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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  00-  2883 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of  ) 
 ) 
 Constellation  Communications  Holdings,  Inc.  )  File  No.  SAT-  AMD-  20001103-  00152 
 ) 
 Celsat  America,  Inc.  )  File  No.  SAT-  AMD-  20001103-  00153 
 ) 
 Globalstar,  Inc.  )  File  No.  SAT-  AMD-  20001103-  00154 
 ) 
 ICO  Services  Limited  )  File  No.  SAT-  AMD-  20001103-  00155 
 ) 
 Iridium,  LLC  )  File  No.  SAT-  AMD-  20001103-  00156 
 ) 
 Mobile  Communications  Holdings,  Inc.  )  File  No.  SAT-  AMD-  20001103-  00157 
 ) 
 TMI  Communications  and  Company,  Limited  )  File  No.  SAT-  AMD-  20001103-  00158 
 Partnership  ) 
 ) 
 The  Boeing  Company  )  File  No.  SAT-  AMD-  20001103-  00159 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  December  22,  2000  Released:  December  22,  2000 
 Before  the  Chief,  Satellite  Radiocommunication  Division,  International  Bureau: 
 1.  By  this  Order,  we  grant  The  Boeing  Company’s  (“  Boeing”)  Motion  For  Extension  of 
 Time  to  file  replies  to  the  petitions  and  comments  filed  in  response  to  Public  Notice,  Report  No. 
 SAT-  00061  (released  November  29,  2000).  The  Public  Notice  sought  comment  on  the  captioned 
 amendments  to  applications  and  letters  of  intent  (LOIs)  filed  by  system  proponents  in  the  2  GHz 
 Mobile  Satellite  Service  (2  GHz  MSS).  Petitions  and  comments  were  filed  on  December  14,  2000 
 and  replies  are  due  December  26,  2000. 


 2.  Boeing  requests  an  extension  of  time  to  file  replies  until  January  16,  2001.  In  support  of 
 its  request,  counsel  for  Boeing  states  that  Boeing’s  offices  are  closed  during  the  December  holidays, 
 and  therefore,  the  resources  and  personnel  necessary  to  address  fully  the  issues  raised  in  the 
 December  14  th  filings  are  unavailable  until  the  week  of  January  2,  2001.  Counsel  for  Boeing  also 
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 represents  that  the  parties  filing  comments  and  petitions  on  its  amendment  on  December  14  th  do  not 
 object  to  this  Motion  for  Extension  of  Time. 


 3.  Although  the  Commission  does  not  routinely  grant  extensions  of  time,  we  find  that  a 
 brief  extension  in  this  case  is  warranted.  Therefore,  we  will  grant  Boeing’s  requested  filing 
 deadline  extension,  and  to  avoid  any  prejudice  to  the  other  2  GHz  MSS  applicants  and  LOI  filers 
 who  are  preparing  replies,  we  extend  the  deadline  for  all  parties  filing  replies  to  January  16,  2001. 


 4.  This  action  is  taken  pursuant  to  authority  found  in  Section  4(  i)  of  the  Communications 
 Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  47  U.  S.  C.  §  154(  i),  and  Sections  0.261  and  1.46  of  the  Commission’s 
 rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.  261  and  1.46. 


 5.  Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED,  that  the  Motion  for  Extension  of  Time  filed  by  The 
 Boeing  Company  IS  GRANTED. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Thomas  S.  Tycz 
 Chief 
 Satellite  and  Radiocommunication  Division 
 International  Bureau 
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