Attachment Reply

This document pretains to SES-MFS-20060725-01253 for Modification w/ Foreign Satellite (earth station) on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

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Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the matter of ) ) Thrane & Thrane Airtime Ltd. ) —File No. SES—STA—20060822—01424 RESPONSE OF MOBILE SATELLITE VENTURES SUBSIDIARY LLC Mobile Satellite Ventures Subsidiary LLC ("MSV*") hereby files this Response to the Reply of Inmarsat Ventures Limited ("Inmarsat") submitted in the above—referenced proceeding in which Thrane and Thrane Airtime Ltd. ("Thrane & Thrane") seeks renewal of its Special Temporary Authority ("STA") to operate 5000 Broadband Global Area Network ("BGAN‘) terminals using an uncoordinated Inmarsat satellite, Inmarsat 4F2 at 52.75°W. In its Comments, MSV asked the Bureau in acting on this renewal request to clarify the conditions the Bureau imposed on Thrane & Thrane‘s BGAN operations consistent with MSV‘s June 12‘" Petition for Clarification.‘ In its Response, Inmarsat contends that BGAN service has been "successfully" provided in the United States for over four months, thus demonstrating that the current conditions are adequate." Inmarsat, however, does not reveal (i) how many of the 30,000 BGAN terminals authorized by the Bureau are actually in operation today; (11) how often these terminals have been operated; and (ii1) what frequencies have been assigned for BGAN operations. The operation of a handful of BGAN terminals to date demonstrates nothing regarding the interference environment that will result if more and more BGAN terminals are operated in the \ See Mobile Satellite Ventures Subsidiary LLC, Petition for Clarification, File No. SES—STA— 20060310—00419 et al (June 12, 2006) (attaching Letter from Ms. Jennifer A. Manner, MSV, to Ms. Marlene H. Dortch, FCC, File No. SES—STA—20060310—00419 et al. (May 26, 2006)). * See Inmarsat Ventures Limited, Reply, File No. SES—STA—20060822—01424 (September 7, 2006).

coming months. The Bureau should clarify the conditions imposed on BGAN operations now, prior to the operation of increasing numbers of BGAN terminals. Respectfully submitted, ~[f 54@\ I4 Tb Bruce D. Jacobs _‘ nnifer A. Manner David S. Konczal Vice President, Regulatory Affairs PILLSBURY WINTHROP MOBILE SATELLITE VENTURES SHAW PITTMAN LLP SUBSIDIARY LLC 2300 N Street, NW 10802 Parkridge Boulevard Washington, DC 20037—1128 Reston, Virginia 20191 (202) 663—8000 (703) 390—2700 Dated: September 19, 2006

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Sylvia A. Davis, a secretary with the law firm of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, hereby certify that on this 19th day of September 2006, I served a true copy of the foregoing by first—class United States mail, postage prepaid, upon the following: Diane J. Cornell John P. Janka Vice President, Government Affairs Jeffrey A. Marks Inmarsat, Inc. Latham & Watkins LLP 1100 Wilson Blvd, Suite 1425 555 Eleventh Street, N.W. Arlington, VA 22209 Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20004 Henrik Norrelykke Eric Fishman Thrane & Thrane Airtime Ltd. Holland & Knight LLP 509 Viking Drive 2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Suites K, L & M Suite 100 Virginia Beach, VA 23452 Washington, DC 20006 Counsel for Thrane & Thrane Airtime Ltd. Q/k?")ééi % //Gz Sylvia A. Davis


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