**Before the**

**Federal Communications Commission**

**Washington, D.C. 20554**

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**ORDER OF MODIFICATION**

**Adopted: October 7, 2008 Released: October 10, 2008**

By the Commission:

# INTRODUCTION

1.  By this Order, we modify the license of Globalstar Licensee LLC
    (Globalstar) for "Big LEO" mobile-satellite service (MSS) with an
    ancillary terrestrial component (ATC) to provide increased spectrum
    for ATC operations.[^1] Specifically, we modify Globalstar's
    authorization in order to permit ATC throughout 7.775 megahertz of
    spectrum in the 1610-1617.775 MHz L-band frequencies, and 11.5
    megahertz of spectrum in the 2483.5-2495 MHz S-band frequencies, for
    a total of 19.275 megahertz of ATC spectrum. This Order is issued
    pursuant to authority delegated by the Commission in its *April 10,
    2008 Order Proposing Modification*.[^2]

# discussion

2.  In October 1994, the Commission adopted the *Big LEO Order*,
    establishing licensing and service rules Big LEO systems in the
    1610-1626.5 MHz and 2483.5-2500 MHz bands.[^3] In 1995, Globalstar
    was authorized to operate a Big LEO space station system using,
    among other things, a code division multiple access (CDMA) protocol
    in the 1610-1621.35 MHz and 2483.5-2500 MHz frequency bands.[^4] In
    2003, the Commission adopted the *ATC Report and Order*, permitting
    MSS licensees to seek authority to implement ATC in MSS bands,
    including the Big LEO bands.[^5] In the Big LEO bands, the
    Commission limited ATC operations to the 1610-1615.5 MHz and
    2492.5-2498 MHz bands for CDMA systems.[^6]

3.  In 2006, the Commission granted Globalstar authority to operate ATC
    in the 1610-1615.5 and 2487.5-2493 MHz bands.[^7] On June 20, 2006,
    Globalstar filed a petition for rulemaking requesting that the
    Commission authorize Globalstar to provide ATC using its entire
    authorized MSS spectrum.[^8] On November 9, 2007, the Commission
    released the *Globalstar ATC* *Notice* in which it sought comment on
    increasing the amount of spectrum in which Globalstar is authorized
    to operate ATC, to include Globalstar's 25.225 megahertz of assigned
    spectrum, at 1610-1618.725 MHz in the L-band and 2483.5-2500 MHz in
    the S-band.[^9] On April 10, 2008, in the *Report and Order*, the
    Commission found it in the public interest to make more spectrum
    available for ATC operations in the Big LEO bands.[^10] The
    Commission increased the L-band spectrum that a Big LEO CDMA
    licensee may use for ATC by 2.275 megahertz, from 1610-1615.5 MHz to
    1610-1617.775 MHz,[^11] and increased the S-band spectrum that a Big
    LEO CDMA licensee may use by six megahertz, from 2487.5-2493 MHz to
    2483.5-2495 MHz.[^12]

4.  In the same order, the Commission proposed to modify Globalstar's
    space station license to effectuate the revisions to available ATC
    spectrum that the Commission adopted on April 10, 2008.[^13] No
    party protested the modification of Globalstar's license proposed by
    the Commission. Consequently, we hereby modify Globalstar's space
    station license as contemplated in the *April 10, 2008* *Order
    Proposing Modification*.

# ORDERING CLAUSES

5.  Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Section 316 of the
    Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. § 316, that the space station license
    held by Globalstar Licensee LLC (Call Sign S2115) IS MODIFIED.
    Globalstar Licensee LLC IS AUTHORIZED to operate ancillary
    terrestrial component service in the 1610-1617.775 MHz and
    2483.5-2495 MHz frequency bands.

6.  IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this modification to the license of
    Globalstar Licensee LLC is effective upon release.

    FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

    Marlene H. Dortch

    Secretary

[^1]: Big LEO systems provide voice and data communication to users with
    handheld mobile terminals via non-geostationary satellites in Low
    Earth Orbit (LEO).

