Attachment Extension grant

This document pretains to SES-STA-20090410-00440 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

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E060179 SES—STA—20090410—00440 182009000987 THRANE & THRANE AIRTIME LTD. Approved by OMB 3060—0678 APPLICATION FOR EARTH STATION SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY APPLICANT INFORMATIONEnter a description of this application to identify it on the main menu: T&T Airtime Blanket MET STA Extension Request 1. Applicant Name: THRANE & THRANE AIRTIME Phone Number: 757—463—9557 LTD. DBA Name: Fax Number: 757—463—9581 Street: 509 VIKING DRIVE E—Mail: TMK@THRANE.COM SUITES K, L & M City: VIRGINIA BEACH State: VA Country: USA Zipcode: 23452 — Attention: Tom Kelly T ies SES"—&”(?%X < &f(}/&4O oxt Sign£6§0HMH)_ Greatpate_ / 13/Oi (or other identificr) TérmDamfl romit| Z Ito 09

Thrane & Thrane Airtime Ltd. File No. Call Sign Terminal SES—STA—20090410—00440 E060179 5,000 BGAN The request of Thrane & Thrane Airtime Ltd.for special temporary authority (STA) IS GRANTED. Accordingly, Thrane & Thrane Airtime Ltd is authorized, for a period beginning April 16, 2009 and ending June 14, 2009, to operate mobile earth terminals (MET‘s) described in its request, using the Inmarsat—4F3 satellite located at 97.65°W.L. in accordance with the terms, conditions, and technical specifications set forth in the Commission‘s rules and this document. The 1544—1545/1645.5—1646.5 MHz band is reserved for safety and distress communications. See 47 C.EF.R. §2.106 Footnotes 5.356 and 5.365.

2. Contact Name: Eric Fishman, Esq. Phone Number: 212—513—3268 Company: Holland & Knight LLP Fax Number: 212—385—9010 Street: 195 Broadway E—Mail: eric.fishman@hklaw.com 24th Floor City: New York State: NY Country: USA Zipcode: 10007 — Attention: Eric Fishman Relationship: Legal Counsel (If your applicationis related to an application filed with the Commission, enter either the file number or the IB Submission ID of the related application. Please enter only one.) 3. Reference File Number or Submission ID 182009000394 4a. Is a fee submitted with this application? @ If Yes, complete and attach FCC Form 159. If No, indicate reason for fee exemption (see 47 C.F.R.Section 1.1114). 0 Governmental Entity 0 Noncommercial educational licensee 0 Other(please explain): 4b. Fee Classification CGB — Mobile Satellite Earth Stations 5. Type Request & Use Prior to Grant eJ Change Station Location C Other 6. Requested Use Prior Date 04/16/2009 7. City 8. Latitude (dd mmss.s h) 0 0 0.0

9. State 10. Longitude (dd mmss.s h) 0 0 0.0 11. Please supply any need attachments. Attachment 1: ATTACHMENT A Attachment 2: Attachment 3: 12. Description. (Ifthe complete description does not appearin this box, please go to the end of the form toview it in its entirety.) See Attachment A 13. By checking Yes, the undersigned certifies that neither applicant nor any other party to the applicationis Yes 3 No subject to a denial of Federal benefits that includes FCCbenefits pursuant to Section 5301 ofthe Anti—Drug Act of 1988, 21 U.S.C. Section 862, because of a conviction for possessionor distribution ofa controlled substance. See 47 CFR 1.2002(b) for the meaning of &quot.party to the application&quot; for these purposes. 14. Name of Person Signing 15. Title of Person Signing Svend Age Lundgaard Jensen President WILLFUL FALSE STATEMENTS MADE ON THIS FORM ARE PUNISHABLE BY FINE AND / OR IMPRISONMENT (U.S. Code, Title 18, Section 1001), AND/OR REVOCATION OF ANY STATION AUTHORIZATION (U.S. Code, Title 47, Section 312(a)(1)), AND/OR FORFEITURE (U.S. Code, Title 47, Section 503).

