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This document pretains to SES-STA-20070103-00007 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESSTA2007010300007_547836

                                             Before the
                                Federal Communications Commission
                                                                        Washington, D.C. 20554

In the matter of




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Stratos Communications, Inc.                                            File No. SES—STA—20070103—00007 (Call Sign EO50249)

BT Americas, Inc.                                                       File No. SES—STA—20070102—00003 (Call Sign E060076)

Telenor Satellite, Inc.                                                 File No. SES—STA—20070110—00053 (Call Sign EO50276)

                                                                             REPLY

        Mobile Satellite Ventures Subsidiary LLC ("MSV") hereby files this Reply to the Joint

Response of Inmarsat Ventures Limited, Stratos Communications, Inc., BT Americas, Inc., and

Telenor Satellite, Inc. (collectively "Inmarsat") to MSV‘s Comments filed regarding the above—

captioned requests for renewal of Special Temporary Authority ("STA") to operate Broadband

Global Area Network ("BGAN") terminals using an uncoordinated Inmarsat satellite, Inmarsat

4F2 at 52.75°W.‘ In its Comments, MSV urged the International Bureau ("Bureau") to (i) adopt

conditions consistent with what MSV has requested in a pending Petition for Clarification;" and

(i1) establish a firm expiration date for these STAs and provide that no further extensions will be

granted without Inmarsat having first completed coordination of its new satellite with the North

American L band operators." In the event that the Bureau permits these STAs to continue

without establishing a firm expiration date, the Bureau should at least (1) require the STA holders


‘ See Inmarsat Ventures Limited, Response, File No. SES—STA20070103—00007 (Call Sign
EO50249) et al (January 18, 2007).
2 See Mobile Satellite Ventures Subsidiary LLC, Petition for Clarification, File No. SES—STA—
20060310—00419 et al (June 12, 2006) (attaching Letter from Ms. Jennifer A. Manner, MSV, to
Ms. Marlene H. Dortch, FCC, File No. SES—STA—20060310—00419 et al. (May 26, 2006)).
‘ See Mobile Satellite Ventures Subsidiary LLC, Comments, File No. SES—STA—20070103—
00007 (Call Sign E050249), File No. SES—STA—20070102—00003 (Call Sign EO60076) (January
5, 2007) ("MSY Comments"); Mobile Satellite Ventures Subsidiary LLC, Comments, File No.
SES—STA—20070110—00053 (Call Sign EO50276) (January 11, 2007).


to disclose the aggregate number of BGAN terminals that are in operation using the Inmarsat

4F2 satellite serving the United States and nearby geographic areas; and (ii) limit the BGAN

terminals authorized under these STAs to those terminals that are issued to "first responders,"

based on sworn affidavits provided by the STA holders supporting their claims.

       In its Response, Inmarsat incorporate by reference pleadings from previous proceedings.

MSV hereby incorporates by reference its pleadings as filed in those previous proceedings.*




* See Mobile Satellite Ventures Subsidiary LLC, Petition for Clarification, File No. SES—STA—
20060310—00419 et al (June 12, 2006); Mobile Satellite Ventures Subsidiary LLC, Reply, File
No. SES—STA—20060310—00419 et al (June 29, 2006); Letter from Jennifer A. Manner, Mobile
Satellite Ventures Subsidiary LLC, to Ms. Marlene H. Dortch, FCC, File No. SES—LFS—
20050826—01175 et al (November 22, 2006); Letter from Jennifer A. Manner, Mobile Satellite
Ventures Subsidiary LLC, to Ms. Marlene H. Dortch, FCC, File No. SES—LFS—20050826—01175
et al (December 18, 2006); Letter from Jennifer A. Manner, MSV, to Mr. John Giusti and Mr.
Julius Knapp, FCC (June 20, 2006); Letter from Jennifer A. Manner, MSV, to Ms. Marlene H.
Dortch, FCC, File No. SES—MFS—20051122—01614 (Call Sign EOOO0180) et al (June 20, 2006);
Letter from Jennifer A. Manner, MSV, to Mr. John Giusti and Mr. Julius Knapp, FCC (July 18,
2006); Letter from Jennifer A. Manner, MSV, to Ms. Marlene H. Dortch, FCC, File No. SES—
MFS—20051122—01614 (Call Sign E0O0O0180) et al (July 18, 2006).


                                           Conclusion

       MSV continues to urge the Bureau to protect the existing and reliable services MSV

currently provides, including to public safety users, by (i) adopting conditions consistent with

what MSV has requested in its pending Petition for Clarification; and (ii) establishing a firm

expiration date for these STAs and provide that no further extensions will be granted without

Inmarsat having first completed coordination of its new satellite with the North American L band

operators.

                                     Respectfully submitted,




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                                                     ennifer 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: January 30, 2007


                                CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

        I, Sylvia A. Davis, a secretary with the law firm of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
LLP, hereby certify that on this 30th day of January 2007, I served a true copy of the foregoing
by first—class United States mail, postage prepaid, upon the following:


John P. Janka                                     Diane J. Cornell
Jeffrey A. Marks                                  Vice President, Government Affairs
Latham & Watkins LLP                              Inmarsat, Inc.
555 Eleventh Street, N.W.                         1101 Connecticut Avenue NW
Suite 1000                                        Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20004                              Washington, DC 20036

Linda J. Cicceo                                   Alfred M. Mamlet
BT Americas Inc.                                  Steptoe & Johnson LLP
11440 Commerce Park Drive                         1330 Connecticut Avenue N.W.
Reston, VA 20191                                  Washington, D.C. 20036

                                                  Counsel for Stratos Communications, Inc.

Keith H. Fagan
Telenor Satellite, Inc.
1101 Wootton Parkway
10Floor
Rockville, MD 20852


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