Attachment GRANT

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DECISION submitted by FCC,IB

GRANT

2005-10-05

This document pretains to SAT-PPL-20050926-00184 for Permitted List on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

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ces snrom.ausmzsoome Inmarsat Gobal Limited inwaneat 2one Semmie 15 Bmant Sree. N. ut 1 > Waneger, 0. moersoe To: gonesrame ree aonesraan momen rewsrruureomees LATHAMeWATKINS« tam hwier Bnasas Noventges olsn urgeCony Fani Pas Huntug Sanduge October 4, 200 eatong Sentiico looin Srungi oprones Stzentatey ByHand mm Seawon Hexcow Tare Mr. Donald Abelson HerJaney vimnagen. 0C Chief, Intemational Bureau Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20054 Re: Request to Designate Proceeding as "Permit But Disclose" EXPEDITED PROCESSING REQUESTED Inmarsat Global Limited ECC File No. SAT—PPL—20050926—00184 Dear Mr. Abelson: Inmarst Global Limited ("Inmersat®) respectfully requests that the Commission designate as "permit but disclose" the ex parte status of this proceeding, which involves Inmarsat‘s Petition for Declaratory Ruling to serve the U.S. with a 2 GHz MSS spacecraft. The Commission has discretion to modify the application of its exparte rules in any particular proceeding where, as here, the public interest warrants doing so. 47 C.FR. § 1.1200(8). This matter is inextricably intertwined with two pending proceedings where the Commission is considering licensing "returned" 2 GHz MSS spectrum to TMUTerreStar and 1C0, IB Docket Nos. 05—220 and 05—221. Both of those proceedings (i) invlve proposals to modify the satellite authorizations of other entities, and (i))have been designated "permit but disclose" for ex parte purposes.‘— Inmarsat‘s submissions in those two proceedings discuss its general plans for the 2 GH satellite network with respect to which authority is sought here, and those intentions are more specifically delineated here. Therefore, the free exchange ofviews made possible by "permit but disclose" status would allow for a more complete record," and would apply the same ex parte rules to ‘ Comments Concerning Use ofPortions ofReturned 2 GHz Mobile Satellie Service Frequencies, PCC 05—133, 05—134 (rel. June 29, 2005). * See, e,g., Public Notice, Report No. SPB—136 (Aug. 25, 1998) (modifying exparte status of contested TMI earth station application to "permit but disclose" to "assist the Commission in developing a complete record on which a well—reasoned decision can be made").

tage2 odevenim LATHAM«WATKINS« Inmarsat‘s 2 GHe request as those that apply to the pending requests of TMUTerreStar and ICO for additional 2 GHz spectrum. Conducting this matter on a permit—but—disclose basis also would be consistent with the ex parte treatment of other requests for satellite—related authorizations that were related to pending rulemaking proceedings." Inmarsat respectfully seeks expedited grant of this request to allow it to continue the dialogue with the Commission that Inmarsat was able to have prior to TMITerreStar‘s October 3, 2005 letter indicating its intention to participate in this proceeding. Respectfully submitted, 7‘? %, 34e 4 §4 8 , K5 ce (by hand): X, 0 4 C Roderick K. Porter, Deputy Chief, International Bureau $P\ L 3 iZ- @0 8| 8 Gregory C. Stople |) 0 5 Bdward Price g N 2 viNsoN & ELKINS 5 4 d 1455 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. 9 & 83 Washington, D.C. 20004—1008 2 0 Counselfor TMI Communications and 0 )\ fd Company Limited Partnership + ‘VE) \ Jonathan D. Blake 5 % Kurt A. Wimmer ¢ o Matthew S. DelNero 4 covmeton & BuRLNG ¢ 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. $ Washington, D.C. 20004—2401 | Counselfor TerreStar Networks Inc. 0 * See, e.g., Motion to Designate Proceedings as ‘Permit But Disclose," SAT—MOD— 20031 118—00333, SAT—AMD—20031118—00332 (iled Nov. 19, 2003, granted by grant stamp Dec. 2, 2003) (lifting "restricted"status ofMSV satellite modification application in light of the related pending ATC rulemaking).

Attachment File No. SAT—PPL—20050926—00184 October 5, 2005 On October 5, 2005, the Satellite Division, Policy Branch, granted Inmarsat Global Limited‘s (Inmarsat‘s) request to designate Inmarsat‘s Petition for Declaratory Ruling to serve the United States using a spacecraft that will operate in the 2 GHband and the extended Ku band, File No. SAT—PPL—20050926—00184, as "permit—but—disclose" for purposes of the Commission‘s rules governing ex parte communications. See Letter from John P. Janka, Counsel for Inmarsat Global Limited, to Donald Abelson, Chief, International Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, dated Oct. 4, 2005. We find that designating the application as "permit—but—disclose" will facilitate resolution ofthe complex policy issues raised by the application. Thus, we designate IBFS File No. SAT— PPL—20050926—00184 as "permit—but—disclose," effective October 5, 2005. See 47 C.FR. §§ 1.1200(a), 1.1206 and 1.1208, Note 2. This action is without prejudice to any determination regarding the processing ofthe application. R— x — Disclore. —001 5¢ es *m;t: %e‘t» oP1— 25050426


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