Attachment Opposition

Opposition

OPPOSITION submitted by Inmarsat Ventures Limited (Inmarsat)

Opposition

2007-02-22

This document pretains to SES-STA-20070205-00192 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

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Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20554 In the matter of ) ) MVS USA, Inc. ) File No. SES—STA—20070205—00192 (Call Sign EO50348) OPPOSITION Inmarsat Ventures Limited ("Inmarsat") opposes the Petition to Deny filed by MSV in this proceeding, in which MVS USA, Inc. ("MVS") seeks renewal of special temporary authority ("STA") to provide Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) service over the Inmarsat—4 satellite at 53° W.L. In its Petition to Deny, MSV raises nothing new, and fails to provide a valid basis not to grant the application, or for imposing new and unnecessary conditions. MSV, instead, repeats its requests from earlier proceedings that the Commission impose additional conditions on BGAN STAs.‘ Specifically, MSV asks the Commission to: (i) adopt conditions sought in MSV‘s June 12, 2006 Petition for Clarification; (ii) establish a firm expiration date for this STA; (iii) require MVS to disclose the number of BGAN terminals in use; and (iv) limit BGAN terminal use to only a subset of emergency responders. These requests are baseless and should not be granted. Because these issues have been fully briefed," and in the interest of conserving _ See, eg, MSV USA, Inc., IB File No. SES—STA—20060316—00454 (granted May 12, 2006) (special temporary authority to provide BGAN service). * See Joint Opposition, File Nos. SES—STA—20060310—00419 et al. (filed June 19, 2006) (responding to MSV‘s June 12, 2006 Petition for Clarification); Joint Letter from Inmarsat et al. to Marlene Dortch, File No. SES—LFS—20050826—01175, et al. (filed Dec. 6, 2006) (responding to an MSV ex parte letter seeking additional conditions on existing STAs); see also Joint Letter from 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 DC\963612.1

Commission resources, Inmarsat incorporates earlier pleadings by reference for inclusion in the record here. For these reasons, the Commission should grant MVS‘s application without delay, subject only to the conditions pursuant to which BGAN service is currently provided. Respectfully submitted, Diane J. Cornell lA At John APJJanka Vice President, Government Affairs Jeffrey A. Marks INMARSAT, INC. LATHAM & WATKINS LLP 1101 Connecticut Avenue NW 555 Eleventh Street, N.W. Suite 1200 Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20036 Washington, D.C. 20004 Telephone: (202) 248—5155 Telephone: (202) 637—2200 Counselfor Inmarsat Ventures Limited February 22, 2007 pending applications to communicate with I—4); Joint Letter from Inmarsat et al. to Marlene H. Dortch, FCC, File Nos. SES—MFS$S—20051122—01614 et al. (Jul. 6, 2006) (responding to MSV‘s letter request that the Commission add conditions to existing authorizations to provide Inmarsat services). DC\9I63612.I

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Jeffrey A. Marks, hereby certify that on this 22nd day of February, 2007, I caused to be served a true copy of the foregoing 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 12"" Street, 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 DC\963612.1

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 Lawrence J. Movshin Jennifer A. Manner Robert G. Morse Vice President, Regulatory Affairs Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP Mobile Satellite Ventures Subsidiary LLC 2300 N Street, NW 1002 Park Ridge Boulevard Suite 700 Reston, Virginia 20191 Washington, DC 20037 Bruce D. Jacobs David S. Konczal Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 2300 N Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20037—1 128 *Yia Electronic Mail UVA Adc Jeffregl A. Marks DC\963612.1


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