Attachment Joint Response

Joint Response

COMMENT submitted by Vizada & Inmarsat

Joint Response

2007-09-05

This document pretains to SES-STA-20070814-01092 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

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RECEIVED SEP 1 3 2007 Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Satellite Division Washington, D.C. 20554 SEP c International Bureau In the matter of 1 1 VIZADA Services LLC ) File No. SES-STA-20070814-01092 (Call Sign E050284) JOINT RESPONSE VIZADA Services LLC (“VIZADA”) and Inmarsat Ventures Limited (“Inmarsat”) respond to Comments filed by Mobile Satellite Ventures Subsidiary (“MSV”) in this proceeding, in which VIZADA 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) establish a firm expiration date for BGAN STAs; (ii) limit BGAN terminal use to only a subset of emergency responders; and (iii) adopt conditions sought in MSV’s June 12,2006 Petition for Clarification. VIZADA and Inmarsat have fully responded to each of MSV’s requests in prior pleadings, and incorporate those prior pleadings by reference.’ Those pleadings, and pleadings submitted in other, similar proceedings, demonstrate that the public interest would be served by ’ See, e.g., Joint Opposition, File Nos. SES-STA-200603 10-00419, 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-2005 1122-01614, et al. (Jul. 6,2006) (responding to MSV’s request to add three conditions to pending applications to communicate with 1-4); Joint Letter to Marlene H. Dortch, FCC, File Nos. SES-MFS- 20051 122-01614, et al. (Jul. 6,2006) (responding to MSV’s letter request that the Commission add conditions to existing authorizations to provide Inmarsat services).

ensuring that BGAN services continue to be available to meet the current and future needs of U. S. government agencies, relief organizations, and industry. For the reasons discussed therein, the Commission should renew VIZADA's STA without delay, and without adding to, or modifying, the conditions pursuant to which BGAN service is currently provided. Respectfully submitted, /SI /SI Peter Rohrbach Diane J. Cornel1 Karis Hastings Vice President, Government Affairs Hogan & Hartson L.L.P. INMARSAT, INC. 555 13'h Street, N.W. 1101 Connecticut Avenue, N. W. Washington, D.C. 20004 Suite 1200 Telephone: (202) 637-5600 Washington, D.C. 20036 Counsel to VIZADA Services, LLC Telephone: (202) 248-5155 September 5,2007 2

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Jeffrey A. Marks, hereby certify that on this 5th day of September, 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 1 2 ' ~Street, S.W. 445 1 2 ' Street, ~ S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Washington, DC 20554 JoAnn Ekblad* Chip Fleming* International Bureau International Bureau Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission 445 1 2 ' ~Street, S.W. 445 12* Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Washington, DC 20554 Gardner Foster* Howard GribofP International Bureau International Bureau Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission 445 1 2 ' ~Street, S.W. 445 1 2 ' ~Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Washington, DC 20554 Fern Jarmulnek" Andrea Kelly* International Bureau International Bureau Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission ~ ~ S.W. 445 1 2 Street, 445 1 2 ' ~Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Washington, DC 20554 Karl Kensinger* Scott Kotler" International Bureau International Bureau Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission 445 1 2 ' ~Street, S.W. 445 lYh Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Washington, DC 20554 Robert Nelson" Roderick Porter* International Bureau International Bureau Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission 445 1 2 ' ~Street, S.W. 445 1 2 ' ~Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Washington, DC 20554

Cassandra Thomas* Jennifer A. Manner International Bureau Vice President, Regulatory Affairs Federal Communications Commission Mobile Satellite Ventures Subsidiary LLC 445 1 2 ' ~Street, S.W. 1002 Park Ridge Boulevard Washington, DC 20554 Reston, Virginia 2019 1 Bruce D. Jacobs Tony Lin Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 2300 N Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20037-1 128 * Via Electronic Mail


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