Attachment Exhibit F (Q.A21)

This document pretains to SES-T/C-20160511-00442 for Transfer of Control on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

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FCC Form 312 Exhibit F May 2016 Public Interest Statement (Response to Question A21) This application is one of four seeking approval for the proposed transfer of control of EMC Intermediate, LLC and its indirect FCC-licensee subsidiaries, Emerging Markets Communications, LLC (“EMC”) and MTN License Corp. (“MTN”), from EMC Acquisition Holdings, LLC to Global Eagle Entertainment, Inc. (“Global Eagle”).* This transaction will serve the public interest, convenience and necessity as it will place the communications facilities that EMC and MTN operate under the control of Global Eagle, a world-wide leader in the provision of broadband and related services to the travel industry. Global Eagle is a publicly-traded company (NASDAQ: ENT) in which a number of institutional and individual investors own shares. The company is not controlled by any other entity. Global Eagle has built a significant business providing high quality media content, technology and connectivity solutions to major domestic and international air carriers, and is the parent company of current FCC-licensee Row 44, Inc. (Call Sign E080100). The members of its management team have strong track records in the airline, travel, entertainment and satellite industries, experience which will benefit EMC, MTN and their affiliated, non-FCC-regulated companies as they seek to expand services to the global travel industry. This expanded scope and the corporate synergies created by the combination will, in turn, promote enhanced competition and customer choice that will benefit the traveling public. The transaction will have no negative impact on the public interest nor will it raise any competitive concerns. Accordingly, the parties respectfully submit that the transaction will substantially promote the public interest, convenience and necessity, and should be approved as expeditiously as possible. . * The four simultaneously-submitted applications seek approval for the transfer of control of the following types of satellite earth station licenses held by MTN: (1) ESV networks (Call Signs E050281 and E010332); (2) temporary-fixed Ku-band (Call Signs E040270, E060392, E060393, E060394, E060395 and E060396); and (3) fixed C-band and Ku-band (Call Signs E859623, E990325, E990328, E990439, KA257, KA322, KA434, E860029, E910614, E070218 and E070219), as well as (4) fixed C-band and Ku-band earth stations held by EMC (Call Signs E000127, E000128, E990540, E980250 and E980156).


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