FCC GX 6-28-13 ex pa

Ex PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER submitted by Inmarsat

Ex Parte Letter

2013-06-28

This document pretains to SES-AMD-20120823-00781 for Amended Filing on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESAMD2012082300781_1002417

1101 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Suite 1200 Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 248-5155 June 28, 2013 VIA ELECTRONIC FILING Ms. Marlene H. Dortch Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 Twelfth Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 Re: Notice of Ex Parte Presentation; IBFS File Nos. SES-LIC-20120426-00397; SES-AMD-20120823-00781; Call Sign E120072 Dear Ms. Dortch: On Wednesday, June 26, 2013, Diane Cornell and Chris Murphy of Inmarsat, Inc. (“Inmarsat”) and Giselle Creeser of GC Consulting Inc., met with the following staff members of the International Bureau regarding the above-captioned application proceedings: Karl Kensinger, Andrea Kelly, Stephen Duall, Paul Blais, Alyssa Roberts, Joe Hill, Kathyrn Medley, Chip Fleming, and Michael Corliss, Christopher Ogata. 1 During the meeting, the attendees discussed a number of issues relating to Inmarsat’s proposed application for a gateway earth station license for its planned Global Xpress Ka band network and market access for its I5 F2 (AOR) satellite that will be located at 55° W.L. Inmarsat provided a general update on the status of the Global Xpress global satellite development progress, including information about recent partner agreements that have been signed and anticipated demand for the type of services that Global Xpress will provide. Inmarsat indicated that the program deployment continues to be on schedule and that the licenses and authorizations that are under consideration at the Commission continue to be critical for system implementation. Lino Lakes Earth Station. Inmarsat explained that the Lino Lakes, Minnesota gateway earth station is now well under development and on time for commencement of operations. Inmarsat requested grant of a pending 30 day STA starting on Friday June 28, 2013 to commence acceptance testing using carriers on the Anik F2 satellite. 2 Inmarsat also noted the completion of Section 25.258 domestic coordination with Iridium Satellite LLC 1 Kathyrn Medley and Chip Fleming participated via teleconference. 2 IBFS File No. SES-STA-20130604-00540; Call Sign E120072.

(Iridium). 3 Inmarsat also reiterated that the only party to file against the application was Iridium and that the filing did not provide any technical showing that there were interference concerns with the Lino Lakes earth station. In addition, Inmarsat explained that it is in international coordination discussions with Iridium about the Lino Lakes gateway earth station and that it is hopeful that an agreement can be finalized in the near term. I5 F2 (AOR) Satellite. Inmarsat also discussed the I5 F2 satellite construction status. Inmarsat explained that the satellite construction continues to progress on schedule. Inmarsat informed the FCC staff members that international coordination of the I5 F2 satellite is progressing well with other operators. Inmarsat also explained that it had filed a showing with the Commission demonstrating that the I5 F2 satellite has met the first three milestones for geostationary satellites under 47 C.F. R. §25.164 and reiterated its request that the bond requirement for that satellite be reduced accordingly at the time that market access is granted. 4 Please contact the undersigned if you have any questions regarding this submission. Respectfully yours, /s/ Diane Cornell Chris Murphy cc: Robert Nelson Fern Jarmulnek Karl Kensinger Andrea Kelly Stephen Duall Alyssa Roberts Paul Blais Joe Hill Kathyrn Medley Chip Fleming Donna Bethea Murphy, Iridium Joseph Godles for Iridium 3 See, Letters to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communication Commission from Diane Cornell, dated June 4, 2013 and to Mindel De La Torre, Chief, Internaional Bureau from Donna Bethea Murphy, dated June13, 2013 filed in IBFS File Nos. SES-LIC-20120426- 00397; SES-AMD-20120823-00781; Call Sign E120072. 4 See, Letter to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communication Commission from Diane Cornell, dated April 15, 2013 filed in IBFS File Nos. SES-LIC-20120426-00397; SES- AMD-20120823-00781; Call Sign E120072.


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