Attachment Motion

Motion

MOTION submitted by SkyWave

Motion to Designate Proceeding as Permit-But-Disclose

2007-11-13

This document pretains to SES-STA-20071109-01554 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESSTA2007110901554_605938

In the matter of SkyWave Mobile Communications, Corp. Request for Renewal of Special Temporary Authority MOTION TO DESIGNATE PROCEEDING AS “PERMIT-BUT-DISCLOSE” SkyWave Mobile Communications, Corp. (“SkyWave”) requests that the Commission designate File No. SES-STA-INTR2007-02723 as “permit-but-disclose” under the Commission’s rules governing exparte communications.* This proceeding involves an earth station application 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 this proceeding 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 the applications to provide Inmarsat services, and which the Commission already has designated permit-but-disclose. 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 ex parte status “will facilitate resolution of the complex policy issues raised in the applicati~n.”~ As in the other currently pending proceedings to provide Inmarsat services, permit-but-disclose status in File No. SES-STA-INTR2007-02723would serve the public interest by facilitating discussion with Commission staff to address the issues raised in this proceeding. For the foregoing reasons, SkyWave respectfully requests that the Commission designate the ex parte status of this proceeding as “permit-but-disclose.” Respectfully submitted, rLLd&A?q%/* Alfred M. Mamlet Marc A. Paul Brendan Kasper STEPTOE &JOHNSON LLP 1330 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 Telephone: (202) 429-3000 Counselfor Sky Wave Mobile Communications, Corp. November 13,2007 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 13th 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 20191 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- 1128 Washington DC 20036 John P. Janka Jeffrey A. Marks Latham & Watkins LLP 555 Eleventh Street, N.W., Suite 1000 Washington, D.C. 20004 * By electronic mail Brendan Kasper


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