**DA 07-1362**

March 20, 2007

Keith H. Fagan

1101 Wootton Parkway

10th Floor

Rockville, MD 20852

Re: Call Sign E980136

File No. SES-MFS-20060725-01253

File No. SES-AMD-20060804-01310

File No. SES-AMD-20060918-01749

File No. SES-AFS-20061115-02010

Dear Mr. Fagan:

On July 25, 2006, Telenor Satellite, Inc. (Telenor) filed the
above-captioned application to modify the license for earth station
E980136 located in Santa Paula, CA. The application was amended on
August 4, September 18, and November 15, 2006. Telenor also filed a
request for Special Temporary Authority (STA) to operate the earth
station on July 25, 2006. In the modification application, as amended,
Telenor seeks authority to add the United Kingdom's Inmarsat-3F4
satellite located at the 142^o^ W.L. orbit location as a point of
communication, using the L-Band[^1] and extended C-Band[^2] frequencies.
It also seeks to add a 1.8 meter L-band antenna to the earth station
license. For the reasons stated below, pursuant to Section 25.112(a)(1)
of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. §25.112(a)(1), we dismiss the
applications, as amended, as defective without prejudice to refiling.

In the cover letter to the November 15, 2006 amendment, Telenor
indicates the earth station will transmit in the 6454.32-6456.52 MHz
band. This is inconsistent with Telenor's Schedule S, in which Telenor
lists the frequency band used by the Inmarsat-3F4 satellite as
6454.4-6456.6 MHz. Thus, we cannot determine the exact bands in which
the earth station will operate.

Further, earth station operators seeking to add a non-U.S.-licensed
satellite as a point of communication are required to provide all the
information for that satellite that is required of U.S. satellite
license applicants.[^3] Sections 25.114(d)(7) and 25.140(b)(2) of the
Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. §§25.114(d)(7) and 25.140(b)(2), require
applicants to submit an interference analysis to demonstrate that the
proposed system is compatible with any space station operating 2 degrees
away from the proposed space station. Telenor's interference analysis is
based on a maximum EIRP of 78 dBW.[^4] However, in response to item E48
of Schedule B in its modification application, Telenor indicates the
maximum EIRP for the r.f. carrier is 83 dBW. While acknowledging this
discrepancy, Telenor only supplies an interference analysis based on a
78 dBW value.

For these reasons, we dismiss Telenor's application as defective. If
Telenor chooses to refile the application, we request that Telenor pay
particular attention to the frequency band and bandwidths with which the
earth station will operate. We note that another application proposed to
provide the same service via the same satellite with slightly different
operating frequencies.[^5] Consequently, we request Telenor to verify
that its proposed operating frequencies are correct before any refiling.

Finally, we note that Mobile Satellite Ventures Subsidiary LLC (MSV)
filed comments pertaining to Telenor's use of the 1545.8-1548 MHz band.
Because we are dismissing the application, we do not address MSV's
concerns here.

Accordingly, pursuant to Section 25.112(a)(1) of the Commission's rules,
47 C.F.R. §25.112(a)(1), and Section 0.261 of the Commission's rules on
delegations of authority, 47 C.F.R. §0.261, we dismiss the
above-captioned applications without prejudice to refiling.[^6]

Sincerely,

Scott A. Kotler

Chief, Systems Analysis Branch

Satellite Division

International Bureau

cc: David S. Konczal

Pillsbury Winthrop

Shaw Pittman, LLP

2300 N Street, NW

Washington, DC 20037-1128

[^1]: 1574.4-1576.6 MHz band.

[^2]: 3629.4--3631.6 and 6454.32--6456.52 MHz bands.

[^3]: *See* 47 C.F.R. §25.137.

[^4]: Telenor application, File No. SES-MFS-20060725-01253, table A12-3
    (Navigation C-L and C-C link budgets), table A17-1 (Summary of the
    C-band feederlink transmission parameters) and Sections S13 (i), (j)
    and (k) of the schedule S.

[^5]: See File No. SES-MFS-20060615-01010 as amended by
    SES-AMD-20061213-02137.

[^6]: If Telenor refiles an application identical to the one dismissed,
    with the exception of supplying the corrected information, it need
    not pay an application fee. See 47 C.F.R. Section 1.1109(d).