Attachment ex parte

This document pretains to SES-LFS-20050930-01352 for License to use Foreign Satellite (earth) on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESLFS2005093001352_482258

X PARTE OR LATE FILED sts temm srehw. ut oo Yesingan. 00. meoersoe * ORMGIN A [ RECEIVE LATHAMeWATKINS« ons asasme I0 Satelite Diision e Soue i# InternationalBureau oi ol e‘ es uoi met Via Hand Delivery ies Rerluy megne December 22, 2005 snn Ms. Marlene H. Dortch RECEIVED Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, S.W. DE 2 2 2005 Washington, DC 20584 fodualCommuncatons Comnason Offerot Secntay Re: Notice ofEx Parte Presentation Proceedings Listed on Attached Page Dear Ms. Dortch: On Wednesday, December 21, 2005, Diane J. Comell, Inmarsat‘s Vice President of Government Affais, and 1, met with the members of the Intemational Bureau listed below. The enclosed document formed the basis for the conversation. Sincerely yours, s« Richard Engelman Karl Kensinger John Martin Howard Gribof® Andrea Kelly Robert Nelson Stephen Duall Kathryn Medicy t Enclosure

ts marese on Orcanter ze zis Puaea LATHAMWATKINS« Applicant File Nos. Stratos SES—MFS—20051122—01614 sEs—MFs—20051122—01615 sEs—MFS—20081122—01616 Ss—MFS—20081122—01617 sEs—MFS—20051122—01618 Telenor SES—MPS—20051123—01626 sEs—MFS—20081123—01627 sEs—MFS—20051123—01629 sEs—MF—20081123—01630 Satamatics SES—MPS—20031202—01665 Sgwave SES—MPS—20031207—01709 Stratos SEs—STA—2005 1216—01760 sEs—STA—20051216—01761 sEs—STA—20051216—01762 sEs—STA—20051216—01763 sEs—sTA—20051216—01764 Telenor sEs—STA—2051216—01756 sEs—STA—20051216—01787 sEs—STA—20051216—01758 SEs—STA—2005 121601759 ARNC as27—EX—9L—2008 dN37—BCML—2008 Stratos SES—LS—20050826—01175 sEs—AMD—20050922.01313 rrc—214—20050826—00351 Telenor sEs—LFs—200s0030—01352 SES—AMD—20051111—01564 Trc—214—20051005—00395 FmMC sES—LFS—200st011—01396 ss—AMD—20051118—01602 TTc—214—20081012—0406 wvs sEs—Fs—200s1123—01634

Transition to Inmarsat—4 21 December 2005 )y inmarsat Toul Commurications Nemeork"

P Spacecraft Status * Inmarsat—2 operating at 1429 WL * Capacity leased to US Navy and other military and civil defense providers * Running out of fuel and needs to be removed from orbit * Inmarsat—3 operating at 54° WL * Provides "existing and evolved" Inmarsat services to commercial and government users * Has approx. 7 years of remaining useful life * Inmarsat—4 launched November 8, 2005 * Expected to be ready for service at 53° WL in early January * Designedto su%port new BGAN services and provide continuity for "existing and evolved" Inmarsat service users y inmarsat Toul Communications Newwork"

"TK Spacecraft Relocation Plans * 1—4 replaces I—3 at 53° WL * T—3 replaces I—2 at 1429 WL * T—2 will be decommissioned and de—orbited )y inmarsat 3 Toal Communications Nesvork"

e _ \ Applications by Inmarsat Partners * Existing services — Substitute I—4 at 53° WL for I—3 at 54° WL — Substitute I—3 at 1420 WL for I—2 at 1420 WL * New services — Experimental authority * Provide end—to—end testing of BGAN prior to commercial service * Qualify new aeronautical terminals for service 1 — BGAN service/terminals * Authorize broadband MSS over various types of new terminals )y inmarsat Toul Cormmunications Neswork"

_ Proposed Timing * January 15, 2006 — Commence transition of "existing and evolved" services to I—4 * End January, 2006 — Commence drift of I—3 to 142° WL to replace I—2 * End Q1, 2006 — I—2 deorbited from 1429 WL * End of Q—1/Beginning of Q—2 2006 — BGAN service expected to commence over I—4 in the U.S. y inmarsat Toul Commuriatins Neswork"

e What is BGAN? * A new broadband MSS service, which — provides data rates of up to 492 kbps to portable, notebook— sized terminals — is now available in other parts of the world * The driving force behind the new I—4 spacecraft — I4F1 launched in February now serves Europe, Asia, Africa — 14F2 launched in November will serve the Americas ))w inmarsat Toul Commuriatons Neswork"

e No Coordination Issue * The technical parameters of these specific I—4 services are covered by the existing network coordination at 549 WL * The technical envelope of the proposed services has successfully been used at 549 WL since 1997 — The frequencies to be used are the same — EIRP spectral density will be no greater than today‘s carriers — Out—of—band emissions will not exceed §25.202(f)(1), (2) and (3) * Inmarsat will manage receive interference appropriately — Sharper beam roll—off offsets increased sensitivity from higher gain antennas * Allows management of interference susceptibility to a level similar to t3 )y inmarsat Toul Communicatons Newwork"

C No Interference Issue * There will be no adverse effect on the interference environment that currently exists — I—4 will operate within the I—3 technical umbrella — Technical parameters of existing operations are not changing )y inmarsat 8 ToCommurications Nemwork

5 No Policy Issues * Absence of a current L—Band spectrum coordination agreement is no barrier * Commission has a long history of authorizing new L—Band uses — to facilitate competition and new services — in the absence of a current spectrum coordination agreement — on a non—harmful interference basis * Inmarsat and MSV have coexisted for six years in the absence of a coordination agreement * Commission has never before allowed MSV‘s refusal to engage in MOU negotiations to preclude L—Band service * Commission authorized two new MSV satellites that are similarly situated to Inmarsat‘s I4F2 last January and May )y inmarsat Tol Communications Neswork"

""________ Conclusion * IB should facilitate continued MSS competition by promptly — Authorizing the transition of "existing and evolved" Inmarsat services from I—3 to I—4 — Authorizing new BGAN services over I—4 — Authorizing the substitution of I—3 for I—2 at 1429 WL * _A non—harmful—interference condition is sufficient to provide needed protection, and is consistent with existing precedent 10


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