Attachment STA request

This document pretains to SES-STA-20100816-01035 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESSTA2010081601035_834962

EMC Modification Applications E000127, E000128, E980156, E980250 Page 1 of 2 Description of STA Renewal/Extension Request Emerging Markets Communications, Inc. (“EMC”) hereby requests that the FCC renew or extend, with conditions, the four STAs whose file numbers are listed in the table below. Call Sign/ Description Authorized File Nos. Points of Communication E000127 9.1-meter Andrew ESA91-46 JCSAT-3, MABUHAY, ALSAT SES-MOD-20100803-00983 C-band and extended C-band SES-STA-20090505-00554 E000128 4.5-meter Andrew ESA45T-1 JCSAT-3, ALSAT SES- MOD-20100803-00982 C-band SES-STA-20090505-00555 E980156 11-meter Vertex 11KPC ORION-3, ANIK E1, ANIK E2, SES- MOD-20100803-00978 Ku-band and extended Ku-band ALSAT SES-STA-20090505-00556 E980250 13-meter 13KPC Telstar 18, MABUHAY SES- MOD-20100803-00977 C-band and extended C-band SES-STA-20090505-00557 These STAs give EMC authority to change the remote control point for four earth stations located in Kapolei, Hawaii from the Telesat Network Services, Inc. (“Telesat”) Network Operations Control Center (“NOC”) in Allan Park, Ontario, Canada to the EMC NOC in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This change in remote control points was necessitated by the assignment of the earth station licenses captioned above from Telesat to EMC. The FCC authorized the assignment of these earth station licenses to EMC in File No. SES-ASG-20090505-00552 on June 10, 2010, and the parties consummated this assignment on June 23, 2010. Effective on that date and for a 60-day period, the FCC granted STAs to EMC to change the remote control point for each of these stations to Buenos Aires. Since these STAs will expire on August 20, 2010, EMC requests that renewal or extension of each STA be granted on or before that date. EMC notes that on August 3, 2010, it requested, by modification application, permanent authority to change the remote control point for each of these earth stations. These modification applications were placed on public notice on August 11, 2010 in Report No. SES-01268. File numbers for these modification applications are included in the table above. Grant of these STA renewal/extension requests will serve the public interest. As explained in the modification applications listed in the table, EMC’s NOC is well qualified and equipped to maintain control of the Kapolei earth stations remotely. EMC’s NOC is manned 24/7 and constantly monitors all operations of EMC’s global network, including the Kapolei

EMC Modification Applications E000127, E000128, E980156, E980250 Page 2 of 2 earth stations. There is no earth station at EMC’s NOC in Argentina.1 However, the NOC has the ability to immediately shut down the Kapolei stations if required and necessary to avoid causing undue interference into the operations of other stations. The EMC remote control point in Argentina is connected to the Kapolei earth stations through redundant/protected links integrated into terrestrial and sub-sea cable networks. Specifically, EMC´s NOC in Argentina is connected through two redundant links locally to a Tier 1 global provider’s protected network and connected via DS3 link to EMC’s PoP in Los Angeles. From EMC’s PoP in Los Angeles, EMC uses its own leased capacity on sub-sea cable systems to connect to the Kapolei earth stations. In addition, EMC retains on-site support at Kapolei. EMC has one employee, a U.S. citizen, on duty at the Kapolei earth stations during the business day to deal with operational and maintenance issues. The name of this employee and his contact information are as follows: Douglas Anthony Harris 91-340 Farrington Highway Kapolei, HI 96707 Phone: 808-682-2989 or 808-682-4170 Fax: 808-682-3856 Cell: 305-890-7437 Mr. Harris is available for call-out at other hours. Telesat will not provide remote control services for the earth stations now that the licenses for these stations have been assigned to EMC, and EMC does not have personnel in Hawaii who can control the stations 24/7 on site. Furthermore, it is more cost effective and efficient for EMC to control the stations from its existing remote control point. EMC accepts and complies with the conditions imposed in the original STAs and acknowledges and accepts grant of these STA renewal/extension requests will be similarly conditioned. EMC further acknowledges that any grant of these STA renewal/extension requests is without prejudice to, and will be conditioned on, the Commission’s final action on any EMC application. For the reasons set forth above, EMC respectfully requests that its STAs be renewed or extended no later than August 20, 2010. 1 EMC notes that it operates and holds radio frequency licenses for two earth station teleports in Europe (in Raisting, Germany and Redditch, U.K.). EMC is not required to hold a license to provide service or operate earth stations in Argentina as EMC does not provide service to customers or operate earth station facilities there.


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