Attachment Petition to Deny

Petition to Deny

PETITION TO DENY submitted by Mobile Satellites Ventures Subsidiary LLC (MSV)

Petition

2006-03-29

This document pretains to SES-STA-20060310-00419 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

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neommeammee Ietress wn Snss Ry 2 Gek me m To smgems o & Em Ts hn B o.ie EP Snsts Sw ecammmace Metsmimsmems Mobile Satellite Ventures LP PUBLICCOPY — REDACTED March 29, 2006 Via Hand Delivery Ms. Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 Re: Consolidated Petition to Deny of Mobile Satellites Ventures Subsidiary LLC Stratos Communications, Inc., File No. SES—STA—20060310—00419 (Call Sign E£O50249) Telenor Satellite, Inc ; File No. SES—STA—20060313—00430 (Call Sign EO050276) FTMSC US LLC; File No. SES—STA—20060314—00438 (Call Sign E£050284) BT Americas, Inc.; File No. SES—STA—20060315—00445 (Call Sign £060076) MVS USA Inc.; File No. SES—STA—20060316—00454 (Call Sign £050348) Dear Ms. Dortch: Mobile Satellites Ventures Subsidiary LLC ("MSV") hereby files this redacted, public version of a Consolidated Petition to Deny the above—referenced applications for Special Temporary Authority ("STA") to operate 25,000 Broadband Global Area Network ("BGAN") terminals using an Inmarsat satellite, Inmarsat 4F2 at 52.75°W, for which coordination is not complete.‘ Exhibits A and B of this Consolidated Petition were filed previously with the Commission on January 13, 2006 and February 7, 2006, respectively, along with requests for confidential treatment." This information should continue to be treated confidentially for the reasons set forth in Exhibits A and B." ‘ See Stratos Communications, Inc., Request for Special Temporary Authority, File No. SES—STA— 20060310—00419 (March 10, 2006) ("Stratos STA Request"); Telenor Satellite, Inc., Request for Special Temporary Authority, File No. SES—STA—20060313—00430 (March 13, 2006) ("Telenor STA4 Request"); FTMSC US LLC, Request for Special Temporary Authority, File No. SES—STA—20060314—00438 (March 14, 2006) ("FTMSC STA Request"); BT Americas, Inc., Request for Special Temporary Authority, File No. SES—STA—20060315—00445 (March 15, 2006) ("BT Americas STA Request"); MVS USA Inc., Request for Special Temporary Authority, File No. SES—STA—20060316—00454 (Call Sign EO50348) ("MVS STA Request"). > See Letter from Jennifer A. Manner, MSV, to Ms. Marlene H. Dortch, FCC, File No. SES—MFS— 20051123—01634 (January 13, 2006); Letter from Jennifer A. Manner, MSV, to Ms. Marlene H. Dortch, FCC, File No. SES—MFS—20051123—01634 (February 14, 2006). 3 47 C.F.R. § 0.459(b).

Ms. Marlene H. Dortch March 29, 2006 Page 2 PUBLIC COPY — REDACTED Please contact the undersigned with any questions. Very truly yours, C ennifer A. Manner

PUBLIC COPY — REDACTED Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the matter of ) ) Stratos Communications, Inc. ) File No. SES—STA—20060310—00419 (Call Sign E050249) ) Telenor Satellite, Inc. ) File No. SES—STA—20060313—00430 (Call Sign EO50276) ) FTMSC US LLC ) File No. SES—STA—20060314—00438 (Call Sign EO50284) ) BT Americas, Inc. ) File No. SES—STA—20060315—00445 (Call Sign EO60076) ) MVS USA Inc. ) File No. SES—STA—20060316—00454 (Call Sign EO50348) CONSOLIDATED PETITION TO DENY Mobile Satellite Ventures Subsidiary LLC ("MSV") hereby files this Consolidated Petition to Deny the above—referenced applications for Special Temporary Authority ("STA") to operate 25,000 Broadband Global Area Network ("BGAN") terminals using an Inmarsat satellite, Inmarsat 4F2 at 52.75°W, for which coordination is not complete. The STA applicatiéns have nothing to do with providing "temporary" authority. They are nothing more than an end run around the pending applications for regular authority to provide BGAN service. The applicants have not even come close to satisfying the "extraordinary circumstances" standard justifying grant of the STA requests. The only justifications provided in support of the STAs are "marketing considerations," which the Commission‘s rules specifically preclude as grounds for granting an STA. As the Commission knows all too well, once authorized, it will be impossible to shut down the service if, in acting on the pending applications, it determines that MSV is correct in its position that initiation of BGAN service prior to full coordination of the Inmarsat 4F2 satellite is not in the public interest. MSV too has found that once Inmarsat commences service — in MSV‘s case on "loaned" frequencies — it is virtually impossible to restore the status quo ante.

