Attachment Response

Response

REPLY submitted by Inmarsat Ventures Limited

Response

2007-05-03

This document pretains to SES-STA-20070419-00486 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESSTA2007041900486_567542

                                     Before the
                      FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                               Washington, D.C. 20554


In the matter of                 )
                                 )                       .



Thrane & Thrane Airtime Ltd.     )    File No. SES—STA—200700419—00486 (Call Sign EO60179)




                    RESPONSE OF INMARSAT VENTURES LIMITED

               Inmarsat Ventures Limited ("Inmarsat") responds to Comments filed by MSV in

this proceeding, in which Thrane & Thrane Airtime Ltd. ("T&T Airtime") seeks renewal of

special temporary authority ("STA") to continue providing Inmarsat Broadband Global Area

Network (BGAN) service. In its Comments, MSV raises nothing new, but rather repeats its

requests that the Commission: (i) adopt conditions sought in MSV‘s June 12, 2006 Petition for

Clarification; (11) establish a firm expiration date for BGAN STAs; (ii1) require BGAN STA

holders to disclose the number of BGAN terminals in use; and(iv) limit BGAN terminal use to

only a subset of emergency responders.

               Inmarsat has fully responded to each of MSV‘s requests in prior pleadings, and

incorporates those prior pleadings by reference.‘ For the reasons discussed therein, the




!   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 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 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 pending applications to
    communicate with I—4); Joint Letter to Marlene H. Dortch, FCC, File Nos. SES—MFS—
    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).




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Commission should renew T&T Airtime‘s STA without delay, and without adding to, or

modifying, the conditions pursuant to which BGAN service is currently provided.

                                                Respectfully submitted,




Diane J. Cornell                                JohA P. JMika
Vice President, Government Affairs              Jeffrey A. Marks
INMARSAT, INC.                                  LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
1101 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.                   555 Eleventh Street, N.W.
Suite 1200                                      Suite 1000
Washington, D.C. 20036                >         Washington, D.C. 20004
Telephone: (202) 248—5155                       Telephone: (202) 637—2200

                                                Counselfor Inmarsat Ventures Limited

May 3, 2007




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                                  CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

         I, Jeffrey A. Marks, hereby certify that on this 3rd day of May, 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




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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

Eric Fishman
Holland & Knight LLP
2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20006
Counsel to Thrane & Thrane Airtime Ltd


*YVia Electronic Mail



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