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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  St.,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322 
 DA  05-  773  Report  No.  SPB-  211 
 March  25,  2005 


 INTERNATIONAL  BUREAU  INFORMATION:  REPORT  TO  CONGRESS  REGARDING  THE  ORBIT  ACT 
 PLEADING  CYCLE  ESTABLISHED  IB  Docket  No.  05-  156 


 Comment  Date:  April  8,  2005  Reply  Comment  Date:  April  22,  2005 
 Section  646  of  the  Open-  Market  Reorganization  for  the  Betterment  of  International  Telecommunications  Act  (“  the  ORBIT  Act”),  47  U.  S.  C.  §  646,  requires  the  Commission  to  report  annually  to  the  Committees  on  Commerce  and 
 International  Relations  of  the  House  of  Representatives  and  the  Committees  on  Commerce,  Science,  and  Transportation  and  Foreign  Relations  of  the  Senate  on  the  progress  made  to  achieve  the  objectives  and  carry  out  the  purposes  and 
 provisions  of  ORBIT  Act.  The  Commission  issued  its  first  report  on  June  15,  2000,  its  second  report  on  June  15,  2001,  its  third  report  on  June  14,  2002,  its  fourth  report  on  June  16,  2003,  and  its  fifth  report  on  June  15,  2004.  The  next  report  is 
 due  June  15,  2005. 
 The  purpose  of  the  Act  is  to  promote  a  fully  competitive  global  market  for  satellite  communications  services  for  the  benefit  of  consumers  and  providers  of  satellite  services  and  equipment  by  fully  privatizing  INTELSAT  and  Inmarsat. 


 The  Commission  has  previously  received  comment  on  INTELSAT’s  and  Inmarsat’s  privatization  in  connection  with  other  proceedings  and  prior  to  earlier  reports  to  Congress.  The  purpose  of  this  notice  is  to  provide  an  opportunity  for  industry 
 and  consumers  to  file  additional  comments,  particularly  with  respect  to  the  impact  of  privatization  on  U.  S.  industry,  jobs,  and  industry  access  to  the  global  marketplace.  Comments  and  views  will  be  reflected  in  the  Commission’s  report  and 
 made  available  in  full  to  the  House  and  Senate  committees. 
 Comments  should  be  filed  on  or  before  April  8,  2005  and  Reply  Comments  on  or  before  April  22,  2005.  Comments  and  reply  comments  should  be  filed  in  IB  Docket  No.  04-  158. 


 Under  the  Commission’s  current  procedures  for  the  submission  of  filings  and  other  documents,  1  submissions  in  this  matter  may  be  filed  electronically  (i.  e.,  though  ECFS)  or  by  hand  delivery  to  the  Commission’s  Massachusetts 
 Avenue  location. 


 1  See  Implementation  of  Interim  Electronic  Filing  Procedures  for  Certain  Commission  Filings,  Order,  16  FCC  Rcd  21483  (2001);  see 
 also  FCC  Announces  a  New  Filing  Location  for  Paper  Documents  and  a  New  Fax  Number  for  General  Correspondence,  Public  Notice,  16  FCC  Rcd  22165  (2001);  Reminder:  Filing  Locations  for  Paper  Documents  and  Instructions  for  Mailing  Electronic  Media, 


 Public  Notice,  18  FCC  Rcd  16705  (2003). 
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