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Thrane & Thrane Airtime Ltd. Request for Renewal of SES—STA—20060522—00857 As Extended by SES—STA—20090210—00162 Attachment A DESCRIPTION OF REQUEST FOR RENEWAL OF SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY Pursuant to Section 25.120 of the Commission‘s rules, 47 C.F.R. § 25.120, Thrane & Thrane Airtime Ltd. ("T&T Airtime") requests that the Commission renew the special temporary authority ("STA") granted in File No. SES—STA—20060522—00857, as extended by File No. SES— STA—20090210—00162, for an additional 60 days to allow T&T Airtime to provide Inmarsat‘s Broadband Global Area Network ("BGAN®") service using up to 5,000 mobile earth terminals ("METs") operating in the L—band in conjunction with the Inmarsat 4F3 satellite located at the 97.65° W.L. orbital location.‘ BACKGROUND On May 22, 2006, T&T Airtime filed an application (the "T&T Airtime BGAN Application") for a blanket license to operate 20,000 METs with Inmarsat‘s BGAN service (File No. SES-LFS-?_OOGOS22-00852).2 On May 22, 2006, T&T Airtime also filed an STA application to allow T&T Airtime to provide Inmarsat‘s BGAN service using up to 5,000 METs operating in the L—band in conjunction with the Inmarsat 4F2 satellite located at the 52.75° W.L. orbital location (File No. SES—STA—20060522—00857). The Commission granted this application on June 30, 2006. T&T Airtime‘s authority to provide BGAN service under this STA was set to expire on August 29, 2006, however an extension ofthis STA was filed with the Commission on August 22, 2006 (File No. SES—STA—20060822—01424). Further extensions of this STA were filed with the Commission on October 19, 2006 (File No. SES—STA—20061019—01868), December 19, 2006 (File No. SES—STA—20061219—02199), February 20, 2007 (File No. SES— STA—20070220—00256), April 19, 2007 (File No. SES—STA—20070419—00486), June 19, 2007 (File No. SES—STA—20070619—00830), August 17, 2007 (File No. SES—STA—20070817—01101), October 18, 2007 (File No. SES—STA—20071018—01434), December 18, 2007 (File No. SES— STA—20071218—01719), February 19, 2008 (File No. SES—STA—20080219—00171), April 18, 2008 (File No. SES—STA—20080418—00475), June 23, 2008 (File No. SES—STA—20080623— 00835), and August 19, 2008 (File No. SES—STA—20080819—01073), and October 17, 2008 (File No. SES—STA—20081017—01335). ‘ On January 7, 2009, Inmarsat‘s BGAN service was relocated from the 4F2 satellite located at 52.75° W.L. to the 4F3 satellite at 97.65° W.L, consistent with Inmarsat‘s application for authority to communicate with the 4F3 satellite from the Paumalu, Hawaii satellite access station (See FCC File No. SES—LIC—20080306—00242). * T&T Airtime has also filed an application for authority under Section 214 of the Communications Act to offer facilities—based and resold BGAN service in the United States and to offer by resale Inmarsat B, C, M, mini—M and M4 service using the Inmarsat 4F2 satellite (File No. ITC—214—20060413—00241, as amended by File No. ITC— AMD—20060526—00294). As previously noted, these services were transitioned to the Inmarsat 4F3 satellite effective January 7, 2009. Concurrently with this STA application, T&T Airtime is also filing applications to renewits STAs (respectively, ITC—STA—20060531—00298 /as extended by File No. ITC—$TA—20090210—00092] and ITC—STA— 20060531—00299 [as extended by File No. ITC—STA—20090210—00091]) under Title II to offer BGAN service and Inmarsat mini—M, M4, B and C services in the United States. All information in these other filings is incorporated herein byreference.

On December 2, 2008, T&T Airtime filed an additional STA (File No. SES—STA— 20081202—01522) requesting authority to operate under a slightly revised ownership structure from that originally reported in the T&T Airtime BGAN Application. On December 16, 2008 T&T Airtime filed a supplement to this STA application reflecting the transition of Inmarsat‘s BGAN service from the 4F2 satellite located at 52.75° W.L. to the 4F3 satellite at 97.65° W.L. which became effective on January 7, 2009. This STA request was granted by the Commission on December 18, 2008 with an authorization term through February 15, 2009. On February 10, 2009 T&T Airtime filed an STA extension request (File No. SES—STA—20090210—00162) which was granted by the Commission on February 13, 2009 with an authorization term through April 16, 2009. As discussed in its underlying BGAN application and its original STA request (incorporated herein by reference), renewal of this STA request is in the public interest because it will allow U.S. customers to access faster, more flexible and more robust satellite broadband services. In particular, BGAN is needed by the U.S. military and the public safety community, which is seeking improved data speeds in the event of a large—scale natural disaster or terrorist attack. T&T Airtime understands that grant of this requested STA will be without prejudice to and will be conditioned on, the Bureau‘s action on the underlying applications (File No. SES— LFS—20060522—00852) for a blanket license to operate its 20,000 METs with Inmarsat‘s BGAN service.


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