PUBLIC COPY — REDACTED A prompt denial of the STA requests will serve to reaffirm that the Commission will not permit STAs to be used to bypass the application process. Denial of the STA requests also will send a strong message that satellite operators must take their international coordination obligations seriously. Discussion In the above—referenced applications, Stratos Communications, Inc., Telenor Satellite, Inc., FTMSC US LLC, BT Americas, Inc., and MVS USA Inc. (collectively, the Applicants) seek STAs to operate a total of 25,000 BGAN terminals with the uncoordinated Inmarsat 4F2 satellite at 52.75°W beginning on April 17, 2006.‘ The Applicants have previously filed for permanent authority to operate BGAN terminals in the United States." MSV has opposed these applications because of the interference that will result both to MSV and to Inmarsat from operation of BGAN terminals prior to a coordination agreement. The interference will result from (i) use of Inmarsat 4F2 to operate on the loaned frequencies Inmarsat has refused to return;" (ii) the technically different parameters of Inmarsat‘s new satellite and services relative to the satellites and services it has coordinated previously, such as the use of wideband carriers, higher \ See Stratos Communications, Inc., Request for STA, File No. SES—STA—20060310—00419 (March 10, 2006) ("Stratos STA Request"); Telenor Satellite, Inc., Request for STA, File No. SES—STA—20060313— 00430 (March 13, 2006) ("Telenor STA Request"); FTMSC US LLC, Request for STA, File No. SES— STA—20060314—00438 (March 14, 2006) ("FTMSC STA Request"); BT Americas, Inc., Request for STA, File No. SES—STA—20060315—00445 (March 15, 2006) ("BTAmericas STA Request"), MVS USA Inc., Request for STA, File No. SES—STA—20060316—00454 (Call Sign EO50348) ("MPS STA Request"). > See, eg., Stratos Communications, Inc., Application, File No. SES—LFS—20050826—01175 (August 26, 2005); Telenor Satellite, Inc., Application, File No. SES—LFS—20050930—01352 (September 30, 2005); FTMSC US, LLC, Application, File No. SES—LFS—20051011—01396 (October 11, 2005); MVS USA, Inc., Application, File No. SES—LFS—20051123—01634 (November 23, 2005); BT Americas, Inc., Application, File No. SES—LFS—20060303—00343 (March 3, 2006). > See Mobile Satellite Ventures Subsidiary LLC, Petition to Hold in Abeyance MVS Application, File No. SES—MFS—20051123—01634 (January 13, 2006) ("MSY Petition"), at 11—12 (attached as Exhibit A); Mobile Satellite Ventures Subsidiary LLC, Reply, File No. SES—MFS—20051123—01634 (February 7, 2006) ("MSY Reply"), at 2—7 (attached as Exhibit B). MSV hereby attaches and incorporates by reference these filings in the above—referenced proceedings.

