Row 44 - 07-16-2009

Ex PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER submitted by Row 44 Inc.

Row 44 - 07-16-2009 Ex Parte Notice

2009-07-16

This document pretains to SES-AMD-20090416-00501 for Amended Filing on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESAMD2009041600501_722737

L LERMAN S SENTER U PLLC Davip S. KEIR WASHINGTON, DC 202.416.6742 DKEIR@LERMANSENTER.COM July 16, 2009 FILED ELECTRONICALLY Marlene H. Dortch Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 Twelfth Street, SW Washington, D.C. 20554 Re: Ex Parte Notice —— Applications of Row 44, Inc. (Call Sign EO80100); File Nos. SES—LIC—20080508—00570, SES—AMD—20080619—00826, SES— AMD—20080819—01074, SES—AMD—20080829—01117, SES—AMD— 20090115—00041 and SES—AMD—20090416—00501 Dear Ms. Dortch: This letter is submitted on behalf of Row 44, Inc. ("Row 44") to report the substance of a telephone conversation yesterday, July 15th, between John Giusti, Acting Chief, International Bureau, and the undersigned counsel. During the call, the undersigned inquired about the processing status of Row 44‘s above—referenced application, and reiterated the importance to the company of expeditious action on the application. In particular, as noted in prior discussions with FCC staff, counsel noted that Row 44 has been paying for satellite capacity and infrastructure that will support its entire aeronautical mobile—satellite system for many months, but without the user terminals necessary to support the program financially, a circumstance that cannot be sustained for an extended period. In addition, it was noted that service providers using terrestrially—based technologies are already in rapid—roll— out mode, and near—term market entry of alternative providers is crucial to ensure that robust intermodal competition will develop in the in—flight broadband marketplace. 2000 K STREET NW, SUITE 600 | WASHINGTON, DC 20006—1809 TEL 202.429.8970 | FAX 202.293.7783 | WWW.LERMANSENTER.COM

Ms. Marlene Dortch July 16, 2009 S Page 2 of 2 Should there be any questions concerning this matter, please contact the undersigned counsel. Counsel to Row 44, Inc. ce: John Giusti Kathryn Medley Bob Nelson Frank Peace Karl Kensinger William Bell Stephen Duall John Janka & Jarrett Taubman, Counsel to ViaSat, Inc.


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