[^2]: Spectrum and Service Rules for Ancillary Terrestrial Components in
    the 1.6/2.4 GHz Big LEO Bands, Globalstar Licensee LLC Authority to
    Implement an Ancillary Terrestrial Component, *Report and Order and
    Order Proposing Modification*, IB Docket No. 07-253, 23 FCC Rcd 7210
    (2008) (cited as either the *Report and Order* or the *April 10,
    2008 Order Proposing* *Modification*, as appropriate).

[^3]: Amendment of the Commission's Rules to Establish Rules and
    Policies Pertaining to a Mobile Satellite Service in the
    1610-1626.5/2483.5-2500 MHz Frequency Bands, *Report and Order*, 9
    FCC Rcd 5936 (1994) (*Big LEO Order*).

[^4]: Loral/Qualcom, L.P., Authority to Construct, Launch and Operate
    Globalstar, a Low Earth Orbit Satellite System to Provide Mobile
    Satellite Services in the 1610-1626.5 MHz/2843.5-2500 MHz Bands,
    *Order and Authorization*, 10 FCC Rcd 2333 (Int'l Bur. 1995).

[^5]: *See* Flexibility for Delivery of Communications by Mobile
    Satellite Service Providers in the 2 GHz Band, the L-Band, and the
    1.6/2.4 GHz Bands, *Report and Order and Notice of Proposed
    Rulemaking*, IB Docket No. 01-185, [18 FCC Rcd
    1962](http://www.westlaw.com/Find/Default.wl?rs=dfa1.0&vr=2.0&DB=1016&FindType=Y&SerialNum=2003148235)
    (2003) (*ATC Report and Order*). MSS systems can provide
    communications in areas where it is difficult or impossible to
    provide communications coverage via terrestrial systems, such as
    remote or rural areas and non-coastal maritime regions. A
    disadvantage of MSS is the fact that the satellite link is
    susceptible to blocking by structural attenuation, particularly in
    urban areas and inside buildings. ATC allows MSS operators to
    operate a terrestrial service on the same frequencies as their
    satellite networks to overcome blocking.

[^6]: *ATC Report and Order*, 18 FCC Rcd at 2057 (para. 192). The S-band
    spectrum for CDMA systems' ATC operations was later shifted down
    five megahertz to the 2487.5-2493 MHz band. Review of the Spectrum
    Sharing Plan Among Non-Geostationary Satellite Orbit Mobile
    Satellite Service Systems in the 1.6/2.4 GHz Bands, *Report and
    Order, Fourth Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed
    Rulemaking*, IB Docket No. 02-364, 19 FCC Rcd 13356, 13389-90 (para.
    75) (2004).

[^7]: *See* Globalstar LLC Request for Authority to Implement an
    Ancillary Terrestrial Component for the Globalstar Big LEO Mobile
    Satellite Service System, *Order and Authorization*, 21 FCC Rcd 398,
    401 (para. 9) (Int'l Bur. 2006) (*Globalstar ATC Authorization*).

[^8]: *See* Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau Reference
    Information Center Petition for Rulemakings Filed, *Public Notice*,
    Report No. 2784, RM-11339, released July 27, 2006.

[^9]: *See* Spectrum and Service Rules for Ancillary Terrestrial
    Components in the 1.6/2.4 GHz Big LEO Bands; Review of the Spectrum
    Sharing Plan Among Non-Geostationary Satellite Orbit Mobile
    Satellite Service Systems in the 1.6/2.4 GHz Bands, IB Docket No.
    07-254, IB Docket No. 02-364, *Second Order on Reconsideration,
    Second Report and Order, and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking*, FCC
    07-194, 22 FCC Rcd 19733, 19745-52 (paras. 27-42) (2007)
    (*Globalstar ATC Notice*).

[^10]: *Report and Order*, 23 FCC Rcd at 7214 (para. 10).

[^11]: *Id.* at 7215 (para. 13).

[^12]: *Id.* at 7218 (para. 21).

[^13]: *Order Proposing Modification*, 23 FCC Rcd at 7225 (para. 39).