Attachment letter

letter

REQUEST submitted by General Motors Corp.; Honda North America; Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc.

letter

2006-12-01

This document pretains to SAT-STA-20061002-00114 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

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ORIGINAL December 1, 2006 FILED/ACCEPTED Kevin J. Martin, Chairman Federal Communications Commission DEC 1 5 2006 Federal Communications Commission hag ingtlfih WashT_we DC t,2055 on, Stree SW4 Office of the Secretary Re: XM Radio Inc. Request for Special Temporary Authority to Operate for 30 Days FCC File Number SAT—STA—20061002—00114 Dear Chairman Martin: We are writing you jointly, on behalf of our three companies —— General Motors Corporation, Honda North America, and Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc. —— to urge the Commission to promptly grant a pending Request for Special Temporary Authority ("STA") filed by XM Radio Inc., FCC File Number SAT—STA—20061002—00114.‘ GM, Honda, and Toyota each participates in a partnership with XM in connection with the installation and delivery of satellite radio services to our new vehicle buyers. Collectively through our agreements with XM and their agreements with other automobile manufacturers, XM is available in more than 140 different vehicle models for 2006. There are currently over three million XM subscribers in vehicles built by our companies and over 5.5 million vehicles on the road with XM capability. The quality of the service delivered to these customers is important to our companies therefore making the quality of coverage of XM‘s terrestrial repeater network significantly important to GM, Honda, and Toyota, and to the automobile industry in general. In addition to its subscription services another significant benefit the XM network provides to our automotive customers is the 24—hour—a—day XM emergency broadcast service. This channel is available to all automotive customers with an XM radio installed in their vehicle regardless of their status as a subscriber. This channel was invaluable to our customers during the unfortunate events of the burricanes last year and the widespread power failure that occurred in the Northeast. We are concerned that unless the Commission grants the STA, many of our new vehicle buyers could suffer a degradation or loss ofservice. ‘ This STA asks for authority to operate for 30 days and can be granted by the Commission‘s International Bureau at this time. XM also has filed two other STA applications, SAT—STA— 20061013—00119 and SAT—STA—20061013—00120, both of which require Public Notice before they can be granted.

Kevin Martin, Chairman December 1, 2006 Page 2 We understand that the current 30 day STA request has been supplemented with a 180 day STA request that will be subject to public notice and comment. Given this positioning of the matter we are hopeful that the Commission will grant the authority requested in the 30 day STA as expeditiously as possible to avoid degradation ofthe XM network. We appreciate your consideration of our concetns in this matter. ce: Michael J. Copps, Commissioner Jonathan S. Adelstein, Commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate, Commissioner Robert M. McDowell, Commissioner John Giusti, Acting Chief, International Bureau, Roderick Porter, Deputy Chicef, International Bureau


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