Attachment Joint Response

Joint Response

REPLY submitted by Stratos, BT, MVS and Telenor

Joint Response

2007-05-24

This document pretains to SES-STA-20070507-00572 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 ) _ Stratos Communications, Inc. . ; File No. SES—STA20070507—00572 (Call Sign EO50249) BT Americas Inc. |; File No. SES—STA20070511—00635 (Call Sign E060076) © MVS USA, Inc. ; : File No. SES—STA20070504—00561 (Call Sign E050348) ‘Telenor Satellite, Inc. ; File No. SES—$TA20070509—00599—(Call Sign E050276) JOINT RESPONSE Stratoé Cbnununicatiofis; inc., BT Americas Inc., MVS USA, Inc. and Telenor | Safellifé,'lnc. (the "Licensees"), together with .Inmarsat Ventures Limited (“Inmarsat"’), respond to Comments filéd by MSV in these proceedings, in-which.tfie Licensees seek rénewal of special temporary authdrity ("STA") to continue providing Inmarsat Broadband Global Area Network ~(BGAN) service. In its Comments, MSV raiées nothing new, but rather fepeats its requests that the Commission: (i) adopt conditions sought in MSV‘s June 12, 2006 Petition for Clarification; (ii) establish a firm expiration date for the BGAN STAs; (iii) require BGAN STA holders to disclose the number of BGAN terminals in use; and (iv) limit BGAN terminal use to only a subset of _emefgency responders. The Licensees and Inmarsat have fully responded to each of MSV‘s requests in pribr pleadings, and incorporate those prior pleadings by reference.‘ For the reasons discussed \ See Joint Oppdsition, File Nos. SES-STA-20060310-0041§ et al. (filedJune 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

therein, the Commission should renew the Licensees’ STAs without delay, and without édding to, or modifying, the conditions pursuant to which BGAN service is currently prov1ded Respectfully submitted, Is/ : _ Is/ Alfred M. Mamlet . Linda J. Cicco Marc A. Paul ‘BT AMERICAS INC. . | Brendan Kasper 11440 Commerce Park Drive STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP Reston, VA¥20191 e — 1330 Connecticut Avenue, NW — . Washington, D.C. 20036 . Counsel to Stratos Communications, Inc. '/-s/_ . Is/ Lawrence J. Movshin Keith H. Fagan Robert G. Morse ~ Senior Counsel WILKINSON BARKER KNAUER LLP TELENOR SATELLITE Inc. 2300 N Street, N.W., Suite 700 1101 Wootton Parkway Washington, D.C. 20037 _ 10th Floor ' (202) 783—4141 . Rockville, MD 20852 ' Counsel to MVS USA, Inc. Is/ . Diane J. Cornell * . _ Vice President, Government Affairs —INMARSAT, INC. _ 1101 Connecticut Avenue NW Suite 1200 _ ' ‘Washington, DC 20036 | May 24, 2007 ex parte letter seeking additional conditions on existing STAs); see also Joint Letter to Marlene H. Dortch, FCC, File Nos. SES—MFS—20051122—01614 etal. (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).

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE _1 JeffreyA. Marks hereby certify that on this 24th day of May, 2007, I causedto be o served a true copy ofthe foregomg by first class mail, postage pre—paid (or as otherw1se mdlcated) upon the followmg ul James Ball* Stephen Duall* — International Bureau International Bureau — Federal Commumcatlons Comm1ss1on Federal Communications Commission . © 445 12"" Street, S.W. 445 12"" Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Washington, DC 20554 | JoAnn Ekblad* | — Richard Engelman* 'Internatlonal Bureau International Bureau Federal Communications Comm1ss1on Fedéral Communications Comm1ss1on =. 445 12"" Street, S.W. 445 12¢"Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 _ Washmgton, DC 20554 Gardner Foster* Howard Grlboff* —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 Comm1ss1on Federal Communications Commission 445 12"" Street, S.W. _ ~ 445 12¢" Street, S.W. Washmgton 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 _ Tony Lin . 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


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