Attachment VSAT License Letter

This document pretains to SES-STA-20091201-01515 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESSTA2009120101515_783295

TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. 275 West Street Annapolis, MD 21401 410‐349‐7097 kscovill@telecomsys.com November 24, 2009 To: International Bureau Federal Communications Commission RE: Earth Station Applications of TCS 445 12th Street, SW Requests for STA / Requests for Expedited Treatment Washington, DC 20554 Dear Reviewer: This application is being made so that TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) can comply with a vital disaster recovery / homeland security support contract from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) effective December 1, 2009. Via competitive bid, TCS has secured the obligation to provide satellite communications services to DHS over earth station equipment owned by DHS – a situation identical to the previous contract that DHS had with the previous licensed vendor, Knight Sky Consulting and Associates (KSC). From a technical perspective, noting will be changing with the earth stations (owned by DHS) except that TCS will be the vendor instead of KSC. Because there are no technical, environmental, geographic, power, equipment, frequency, or other changes being made to these earth stations, TCS is requesting both expedited treatment of its application(s) and requests for Special Temporary Authority. TCS also asks that because the earth stations are currently operating without objection, that the existing frequency coordination filings be used for the proforma change in licensing occurring with TCS’s applications To assist with the review of TCS’s application, the prior KSC licenses are referenced below: LICENSEE LICENSE # FILE # Knight Sky Consulting E070086 SES-LIC-INTR2007-01058 Earth Station / C-Band (4/6 and Associates Fixed Satellite GHz) Knight Sky Consulting E060261 SES-LIC-INTR2006-01748 Earth Station / Ku-Band and Associates Fixed Satellite (12/14 GHz) VSAT System DHS uses this system for vital life saving disaster recovery communications, therefore, an expedited review is in the public interest. In addition, as noted above, there are not substantive technical changes from the prior acceptable license applications other than the party as licensee. Thank you for your prompt consideration of these requests, and please let me know if you have any questions. My contact information is above. Sincerely, Kim Robert Scovill Senior Director TeleCommunication Systems, Inc.


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Document Modified: 2009-11-24 11:31:29
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