Attachment Joint Response

Joint Response

RESPONSE TO REPLY COMMENTS submitted by "Licensees" & Inmarsat

Joint Response

2007-09-26

This document pretains to SES-STA-20070905-01237 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 No ho Ns Nt Nt Nt Nt Nt Ne Ne Nt Nut Net N) Ne Ne Nt Ned SkyWave Mobile Communications, File No. SES—STA—20070907—01250 Inc. Stratos Communications, Inc. File No. SES—STA—20070907—01 245 File No. SES—STA—20070907—01246 File No. SES—STA—20070907—01247 File No. SES—STA—20070907—01 248 File No. SES—STA—20070907—01249 Vizada Satellite, Inc. File No. SES—STA—20070905—01239 File No. SES—STA—20070905—01234 File No. SES—STA—20070905—01233 File No. SES—STA—20070905—01236 File No. SES—STA—20070905—01237 File No. SES—STA—20070905—01235 File No. SES—STA—20070905—01238 JOINT RESPONSE Skywave Mobile Communications, Inc., Stratos Communications Inc., and Vizada 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 the nominal 53° W.L. orbital location ("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 operate 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 pénding. 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." 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 er 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‘s request to add three conditions to pending applications to communicate with I—4). * See also Opposition of Inmarsat, File No. SES—MFS—20060118—00050, et al. (Mar. 16, 2006).

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, 1s/ Is/ Keith H. Fagan Diane J. Cornell Senior Counsel Vice President, Government Affairs VIZADA 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. September 26, 2007

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Jeffrey A. Marks, hereby certify that on this 26‘" day of September, 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* 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. 445 128" 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 12"" Street, S.W. 1002 Park Ridge Boulevard Washington, DC 20554 Reston, Virginia 20191 Bruce D. Jacobs Tony Lin Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 2300 N Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20037—1128 ~\*Via Electronic Mail JYA MuA Jefi‘re'}kh. Marks


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