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REPLY TO COMMENTS submitted by Inmarsat Ventures Limited (Inmarsat)

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2006-03-21

This document pretains to SES-STA-20060308-00384 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

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§55 Eleventh Street, N.W., Suite 1000 4 Washington, D.C. 20004—1304 Tel: (202) 637—2200 Fax: (202) 637—2201 www.lw.com FIRM / AFFILIATE OFFICES LATHAM&eWATKINS=— STAMP Brussels New York Chicago Northern Virginia AND Frankfurt Hamburg Orange County Paris RETURN Hong Kong San Diego London San Francisco Los Angeles Shanghai March 21, 2006 RECEIVEL: Milan Moscow Silicon Valley Singapore MAR 2 1 2006 Munich Tokyo BY HAND New Jersey Washington, D.C. Marlene H. Dortch wdaral Communications CommissKx. Secretary Affice of Secratery Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Re: Satamatics, Inc., File No. SES—STA—20060307—00373 Stratos Communications, Inc., File Nos. SES—STA—20060307—00374; SES—STA— 20060307—00375; SES—STA—20060307—00376; SES—STA—20060307—00377; SES—STA— 20060307—00378 SkyWave Mobile Communications, Inc., File No. SES—STA—20060307—00372 Telenor Satellite Inc., File Nos. SES—STA—20060308—00384; SES—STA—20060308— 00385; SES—STA—20060308—00386; SES—STA—20060308—00387; SES—STA—20060308— 00388; SES—STA—20060308—00389; SES—STA—20060308—00390; SES—STA—20060308— 00391; SES—STA—20060308—00392 Dear Ms. Dortch: Inmarsat‘s March 16, 2006 Reply in these proceedings did not reflect all of the file numbers listed above. Inmarsat therefore resubmits its Reply correcting the file numbers and respectfully requests that the Commission include the attached Reply in each of the above— captioned dockets. Please contact the undersigned with any questions concerning this matter. Respectfully submitted, John P. Janka A Jeffrey A. Marks cc: Jennifer Manner, MSV Bruce D. Jacobs, David S. Konczal, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

‘l CORRECTED March 21, 2006 Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, DC 20554 In re: Satamatics, Inc. File No. SES—STA—20060307—00373 Nee‘ Nume‘ Nome? Numer? Nuwe? Nes Nes Nuse! Nee Nes Nunt! Ned Nent! SNuu! Nunt! Nt Nust Ned Nes Stratos Communications, Inc. File No. SES—STA—20060307—00374 File No. SES—STA—20060307—00375 File No. SES—STA—20060307—00376 File No. SES—STA—20060307—00377 File No. SES—STA—20060307—00378 SkyWave Mobile Communications, Inc. File No. SES—STA—20060307—00372 Telenor Satellite Inc. File No. SES—STA—20060308—00384 File No. SES—STA—20060308—00385 File No. SES—STA—20060308—00386 File No. SES—STA—20060308—00387 File No. SES—STA—20060308—00388 File No. SES—STA—20060308—00389 File No. SES—STA—20060308—00390 File No. SES—STA—20060308—00391 File No. SES—STA—20060308—00392 REPLY OF INMARSAT VENTURES LIMITED Inmarsat Ventures Limited ("Inmarsat") replies to the comments of Mobile Satellite Ventures LLC ("MSV") on these requests to extend the term of existing special temporary authority ("STA") to continue to provide longstanding Inmarsat services. Significantly, MSV does not oppose an extension of these STAs. Nor does MSV raise any interference concerns. Moreover, by all accounts, Stratos, SkyWave, Satamatics and Telenor have complied with all of the terms and conditions of their existing STAs. Thus, there is no reason these STAs should not be extended. The only issue MSV raises is the same one it has raised many times before in other contexts—MSV‘s desire to obtain the right to use certain additional segments of the L— Band. Contrary to MSV‘s assertions, there is nothing "extraordinary" or "temporary" about

CORRECTED March 21, 2006 Inmarsat‘s current use of those band segments over its global MSS network. They are the very same band segments that Inmarsat has been using for years, and that Inmarsat needs to continue to use in order to serve commercial and United States Government customers both here and abroad. The facts are that (i) MSV does not "own" any L—Band spectrum, or have any L— Band spectrum to "loan" to or "recall" from Inmarsat, and (ii) in any event, this is not the proper venue for resolving the international spectrum dispute that MSV raises.‘ Moreover, in contrast with Inmarsat‘s intention to maintain the "status quo" during the pendency of that spectrum dispute, it should not be lost that MSV seeks to increase its spectrum holdings (at Inmarsat‘s expense) without MSV providing the substantiation, or participating in the international negotiations, that longstanding Commission policy mandates must first occur.* Inmarsat thus urges the Bureau to extend the STAs without any new conditions. Respectfully submitted, Is/ 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 Telephone: (703) 647 4767 Washington, D.C. 20004 Telephone: (202) 637—2200 March 16, 2006 Because these issues have been fully briefed many times before, Inmarsat incorporates by reference its prior submissions. See, e.g., Opposition of Inmarsat Ventures Limited, File No. SES—LFS—20050930—01352, et seq. (filed Dec. 7, 2005) at 9—17. See FCC Hails Historic Agreement on International Satellite Coordination, Rep. No. IN 96— 16 (rel. Jun. 25, 1996) ("Spectrum allocations to individual operators will be reviewed annually on the basis of actual usage and short—term projections of future need.").

CORRECTED March 21, 2006 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Jeffrey A. Marks, hereby certify that on this 16th day of March, 2006, I caused to be served a true copy of the foregoing "Reply of Inmarsat Ventures Limited," by first class mail, postage pre—paid (or as otherwise indicated) upon the following: James Ball* Andrea Kelly* International Bureau International Bureau Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission 445 12"" Street, S.W. 445 12"" Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Washington, DC 20554 Cassandra Thomas* Scott Kotler® International Bureau International Bureau Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission 445 12"" Street, S.W. 445 12‘ Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Washington, DC 20554 Howard Griboff* Karl Kensinger* International Bureau International Bureau Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission 445 12" Street, S.W. 445 12"" Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Washington, DC 20554 Roderick Porter*® Gardner Foster® International Bureau International Bureau Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission 445 12"" Street, S.W. 445 12"" Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Washington, DC 20554 Fern Jarmulnek* John Martin* International Bureau International Bureau Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission 445 12"" Street, S.W. 445 12"" Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Washington, DC 20554 Robert Nelson* JoAnn Ekblad* International Bureau International Bureau Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission 445 12"" Street, S.W. 445 12"" Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Washington, DC 20554

CORRECTED March 21, 2006 Stephen Duall* Richard Engelman* International Bureau International Bureau Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission 445 12"" Street, S.W. 445 12"" Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Washington, DC 20554 Keith H. Fagan Jennifer A. Manner Telenor Satellite, Inc. Vice President, Regulatory Affairs 1001 Wootton Parkway Mobile Satellite Ventures Subsidiary LLC Rockville, MD 20852 1002 Park Ridge Boulevard Reston, Virginia 20191 Bruce D. Jacobs Alfred M. Mamlet David S. Konczal Marc A. Paul Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Brendan Kasper 2300 N Street, N.W. STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP Washington, DC 20037—1128 1330 Connecticut Avenue NW Washington, D.C. 20036—1795 Ani Tourian Brian Hester SkyWave Mobile Communications, Corp. Satamatics, Inc. 30 Edgewater Street, Suite 110 P.O. Box 393 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Buckeystown, MD 21717 *Via Electronic Mail Is/ Jeffrey A. Marks


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