ICO USG agreement ex

Ex PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER submitted by New ICO Satellite Services G.P.

Ex Parte Notification

2008-12-15

This document pretains to SES-AMD-20080219-00172 for Amended Filing on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

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ICO December 15, 2008 By Electronic Delivery Ms. Marlene H. Dortch Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 12"" Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 Re: Ex parte submission in File Nos. SES—LIC—20071203—01646, SES—AMD— 20080118—00075, SES—AMD—20080219—00172 Dear Ms. Dortch: This letteris to inform the Federal Communications Commission that ICO has entered into a coordination agreement with affected United States Federal Government agencies to protect federal earth stations receiving in the 2200—2290 MHz band. ICO references this agreement in support ofits application for blanket authority to operate Ancillary Terrestrial Component ("ATC") base stations and ICO‘s related request to waive specific portions of Section 25.252 of the Commission‘s rules. The agreement sets forth specific technical requirements for ICO ATC base stations for protection of federal earth stations operating in the 2200—2290 MHz band, including provision for protection of any future federal earth stations. The objective of the agreementis to ensure that grant of the ICO waiver requests would not result in unacceptable interference to the federal earth stations operating in the band 2200—2290 MHz due to ICO ATC base station out—of—band emissions. ICO and the federal agencies have agreed that waiver of Sections 25.252(a)(1)‘ and 25.252(a)(6)" of the Commission‘s rules should be conditioned upon ICO‘s 147 C.F.R. § 25.252(a)(1): Applicants for an ancillary terrestrial component in these bands must demonstrate that ATC base stations shall not: (1) Exceed an EIRP of —100.6 dBW/4kHz for out—of—channel emission at the edge of the MSS licensee‘s selected assignment. 247 CFR. § 25.252(a)(6); Applicants for an ancillary terrestrial component in these bands must demonstrate that ATC base stations shall not: (6) be located less than 820 meters from a U.S. Earth Station facility operating in the 2200—2290 MHz band. In its MSS ATC application, the MSS licensee should request a list of operational stations in the 2200—2290 MHz band. 815 Connecticut Avenue, NW Suite 610 Washington, DC 20006 202 330 4005 phone 202 330 4008 fax web: wwrw.co.com

compliance with the terms of the coordination agreement. ICO and the federal agencies also agree that grant of ATC authority to ICO should be conditioned upon ICO‘s compliance with the terms of the coordination agreement. Please direct any questions about this submission to the undersigned. Respectfully submitted, Suza,fie Hutchings Maééy %/ Senior V.P., Regulatory Affairs ICO Global Communications ce: Helen Domenici Robert Nelson Karl Kensinger


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