Attachment GRANTED STA

This document pretains to SES-STA-20070119-00124 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESSTA2007011900124_546230

exsoue sesstnzmmmscone innseromane WMart Stores, nc a Delaware comoration Approved by OMB 3060—0578 APPLICATION For EAKTH STATION SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY APPLICANT INFORMATIONEnter a description ofthis application toidentify it on the main menu: Licensee secks STA for modified operation of station E950140 to employe two new emission codes. 1: Applicant Name: Wal—Mart Stores, Inc.a Delaware Phone Number: an—zm—a0 corporation DBA Name: «79—936—2186 Streets 702 SW 8th Sreet jnfield@wat—mart.com Licensing Department 8916 Cig: Bentonville State: Ar Countrys USA Zipeode: zeme ~usoo Attention: Jim Ficlding Call SignE450(42GmeiDe 01/42/4007 (orother ideaifi) TemDum From GS/14(200 To: 0%4;‘;007 amrovt i

January 19, 2007 Scott Kotler,Chief Systems Analysis Branch Satellite Division International Bureau Federal Communications Commission 445 12" Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Re:=— Wal—Mart Stores, Inc. Fixed Satelite Service C—Band, Conventional Earth Stations E950140 REQUEST FOR SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY Dear Mr. Kotler: Wal—Mart Stores,Inc. a Delaware corporation (*Wal—Mart" or"the Company®), pursuant to Section 25.120()() ofthe Rules and Regulations of the Federal Communications Commission (*FCC" or "Commission), respectfully requests Special Temporary Authority (*STA®) to add two new emission designators to Satellte Earth Station E950140 The complete Application for Modification was submitted on January 11, 2007. The File Number for the application is SES—MOD—20070112—001 14. The application requests authority o transmittwo additional emission designators: 36M0GTD and 250KG7D. The Company is looking to deploy more advanced one—way satellte digital multicast technology at the Company‘s Canadian retail outlets and other faciities,similar to the technology being deployed in the Company‘s domestic Ku—band satelte network pursuant to the authorization for Station E940457 granted in 2006. t for Special T h Pursuant to Section 25.120 of the FCC‘s Rules, the Commission may grant STA upon a finding that "there are extraordinary circumstances requiring temporary operations in the public interest and that delay in the insttution ofthese temporary operations would seriously prefjudice the public interest." In this instance, STA is sought to maintain mandatory publi safety announcements in the Company‘s Canadian retail outlts. "The C—Band system supports the transmission of mandatory public safety announcements that must be broadast on dailybasis in the Company‘s retail outles in anorm pasmemn

Canada." For quality control and management purposes, all one—way video and audio communications transmitted over the Company‘s satelite network to Company facilities located in Canada originate in Bentonvill, Arkansas atthe Company‘s C—Band "hub station" E950140 Replacement parts or upgrades for this equipment and technology that constitute the Company‘s Canadian remote satellite communications infrastructure no longer exist, The technology is antiquated. As the Company initited plans forthis major upgrade, serious concems arose regarding this aging C—Band satellte technology in use at the Canadian facilities. More particularly, the ability to provide the mandatory public safty announcements at the Company‘s retail stores and other faci s in Canada would be compromised in the event the existing remote satellte receivers filed. "The Company has intited all appropriate steps to ensure it secures authority in Canada to operate current remote satellitetechnology atthe Company‘s Canadian facilities—for which product support and replacements exist—in the very nearfuture. Parallel operating authority on the new emission designators for Station E950140 is required in the United States o permit interoperability with the new terminals being deployed at the Company‘s Canadian facilites. In order to ensure thatthe mandatory public safty announcements are maintained without interruption, the Company respectfully requests that the Commission grant STA for a period of at least sixty (60) days commencing on or about February 14, 2007 This will confirm that no party to this application is subject to denial offederal benefits pursuant to § 5301 ofthe Anti—Drug Abuse Act of 1988, 21 U.S.C. § 862. We trustthat suffcient information has been provided herein to enable the Commission to grant the requested STA. Should the Commission have any questions or require additional information, it is asked to communicate directly with C. Douglas Jarett, Keller and Heckman Lu, 1001 G Street, NW, Suite 500 West, Washington, DC 20001, (202) 434—4180, e—mail Jarrett@khlaw.com. ces Federal Communications Commission Columbia Operations Center 9200 Farm House Lane Columbia, Maryland 21046—1609 *n addiion tomandatoy publcy announcomens equed in Cns th illoningaudiaand ide communicatns ul h tansmite to h Company s Canadan iiites m in C:Randhab io oci Renomvl, Artanas 1 Wal.tart TV which conin laril of thrired ainingpeograms for WlMar oc(2)onl and adveriing mc boadeas overielevison ts utd on WatMar se foon: ) WaMar Radl hedc in Conpany sorss and us as ehald musforor leptne: and 4) occionltananinion f arge d e toCompanysorso datbuton


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