Attachment Supplement

Supplement

SUPPLEMENT submitted by Inceptum 1 AS, Telenor ASA, Telenor Satellite Serv. Inc.

Supplement

2007-04-17

This document pretains to SES-STA-20070216-00243 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESSTA2007021600243_561032

RECEIVED APR 1 8 2007 poi it200 i Inomatonalourees lite Diison FILED/ACCEPTED ApR 17 2007 BY HAND DELIVERY & ELECTRONIC FILING ouremanefmgs pey Ms. Marlene H. Dortch Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 Twelfth Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Re: Telenor AS4, Transferor, and Inceptum 1 AS, Transferee, Consolidated Applicationfor Consent to Transfer ofContral and Peritionfor Declaratory Ruling, TB Dkt No. 06—225, FCC File Nos, ISP—PDR—20061 129—00017, TTC—T/c—20081129—00820/00530/00531, ITC—T/C—20061215—00575; Telenor Satellite Services, Inc. Applicationsfor Section 214 Authority, FCC File Nos. ITC—214—20061213—00558/00559 FTMSC US, LLC, Amendments to Applicationsfor Section 214 Authority andfor Earth Station Licenses, Requestsfor Special Temporary Authority, and Petition for Declaratory Ruling, File Nos. TTC—AMD—20060804—00288, SES—AMD— 20060804—01315, ITC—STA—20070301—00092, SES—$TA—20070216—00243, & 1SP—PDR—20060804—00010 Dear Ms. Dortch: Inceptum 1 AS ("Inceptum"), Telenor ASA ("Telenor‘), and Telenor Satellite Services, Inc. ("TSST"), by their attomneys, hereby supplement the above» referenced applications relating to the transfer of control of Telenor Satellite Services AS ("TSS") and itsindirect, wholly—owned subsidiaries (the "TSS Subsidiaries") to Inceptum and TSST‘s requests for intemational Section 214 authority. In addition, Inceptum and MobSat S.A.S.(‘MobSat") hereby supplement the record in the above—referenced proceedings to provide additional information regarding their ownership. Dominant Carrier Treatment on .S—Norway Route: Under the current ownership structure, the TSS Subsidiaries are affiiated with foreign carriers owned and controlled by Telenor. The Telenor—controlled carriers in Norway are dominant carriers. Accordingly, Telenor Satellte Inc. (*Telenor Satellite"), GMPCS Personal Communications, Inc. (°GMPCS®) and Marlink, Inc. (*Marlink"), the three TSS Subsidiaries that currently hold interational Section 214 authority, have agreed to dominant treatment on the U.S..Norway route." In addition, i its pending applications $ See Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications, Comsat Corp, and Comsat General Corp., Assignor, and Telenor Satellite Mobile Services, Inc. and Telenor

Ms: Marlene t Dortch Aprl17, a007 Page2 for international Section 214 authority, TSSI agreed to be treated as dominant on the U.S..Norway route" Upon consummation of the proposed transfer ofcontrol to Inceptum, the TSS Subsidiaries will no longer be affiiated with the Telenor—controlled foreign carriers. As a result, dominant carrier treatment ofthe TSS Subsidiaries on the U.S..Norway route will no longer be appropriate.. Accordingly, the parties make the following requests: 1. Inceptum requests reclassification ofTelenor Satellte, GMPCS, and Marlink as non—dominant U.S. international carriers between the United States and Norway upon consummation of the Telenor—Inceptum transaction, because they will no longer be affilited with carriers that possess market power in Norway. 2.. TSSI larifies with respect toits pending Section 214 applications that, for each application granted prior to consumation of the Telenor—Inceptum ransaction, TSSI agrees to accept dominant carrier classification on the U.S. Norway route. TSSI also clarifies that, in its pending transfer of control application (ITC—T/C—20061215—00575), it requests classification as non— dominant between the U.S. and Norway upon consummation of the transaction. Thus, t the extent the Commission grants the transfer of control application before it acts on either or both of TSSI‘s pending Section 214 applications, TSSI requests that it be authorized under Section 214 to operate Satellie, Inc, Assignee, Applicationsfor Assignment ofSection 214 Authorizations, Private Land Mobile Radio Licenses, Experimental Licenses, and Earth Station Licenses and Petitionfor Declaratory Ruling Pursuant to Section 3100)(4) ofthe Communications Act, Order and Authorization, 16 FCC Red 22897 (2001) at 145 ("Telenor Satellite has agreed to comply with the Commission‘s dominant carrier regulations in its provision of service between the United States and Norway."); Applicationfor Consent to Transfer ofControl ofGMPCS Personal Communications, Inc to Telenor Satellite Services Holdings, Inc., File No. TIC—T/C—20040708—00285, Public Notice, International Authorizations Granted, DA No. 04—2552, Report No. TEL00823 (Aug. 19, 2004) at 4 ("Applicant agrees to be classified as a dominant carrier pursuant to Section 63.10 ofthe rules in its provision of U.S. international service on the U.S.~ Norway route."); File No TTC—214—20010520—00341, Application of Telenor Satellite Mobile Services, Inc. for International Section 214 Authority, Public Notice, Anternational Authorizations Granted, DA No. 01—1726, Report No. TEL—00421 (July 19, 2001) at1 ("Applicant TSMS acknowledges that it warrants classification as a dominant intermational earrier on the U...Norway route.") and File No. TTC—A$G—20030410— 90275 (proforma assignment of TSMS Section 214 authorization to Marlink, Inc.). Telenor Satellite Services, Inc., Applicationsfor Section 214 Authority, File Nos. ITC—214—20061213—00558/00559, Attachment 1 at 1 (*TSSI agrees to be classified as a dominant interational carrier on the US—Norway route").

Ms: Mariene . Doch Apet 17, 2007 Pages s a nor—dominant carrier between the U.S. and Norway upon consummation of the trnsaction. Co—Investment in MobSat Group Holding Sirl: In a ltter submitted yesterday, Inceptum and MobSatadvised the Commission that a U.. entity with majority U.S. ownership, GEAM Intemational Private Equity Fund, L.P. (°GEAM Intemmational"), has agreed to co—invest in MobSat Group Holding Sr! (‘MobSat Holding"?), the ulimate parent of Inceptum and MobSat.® Inceptum and MobSat hereby confirm thatte limited partners of GEAM International are passive investors. In additon, Inceptum and MobSat confirm that all the companies in the vertical ownership chain between GE International Management Incorporated (GEAM Intemational‘s general partner), and is ulimate parent, the General Electric Company, are U.S.—organized entities Please address any questions concerning this matterto the undersigned Respectfully submitted, \ / Ts C)’W/W/ 2'— Peter A. Robrbach Na/cy 1. 4;”/ Karis A. Hastings Catherine M. Hilke Hogan & Hartson LLP. Wiley Rein LLP 555 13 Street, N.W. 1776 K Street NW Washington, D.C. 20004 Washingion, D.C. 20006 Phone: 202—637—5600 Phone: 202—719—7000 Fax: 202—637—5910 Fax: 202—719—7039 Counselfor Inceptur 1 AS and Counselfor Telenor 48A and MobSa $AS. Telenor Satellite Services, Inc. ces David Krech Susan O‘Connell Cara Grayer Counsel for Inmarsat, Inc. Counsel for Mobile Satellite Ventures Subsidiary LLC 6 See Lettr of Karis A. Hastings o Marlene H. Dortch, IB Dkt No. 06—225, dated Apr. 16, 2007.


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