Attachment Joint Response

Joint Response

RESPONSE TO REPLY COMMENTS submitted by VIZADA

Joint Response

2007-11-07

This document pretains to SES-STA-20071017-01429 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESSTA2007101701429_604445

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


In the matter of                  )
                                  )
VIZADA Services LLC               )   File No. SES—STA—20071017—00429 (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—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).


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,




       /s/                                                 is D. /..
Peter Rohrbach                                   Diane J. Cornell
Karis Hastings                                   Vice President, Government Affairs
Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.                           InmMaRsat, Inc.
555 13"" 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


November 7, 2007


                                  CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

         I, Amber Powelson, hereby certify that on this 7th day of November, 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 12Street, S.W.
Washington, DC 20554                               Washington, DC 20554

Fern Jarmulaek*                                    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*                     Jennifer A. Manner
International Bureau                  Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
Federal Communications Commission     Mobile Satellite Ventures Subsidiary LLC
445 12Street, 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

                                       (Imbe Rusleon
                                        Amber Powelson



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