Attachment Response

Response

RESPONSE TO REPLY COMMENTS submitted by Inmarsat Ventures Limited

Response

2007-09-05

This document pretains to SES-STA-20070817-01101 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 ) ) Thrane & Thrane Airtime Ltd. ) File No. SES—STA—20070817—01101 (Call Sign E060179) RESPONSE OF INMARSAT VENTURES LIMITED Inmarsat Ventures Limited ("Inmarsat") responds to Comments filed by Mobile Satellite Ventures Subsidiary ("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) 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. Inmarsat has 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 ensuring that BGAN services continue to be available to meet the current and future needs of U.S. government ‘ See, e.g., 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).

agencies, relief organizations, and industry. For the reasons discussed therein, the 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, MD/ la * % Diane J. Cornell John/P. Jakka 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 September 5, 2007

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 12"" Street, S.W. 445 12"" Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Washington, DC 20554 JoAnn Ekblad* Chip Fleming* 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 Robert Nelson* Roderick Porter* 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

Cassandra Thomas* Eric Fishman International Bureau Holland & Knight LLP Federal Communications Commission 2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 445 12"" Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20006 Washington, DC 20554 Counsel to Thrane & Thrane Airtime Ltd 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 lX M *Via Electronic Mail Jef,‘rey 77 Marks


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