SES 4.14 Letter.pdf

LETTER submitted by SES Americom, Inc.

Letter/Notification

2010-04-14

This document pretains to SES-STA-20100408-00419 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESSTA2010040800419_810751

HOGAN & naton HARTSON dnon +1,202.637.5600 Tet +1,202.637.5910 Fax www.hhlaw.com Aprll 14, 2010 Karis A. Hastings Counsel +1.202.637.5767 kahastings@hhlaw.com BY HAND DELIVERY Ms. Marlene H. Dortch Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 RE: File Nos. SAT—STA—20100408—00068 (Call Sign $2807) and SES—STA—20100408—00419 (Call Sign £040303) Notification of SES Americom, Inc. pursuant to § 1.65 Dear Ms. Dortch: SES Americom, Inc. ("SES Americom," doing business as "SES WORLD SKIES"), by its attorneys and pursuant to Section 1.65 of the Commission‘s rules, hereby updates the above—referenced applications relating to in—orbit testing of the SES—1 satellite (the "IOT Applications") in order to correct a typographical error and report on the status of terrestrial coordination. Correction: The table on the first page of Attachment 1 to the IOT Applications has a typographical error in the final column concerning earth station EO40303, which is to be used for testing of the SES—1 17/24 GHz Broadcasting Satellite Service ("BSS") payload. The frequency range for the 17/24 GHz BSS IOT should be "17.3—18.8 GHz; 24.75—25.25 GHz." The last value in the table as filed was 24.25 GHz, which is incorrect. Coordination Update: In the IOT Applications, SES WORLD SKIES reported that it was is in the process of coordinating the use of the EO40303 earth station for IOT of the 17/24 GHz BSS payload with Fibertower Spectrum Holdings LLC ("Fibertower"), which holds I On September 7, 2009, SES S.A. announced that the newly integrated operations of its two indirect subsidiaries, New Skies Satellites B.V. and SES Americom would be conducted under a single brand name, SES WORLD SKIES. The new brand name does not affect the underlying legal entities that hold Commission authorizations or U.S. market access rights.

Ms. Marlene H. Dortch April 14, 2010 Page 2 authorizations to provide DEMS service in the 24 GHz band within the SMSA in which E040303 is located as well as in adjacent SMSAs. SES WORLD SKIES is in discussions with Fibertower, and hopes to conclude those discussions shortly. SES WORLD SKIES will provide a further update as soon as a resolution has been reached. Please direct any questions regarding this submission to the undersigned. Respectfully submitted, /s/ Karis A. Hastings Karis A. Hastings Counsel for SES Americom, Inc. ce: Andrea Kelly Stephen Duall Kathyrn Medley Diane Garfield Chip Fleming Sylvia Lam


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