Attachment letter

This document pretains to SES-STA-20010212-00310 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESSTA2001021200310_250440

UNlt6D STAT66 WPrrrTf4E~~OF COMMERCE Notbnol - bbbmotion Mdniimtlon Vbbshlnotm. D.C. 2C230 ! Mr. Donald Abelson : 0 Chief, International Bureau I Federal Communications Commission ia Washington, D.C. 20554 RE: VISTAR Half Duplex MET Request for Extension of Temporary Authority SES-STA- 20010212-00310; E990316 W Dear Mr elson: 9 l This is in response to the Commission’s request for approval of an extension to a Special Temporary Authority (STA) granted to VISTAR to operate up to 10,000 half-duplex Mobile Earth Terminals (METS) by waiver in the maritime portion of the l.U.6 GHz MSS bands. The request is in two parts, a 6 month extension of the STA and an increase in the number of METS to 20;OO0. We note that the Commission is expected to release shortly an order that will provide new additional rules for the operation of MSS half-duplex terminals that will Iikely have some bearing on VISTAR’s future operations of METS. NTJA previously agreed to a total of 30,000 half-duplex METS to be operated by waiver in the maritime portion of the 1 S/1.6 GHz MSS bands. Given the number of METS currently 0 authorized, I understand that there is room for VISTAR to be authorized additional METS without exceeding this 30,000 total. We therefore do not object to extending the STA for an l additional 6 month time period nor to authorizing VISTAR to operate additional half-duplex METS not to exceed the 30,000 total. 5 Sincerely, William T. Hatch Associate Administrator Office of Spectrum Management 5

Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554 lnternahonal Bureau 202-418-0437 202-418-2818 (fax) January 25,2002 Mr. William T. Hatch Associate Administrator National Telecommunications and Information Administration Office of Spectrum Management Washington, D.C. 20230 Dear Mr. Hatch: Thank you for your letter of October 19, 200 1, regarding VISTAR Data Communications, Inc.‘s application for an extension of their special temporary authority (STA) and to increase the number of half duplex Mobile Earth Terminals (METS) from 10,000 to 20,000. We have granted their STA. Sincerely, ,I ,/ I -/ -,- ._.I \ .‘*’ -’ * ’ ,; ( Donald Abelson Bureau Chief


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