Attachment Joint Response

Joint Response

REPLY submitted by Satamatics, Inc. and Inmarsat Ventures Limited

Joint Response

2007-01-18

This document pretains to SES-STA-20061221-02209 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

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Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, DC 20554 In the matter of ) Satamatics, Inc. g File No. SES—STA—20061221—02209 (EO20074) JOINT RESPONSE Satamatics, Inc. ("Satamatics") and Inmarsat Ventures Limited ("Inmarsat") respond to the comments of Mobile Satellite Ventures LLC ("MSV") on the request of Satamatics for special temporary authority ("STA") to continue provision of longstanding Inmarsat services using the Inmarsat—4 satellite at 53° W.L. ("I—4"). Satamatics requests this STA only because of a recent ownership change, and does not seek to alter its operations in any way pursuant to this application. MSV does not oppose grant of STA, nor does it claim that the transition of longstanding services from an earlier generation Inmarsat spacecraft to I—4 has adversely affected the interference environment. Indeed, by all accounts, Satamatics has fully complied with the conditions of its STA, including the requirement that it operate on a non—harmful interference basis. Thus, there is no reason that Commission should not grant Satamatics an STA to provide Inmarsat services pursuant to the terms on which Satamatics has been providing these services while its underlying application for "full" authority remains pending. Nevertheless, MSV suggests that the Commission modify the conditions applicable to Satamatics‘s STA to: (1) exclude from the STA renewals certain frequency bands that are the subject of an international dispute between Inmarsat and MSV ("Disputed Spectrum"); and (2) "establish a firm expiration date for these STAs" if Inmarsat and MSV have

not entered a new international spectrum coordination agreement.‘ Satamatics and Inmarsat already have fully responded to these suggestions of MSV on multiple occasions, including, but not limited to: (i) in earlier STA proceedings;" and (ii) in joint pleadings* opposing requests by MSV to exclude the Disputed Spectrum from existing authorizations and to impose conditions in granting pending applications.* Because these issues have been fully briefed, and in the interest of conserving Commission resources, Satamatics and Inmarsat incorporate their earlier pleadings by reference for inclusion in the record here. MSV also requests that the Commission terminate Satamatics‘ existing STA when it is substituted with this replacement STA. Satamatics does not object to this request. * See, eg., Joint Reply, File Nos. SES—STA—20060710—01131 et al. (Aug. 1, 2006); Reply of Inmarsat Ventures Limited, File Nos. SES—STA—20060511—00788 et al. (May 31, 2006); Joint Opposition of Satamatics, SkyWave and Stratos, SES—STA—20060511—00790 et al. (May 31, 2006). ‘ Joint Letter from Satamatics, Inmarsat et al. to Marlene H. Dortch, FCC, Call Signs E010011 et al. (Jul. 6, 2006) (responding to MSVs letter request that the Commission exclude certain frequency bands from existing authorizations to provide Inmarsat services); Joint Letter from Satamatics, Inmarsat et al. to Marlene H. Dortch, FCC, File Nos. SES—MFS—20051122—01614 et al. (Jul. 6, 2006) (responding to MSV‘s request to add three conditions to pending applications to communicate with I—4). * See also Opposition of Inmarsat, File No. SES—MFS—20060118—00050, et al. (Mar. 16, 2006) (responding to MSV s Petition to Hold in Abeyance Telenor Satellite Inc.‘s application to provide non—BGAN Inmarsat service over [—4).

For these reasons, Satamatics and Inmarsat urge the Bureau to grant the requested STA subject only to the conditions pursuant to which Satamatics currently provides Inmarsat services. Respectfully submitted, Is/ Is/ Alfred M. Mamlet Diane J. Cornell Marc A. Paul Vice President, Government Affairs Brendan Kasper INMARSAT, INC. STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP 1101 Connecticut Avenue NW 1330 Connecticut Avenue, NW Suite 1200 Washington, D.C. 20036 Washington, DC 20036 Counsel to Satamatices, Inc. January 18, 2007

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Jeffrey A. Marks, hereby certify that on this 18" day of January, 2007, I caused to be served a true copy of the foregoing "Joint Response," by first class mail, postage pre—paid (or as otherwise indicated) upon the following: James Ball* Stephen Duall* 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 JoAnn Ekblad* 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 Gardner Foster*® 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 Fern Jarmulnek* Andrea Kelly* International Bureau International Bureau Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission 445 12"" Street, S.W. 445 12Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Washington, DC 20554 Karl Kensinger* 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 John Martin*® Robert Nelson* 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* 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 Bruce D. Jacobs Jennifer A. Manner David S. Konczal Vice President, Regulatory Affairs Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Mobile Satellite Ventures Subsidiary LLC 2300 N Street, N.W. 1002 Park Ridge Boulevard Washington, DC 20037—1128 Reston, Virginia 20191 *Via Electronic Mail Ma AA~ Jefi‘ref .Marks


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