Attachment Ex Parte Letter

Ex Parte Letter

LETTER submitted by Manuel D. Soto

Ex Parte

2006-05-24

This document pretains to SES-STA-20060316-00454 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

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(CITY OF ()RLANDO Emergency Management May 24, 2006 Chairman Kevin J. Martin Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 Dear Chairman Martin: Re: Obstacles to Delivery of Next—Generation Satellite Communications Services (File Nos. SES—LFS—20050826—01175; SES—MFS—20051122—01614; SES—STA—20060307— 00374; SES—STA—20060310—00419; SES—LFS—20050930—01352; SES—MFS—20060118— 00050; SES—STA—20060308—00388; SES—STA—20060313—00430; SES—LFS—20051011— 01396; SES—STA—20060314—00438; SES—MFS—20051207—01709; SES—STA—20060307— 00372; SES—LFS—20051123—01634; SES—STA—20060316—00454; SES—MFS—20051202— 01665; SES—STA—20060307—00373; SES—LFS—20060303—00343; SES—STA—20060315— 00445) We are writing to remind you that so many public safety organizations and branches of government within Florida rely on voice and data services provided by Mobile Satellite Ventures, L.P. ("MSV"). Florida heavily values satellite communications, and we equally value our communications during disasters, such as the hurricanes that are seasonal here in Florida. During natural disasters, MSV provides reliable, critical communications to key state agencies when other communications networks and infrastructure—such as telephone and cellular service—were destroyed by the hurricane or other disaster. MSV‘s mobile satellite services helped us save lives and bring relief to tens of thousands of people. Their two—way satellite communications made the difference in our ability to assess, respond to and recover from the devastating effects of natural disasters. Our Orlando Office of Emergency Management prides itself on our ability to respond and coordinate quickly in emergency situations. Obviously, a large part of our emergency response is our ability to communicate during emergency situations. We have recently learned about MSV‘s next—generation hybrid system, which could begin operation as early as 2009. This new terrestrial—satellite system will allow our first responders to easily shift to satellite service whenever local land facilities are overloaded or destroyed, as well as receive broadband access over the same handheld device. It will also provide the only mobile broadband service available to many rural and remote areas. Delivery of this next— generation satellite system, however, may be hampered by two obstacles: return of some L ORLANDO OPERATIONS CENTER PO BOX 4990, ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32802—4990 PHONE (321) 235—5437 + FAX (407) 249—4605



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