PUBLIC COPY — REDACTED aggregate EIRP, and increase in number of co—channel reuse beams;"* and (iii) Inmarsat‘s claim that it is entitled to operate on each and every frequency in the L band." There are no "extraordinary circumstances" justifying grant of the STA requests;© there is only the Applicants‘ lack of respect for the Commission‘s processes. The Commission‘s rules specifically state that "[clonvenience to the applicant, such as marketing considerations or meeting scheduled customer in—service dates" is not sufficient to demonstrate "extraordinary circumstances." 47 C.E.R. § 25.120(b)(1). The Applicants do not seek a waiver of this rule. Indeed, the only public interest claim the Applicants make is that BGAN service will permit "higher speed" MSS than what is currently available.‘ While higher speed MSS is desirable, it does not outweigh the harm that will result from permitting satellite operators to bypass the frequency coordination process and from undermining the Commission‘s application process." Denial of these requests will have the salutary effect of reinforcing both processes. — Respectfully submitted, % ?‘&\7/ %M %.4/% @ 2r4 Bruce D. Jacobs Wennifef 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: March 29, 2006 * See Exhibit A at 13—17; Exhibit B at 7—13. 5 See Exhibit A at 17; Exhibit B at 13—14. 647 U.S.C. § 309(f); 47 C.F.R. § 25.120(b)(1). " See Stratos STA Request at 3;, Telenor STA Request at 3;, FTMSC STA Request at 2; MVS STA Request at 5; BT Americas STA Request at 3. ® While the Applicants claim that grant of the STA will permit public safety users time to familiarize themselves with the BGAN terminals prior to the beginning of hurricane season, Inmarsat already holds an experimental license to test and demonstrate BGAN terminals. Thus, Inmarsat already has the necessary authority to work with the public safety community to familiarize them with the terminals.

PUBLIC COPY — REDACTED Declaration of Jennifer A. Manner I am the Vice President, Regulatory Affairs of Mobile Satellite Ventures Subsidiary LLC. _ I have read the foregoing Consolidated Petition to Deny. I have personal knowledge of the facts stated in the Consolidated Petition to Deny. The facts set forth in the Consolidated Petition to Deny, other than those of which official notice may be taken, are true and correct to the best ofmy knowledge, information, and belief. I deciare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Jerinifer A. Manner Executed on March 29, 2006

PUBLIC COPY — REDACTED Exhibit A Mobile Satellite Ventures Subsidiary LLC, Petition to Hold in Abeyance MVS Application, File No. SES—MFS—20051123—01634 (January 13, 2006)

PUBLIC COPY — REDACTED Exhibit B Mobile Satellite Ventures Subsidiary LLC, Reply, File No. SES—MFS—20051123—01634 (February 7, 2006)

PUBLIC COPY — REDACTED CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Sylvia A. Davis, a secretary with the law firm of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, hereby certify that on this 29¢" day of March 2006, I served a true copy of the foregoing by first—class United States mail, postage prepaid, upon the following: 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 James Ball* Cassandra Thomas* 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 Karl Kensinger* Fern Jarmulnek* 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* Howard Griboff* 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 Andrea Kelly* 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 Stephen Duall* Alfred M. Mamlet International Bureau Steptoe & Johnson LLP Federal Communications Commission 1330 Connecticut Avenue N.W. 445 12" Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 Washington, DC 20554 Counsel for Stratos Communications, Inc. Keith H. Fagan Diane J. Cornell Telenor Satellite, Inc. Vice President, Government Affairs 1101 Wootton Parkway Inmarsat, Inc. 10Floor 1100 Wilson Blvd, Suite 1425 Rockville, MD 20852 Arlington, VA 22209

PUBLIC COPY — REDACTED John P. Janka Linda J. Cicco Jeffrey A. Marks BT Americas Inc. Latham & Watkins LLP 11440 Commerce Park Drive 555 Eleventh Street, NW. Reston, VA 20191 Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20004 William K. Coulter Lawrence J. Movshin DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP Stephen L. Goodman 1200 Nineteenth Street, NW. Lee J. Rosen Washington, DC 20036—2412 Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP 2300 N St. NW, Suite 700 Counsel for FTMSC US, LLC Washington, DC 20037 Counsel for MVS USA, Inc. ‘Q/Zx berm &. [lez_ Sylvia A. Davis — *By hand delivery


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