Attachment Joint Response

Joint Response

REPLY TO COMMENTS submitted by Skywave, Stratos, Telenor, Inmarsat

Joint Response

2007-03-28

This document pretains to SES-STA-20070309-00327 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 on in in dneine ts ies ie se se in tiieoaliiecatitcatihoul Skywave Mobile Communications, Inc. File No. SES—STA—20070309—00326 Stratos Communications Inc. File No. SES—STA—20070309—00327 File No. SES—STA—20070309—00328 File No. SES—STA—20070309—00329 File No. SES—STA—20070309—00330 File No. SES—STA—20070309—0033 1 Telenor Satellite Inc. File No. SES—STA—20070220—00246 File No. SES—STA—20070220—00247 File No. SES—STA—20070220—00248 File No. SES—STA—20070220—00249 File No. SES—STA—20070220—00250 File No. SES—STA—20070220—00252 File No. SES—STA—20070220—00253 JOINT RESPONSE Skywave Mobile Communications, Inc., Stratos Communications Inc., and Telenor Satellite Inc. (together, the "Licensees") and Inmarsat Ventures Limited ("Inmarsat") respond to the comments of Mobile Satellite Ventures LLC ("MSV") on these requests for special temporary authority ("STA") to continue provision of longstanding Inmarsat services using the Inmarsat—4 satellite at 53° W.L. ("I—4"). MSV does not oppose grant of the STAs, 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, each Licensee has fully complied with the | conditions of its STA, including the requirement that it operatg on a non—harmful interference basis. Thus, there is no reason that the Commission should not renew these STAs to provide

Inmarsat services pursuant to the terms on which the Licensees have been providing these services while their underlying applications for "full" authority remain pending. Nevertheless, MSV suggests that the Commission modify the conditions applicable to the Licensees‘ STAs 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. The Licensees 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.3 Because these issues have been fully briefed, and in the interest of conserving Commission resources, the Licensees and Inmarsat incorporate their earlier pleadings by reference for inclusion in the record here. ! 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, SES—STA—20060511—00790 et al. (May 31, 2006). * Joint Letter to Marlene H. Dortch, FCC, Call Signs E010011 et al. (Jul. 6, 2006) (responding to MSV‘s letter request that the Commission exclude certain frequency bands from existing authorizations to provide Inmarsat services); Joint Letter to Marlene H. Dortch, FCC, File Nos. SES—MFS—20051122—01614 et al. (Jul. 6, 2006) (responding to MSV‘srequest to add three conditions to pending applications to communicate with I—4). 3 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 I—4).

For these reasons, the Licensees and Inmarsat urge the Bureau to grant the requested STAs subject only to the conditions pursuant to which the Licensees currently provide Inmarsat services. Respectfully submitted, Is/ Is/ Keith H. Fagan Diane J. Cornell Senior Counsel Vice President, Government Affairs TELENOR SATELLITE, INC. INMARSAT, INC. 1101 Wootton Parkway 1101 Connecticut Avenue, NW 10th Floor Suite 1200 Rockville, MD 20852 Washington, DC 20036 Is/ Alfred M. Mamlet Marc A. Paul Brendan Kasper STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP 1330 Connecticut Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036 Counsel to SkyWave Mobile Communications Corp., and Stratos Communications, Inc. March 28, 2007

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Jeffrey A. Marks, hereby certify that on this 28th day of March, 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 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

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 l A. MA Jeffi‘enydg Marks


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