SES Comments on Star

COMMENT submitted by SES Americom, Inc.

SES Americom, Inc. Comments

2010-11-29

This document pretains to SAT-PPL-20071113-00159 for Permitted List on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATPPL2007111300159_854197

Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of ) ) STAR ONE S.A. ) File Nos. SAT-PPL-20081205-00225 (Call Sign S2784) ) & SAT-PPL-20071113-00159 (Call Sign S2742) Petition for Declaratory Ruling to be ) Added to the Permitted List ) COMMENTS OF SES AMERICOM, INC. SES Americom, Inc. (“SES Americom,” doing business as “SES WORLD SKIES”1), by its attorneys, hereby comments on the Application for Review of the International Bureau’s Order2 filed by Star One S.A. (“Star One”) in the above-captioned proceedings (the “Star One Application for Review”).3 SES WORLD SKIES does not oppose the relief requested by Star One. However, SES WORLD SKIES strongly objects to Star One’s characterization of its deployment of the AMC-4 spacecraft at 67° W.L. Star One appears to suggest that the relocation of AMC-4 to 67° W.L. “is not intended to provide commercial service”4 but rather is to enable spectrum to be 1 SES WORLD SKIES is the commercial brand name for the integrated operations of two indirect subsidiaries of SES S.A.: SES Americom and New Skies Satellites B.V. (effective January 1, 2009). The brand name does not affect the underlying legal entities that hold Commission authorizations or U.S. market access rights. 2 Star One S.A., Order, DA 10-1957 (IB rel. Oct. 13, 2010) (the “C5 Order”). 3 Star One challenges the rulings in the C5 Order denying Star One’s request to modify the Permitted Space Station List entry for Star One C5 at 68° W.L. by substituting the in-orbit Star One B1 satellite and declaring Star One’s bond for C5 due and payable to the U.S. Treasury. Star One Application for Review at 1. 4 Id. at 15.

“warehouse[d].”5 To the contrary, SES WORLD SKIES is commercializing the Ku-band frequencies at 67° W.L. through its arrangement with the Andean Community. In fact, during the short period since the Commission granted regular authority for AMC-4’s operations earlier this month, SES WORLD SKIES has signed multiple contracts for AMC-4 Ku-band capacity at 67° W.L. and has begun providing service. Thus, any suggestion by Star One that SES WORLD SKIES is engaged in spectrum warehousing or does not intend to provide commercial service in the Ku-band using AMC-46 is simply wrong. Respectfully submitted, SES AMERICOM, INC. By: /s/ Karis A. Hastings Suzanne H. Malloy Karis A. Hastings Assistant Secretary Hogan Lovells US LLP SES Americom, Inc. 555 Thirteenth Street, N.W. Four Research Way Washington, D.C. 20004 Princeton, NJ 08540 (202) 637-5600 November 29, 2010 5 Id. at 18. 6 See id. at 10, 15, & 18. 2

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Cecelia Burnett, hereby certify that on this 29th day of November, 2010, I caused to be served a copy of the foregoing “Comments of SES Americom, Inc.” on the following parties by first-class U.S. mail, postage prepaid, except as otherwise indicated: Alfred M. Mamlet Adalid Contreras Baspineiro Stephanie A. Roy Secretary General Steptoe & Johnson LLP Andean Community of Nations 1330 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Av. Paseo de la República 3895, San Isidro Washington, D.C. 20036 Lima, Perú Counsel for Star One S.A. Diego Molano Vega Mindel de la Torre Minister of Communications Chief, International Bureau Republic of Colombia Federal Communications Commission 8a entre Calles 12 y 13 445 12th Street, S.W. Edificio Murillo Toro Washington, D.C. 20554 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia (by e-mail) Juan Manuel Roldán Ambassador Philip Verveer Chief, International Office Coordinator for International Communication Ministry of Communications and Information Policy Republic of Colombia Bureau of Economic, Energy, & Business 8a entre calles 12 y 13 Affairs Edificio Murillo Toro U.S. Department of State Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 2201 C Street, N.W., Room 6333 Washington, D.C. 20520-5820 /s/ Cecelia M. Burnett


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