Attachment Exhibit A & F SES-ASG-20110923-01132

Attachment Exhibit A & F

This document pretains to SES-ASG-20110923-01132 for Assignment on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESASG2011092301132_918328

FCC Form 312
Exhibit A & F
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Exhibit A & F: Questions 42a and 43, Public Interest Statement, &
Request to Split License

By this application, STM Networks, Inc. (“STM”) and NSSL Global LLC (“NSSL”)
(collectively, the “Parties”) respectfully request consent from the Commission for STM to assign to
NSSL its existing authorization to operate earth station/VSAT facilities in Jacksonville, FL. The
Parties desire to consummate the transaction by November 1, 2011.

NSSL and STM have reached an agreement whereby NSSL will acquire ownership and
control of STM’s Jacksonville facilities at the end of the current lease term, for nominal
consideration. NSSL will utilize the Jacksonville facilities to provide broadband services. NSSL
currently leases capacity on the Jacksonville facilities from STM, and is STM’s only customer for
these facilities. The Jacksonville facilities do not provide service to U.S. government users.

These facilities are currently licensed by STM under call sign E070026, which license also
includes authorization for STM to operate additional facilities in Irvine, CA. Ownership and control
of STM’s Irvine facilities are not being assigned to NSSL as part of this transaction, and STM will
continue to operate the Irvine facilities pursuant to the Commission’s existing authorization.

After consultation with Commission staff, the Parties request that the assignment be
completed in two steps in order to enable a seamless transition of the Jacksonville facilities from
STM to NSSL and to enable STM to continue to operate its Irvine facilities. First, the Parties
request that the Commission split the license for E070026, pursuant to the information below, such
that STM’s Irvine facilities will remain on license E070026 (“Irvine License”) and the Jacksonville
facilities will be listed on a separate license with a new call sign (“Jacksonville License”). None of
the technical parameters by which these two facilities are currently licensed and authorized will be
modified as part of this process. Second, the Parties request that the Commission then assign the
Jacksonville License from STM to NSSL. At the conclusion of this process, STM will continue to
hold the license for E070026, which will authorize STM’s existing Irving operations, and NSSL will
hold the Jacksonville License. The Jacksonville facilities will no longer be listed on call sign
E070026.

The proposed split of STM’s current authorization and the assignment of the Jacksonville
License to NSSL will serve the public interest, convenience, and necessity. Grant of the requested
consent will ensure that there are adequate resources to support the continued operation of the
Jacksonville facilities, which will provide valuable broadband services to commercial customers. The
facilities will continue to communicate with non-U.S. licensed satellites only to the extent already
authorized by the Commission.

If any questions arise regarding this request, please contact either Jennifer Richter (202-457-
5666) or Ryan King (202-457-5312) at the law firm of Patton Boggs.

Splitting the License for E070026

As mentioned above, the parties request that the Commission split the license for E070026
and only assign the authorization for the Jacksonville facilities to NSSL. Below is a step-by-step

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FCC Form 312
Exhibit A & F
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explanation of the process for splitting the license. Also attached to this exhibit is a copy of the
existing license for E070026 with each technical parameter marked to indicate which parameters
should be listed on each license. Some parameters will be listed on both licenses, but none of the
parameters will be modified from that which is currently authorized by the Commission.

Authorization Type, Nature of Service, and Class of Station: Both the Irvine License and the
Jacksonville License will continue to list the Authorization Type as “Non Common Carrier,” the
Nature of Service as “Fixed Satellite Service,” and Class of Station as “VSAT Network.”

Site Locations. Locations 1, 2, 4-8, and 10 will remain on the Irvine License, and locations 2-6 and
8-10 will be listed on the Jacksonville License.

Particulars of Operations. Frequencies 5-12 and 20-43 will remain on the Irvine License, and
frequencies 1-4, and 13-43 will be listed on the Jacksonville License.

Frequency Coordination. Frequencies 1-4, 9-18, 21, and 22 will remain on the Irvine License, and
frequencies 3-14 and 17-22 will be listed on the Jacksonville License.

Point of Communications. Points 1-4, 9-11, 14, 17, 20-23, 25, 26, 29, and 30 will remain on the
Irvine License, and points 3, 5-9, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 24, 25, 27-29, 31, and 32 will be listed on the
Jacksonville License.

Antenna Facilities. Irvine1, Irvine3, Remote1, Remote2, Remote3, Remote4, Remote5, and
Remote6 will remain on the Irvine License, and Jacksonville1, Jacksonville2, Remote1, Remote2,
Remote3, Remote4, Remote5, and Remote6 will be listed on the Jacksonville License.

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Document Modified: 2011-09-23 18:30:11

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