Attachment Attachment A

This document pretains to SES-MFS-20120409-00346 for Modification w/ Foreign Satellite (earth station) on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESMFS2012040900346_947797

Attachment A MTN License Corp. Modification Application April 2011 Page 1 of 1 Description of Application With this application, MTN License Corp. (“MTN”) requests modification of its Ku-band fixed-satellite service earth station operated under Call Sign E860029 to add Estrela do Sul 2 as a new Point of Communication for operations using conventional and extended (13.8-14.0 GHz) Ku-band frequencies. In the Form 312 application to which this exhibit is attached, MTN provides only the information it needs to show the new Point of Communication described herein. MTN requests no other technical change to its antenna as currently authorized, and all existing authorized information is incorporated by reference. Estrela do Sul 2, which is licensed by Brazil, was added to the Permitted Space Station List following grant of the Petition for Declaratory Ruling filed by Telesat Brasil Capacidade de Satelites Ltda. See File No. SAT-PPL-20110112-00012. Accordingly, operations using conventional Ku-band frequencies are covered by the subject earth station’s existing ALSAT authority. With respect to communications with Estrela do Sul 2 using the extended Ku-band frequencies of 13.8-14.0 GHz, MTN notes that further information regarding the satellite is not required here as the Commission has previously licensed U.S. earth stations to communicate with the space craft in the 13.8-14.0 GHz band. See Telesat Network Services, Inc.; Call Sign E990541; File No. SES-MFS- 20110301-00218. Commission Denial of Applications In 1998, Maritime Telecommunications Network, Inc., which wholly owns the applicant MTN License Corp., applied to the Commission for authority to establish 32 earth stations to provide fixed-satellite service on a primary basis in 17 U.S. seaports. See Applications of MTN for Fixed Earth Station Licenses, File Nos. SES-LIC- 19980911-01272, et al. In a 2000 decision in Maritime Telecommunications Network, Inc., 15 FCC Rcd 23210 (Int’l Bur. 2000) (subsequent history omitted), the International Bureau denied Maritime Telecommunication Network, Inc.’s applications on the ground that the Commission does not have jurisdiction to license earth stations on foreign vessels.


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