Attachment MSV ltr

MSV ltr

LETTER submitted by Mobile Satellite Ventures Subsidiary LLC

MSV ltr

2008-02-20

This document pretains to SES-STA-20080219-00171 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

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       Ms. Marlene H. Dortch                                                                               FEB 25 2008
       Secretary
       Federal Communications Commission                                                                  Satellite Division
       445 12th Street, SW                                                                              International Bureau
       Washington, DC 20554

       Re:        Mobile Satellite Ventures Subsidiary LLC
                  Application of Thrane & Thrane Airtime Ltd.
                  File No. SES—STA—20080219—00171 (E060179)

       Dear Ms. Dortch:

               Mobile Satellite Ventures Subsidiary LLC ("MSV") hereby submits this letter in
       connection with the above—referenced application ("Application"), which seeks access to
       Inmarsat satellites. MSV has previously opposed similar requests.‘ Mobile Satellite
       Ventures LP, Mobile Satellite Ventures (Canada) Inc., and Inmarsat Global Limited
       ("Inmarsat"), however, recently entered into a long—term coordination agreement that
       includes operation of the parties‘ current and next—generation satellites in North America.
       Pursuant to that agreement, and subject to it being accepted by the relevant
       Administrations (United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom), MSV supports the
       grant of the Application.




       ‘ See, e.g., Comments of Mobile Satellite Ventures Subsidiary LLC, File Nos. SES—STA—
       20070716—00943 et al. (July 18, 2007; Comments of Mobile Satellite Ventures Subsidiary LLC,
       File Nos. SES—STA—20070907—01250 er a/. (September 11, 2007); Comments of Mobile Satellite
       Ventures Subsidiary LLC, File Nos. SES—STA—20071109—01554 er al. (November 14, 2007).


Ms. Marlene H. Dortch
February 20, 2008
Page 2

      Please contact the undersigned with any questions regarding this matter.

                                           Very truly yours,




                                           Emily J. H. Daniels
                                           Counselfor Mobile Satellite Ventures
                                           Subsidiary LLC


                             CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

       I, Julia Colish, a secretary with the law firm of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
LLP, hereby certify that on this 20"" day of February 2008, I served a true copy of the
foregoing by first—class United States mail, postage prepaid, upon the following:




Diane J. Cornell                          John P. Janka
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, DC 20036                      Washington, DC 20004
                                          Counselfor Inmarsat, Inc.

Eric Fishman
Holland & Knight LLP
2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006
Counselfor Thrane and Thrane
Airtime, Ltd.



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