Attachment Motion

Motion

MOTION submitted by Stratos

Permit-but-Disclose

2007-11-05

This document pretains to SES-STA-20071101-01493 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESSTA2007110101493_605417

FILEB/ACCEPTED Before the Federal Communications Commission - NOV 5 2007 Washington, D.C. 20554 Federal Comrnuncations Cornrnisslm OMce of the Secretary ) In the matter of ) File No. SES-STA-20071101-01488 ) File No. SES-STA-20071101-01489 Stratos Communications, Inc. Request for ) File No. SES-STA-20071101-01490 Renewal of Special Temporary Authority ) File No. SES-STA-20071101-01491 ) File No. SES-STA-20071101-01492 ) File No. SES-STA-20071101-01493 1 MOTION TO DESIGNATE PROCEEDING AS “PERMIT-BUT-DISCLOSE” Stratos Communications, Inc. (“Stratos”) requests that the Commission designate File Nos. SES-STA-20071101-01488,SES-STA-20071101-01489,SES-STA-20071101-01490, SES-STA-20071101-01491,SES-STA-20071101-01492,and File No. SES-STA-20071101- 0 1493 as “permit-but-disclose” under the Commission’s rules governing ex parte communications. These proceedings involve earth station applications to offer Inmarsat services in the United States. The exparte rules provide that “[wlhere the public interest so requires in a particular proceeding, the Commission and its staff retain the discretion to modify the applicable exparte rules by order, letter or public notice.”2 A change in the status to permit-but-disclose in these proceedings clearly is warranted in light of the issues raised, and in order to harmonize the status of this proceeding with that of numerous pending proceedings that also involve applications to provide Inmarsat services, and which the Commission already has designated permit-but-disclose. 47 C.F.R. 9 1.1200 et seq. 2 47 C.F.R. tj 1.1200(a).

Virtually all pending applications seeking authority to provide Inmarsat services have been opposed by Mobile Satellite Ventures, Inc. (“MSV”). The Commission routinely has granted permit-but-disclose status in considering similar applications to provide Inmarsat services, finding the change in exparte status “will facilitate resolution of the complex policy issues raised in the appli~ation.”~ As in the other currently pending proceedings to provide Inmarsat services, permit-but-disclose status in these proceedings would serve the public interest by facilitating discussion with Commission staff to address the issues raised in these proceedings. For the foregoing reasons, Stratos respectfully requests that the Commission designate the ex parte status of this proceeding as “permit-but-disclose.” Respectfully submitted, Marc A. Paul Brendan Kasper STEPTOE &JOHNSON LLP 1330 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 Telephone: (202) 429-3000 Counselfor Stratos Communications, Inc. November 5,2007 3 See, e.g., Public Notice, Rep. No. SES-00955 (rel. Aug. 15,2007) (granting motion seeking permit-but-disclose status for application to provide Inmarsat services); Public Notice, Rep. No. SES-00894 (rel. Jan. 24,2007) (same); Public Notice, Rep. No. SES-00825 (rel. May 31, 2006) (same, with regard to 18 separate applications); Public Notice, Rep. No. SES-00807 (rel. Mar. 29,2006) (same, with regard to three separate applications).

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Brendan Kasper, an attorney with the law firm of Steptoe & Johnson LLP, hereby certify that on this 5th day of November 2007, I served a true copy of the foregoing Motion to Designate Proceeding as “Permit-But-Disclose” by first class mail, postage pre-paid (or as otherwise indicated) upon the following: Stephen Duall* 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 20 19 1 Bruce D. Jacobs Diane J. Cornel1 Tony Lin Vice President, Government Affairs Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Inmarsat, Inc. 2300 N Street, N.W. 1101 Connecticut Ave, NW, Suite 1200 Washington, DC 20037-1 128 Washington DC 20036 JohnP. Janka Jeffrey A. Marks Latham & Watkins LLP 555 Eleventh Street, N.W., Suite 1000 Washington, D.C. 20004 * By electronic mail &/ % i Brendan Kasper n


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