * SES AMERICOM, Inc. Petition for Declaratory Ruling To Serve the U.S. Market Using BSS Spectrum from the 105.5° W.L. Orbital Location, File No. SAT—PDR—20020425—00071, filed April 25, 2002. 3 Compass Application for Review at 3, 4, 6—7, 9, 16, and 18. 3 Id. at 16. Doc#: DC1: 134365_1

PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON 8 GARRISON LLP Marlene H. Dortch foreign—licensed slot, in accordance with Commission rules and policies relating to access to the U.S. market by foreign—licensed satellites." Please direct any questions with respect to this filing to the undersigned. Respectfully Submitted, g2. Phillip L. Spe€tor Attorney for SES AMERICOM, Inc. ce: Antoinette Cook Bush, Esq. J.C. Rozendaal, Esq. f See, eg., 47 C.F.R. §§ 1.2, 25.137; Amendment of the Commission‘s Regulatory Policies to Allow Non—U.S. Licensed Space Stations to Provide Domestic and International Satellite Service in the United States, 12 FCC Red 24094, 24099, 24134, 24174 (1997); 15 FCC Red 7207, 7212 (1999). Doc#: DC1: 134365_1

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing letter of SES AMERICOM, Inc. was served this 28th day of April, 2003, by first class U.S. mail, postage prepaid, on the following: Antoinette Cook Bush, Esq. Compass Systems, Inc. 444 North Capitol Street, N.W., Suite 645 Washington, DC 20001 J.C. Rozendaal, Esq. Michael K. Kellogg, Esq. Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd & Evans, P.L.L.C. 1615 M Street, NW., Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036 W\(AA&&Q% Theresa Knadler Doc#: DC1: 134378_1


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