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 Federal  Communications  Commission  Washington,  D.  C.  20554 
 DA  06-  872 
 April  18,  2006 
 Richard  S.  Becker  Richard  S.  Becker  &  Associates,  Chartered 
 7128  Fairfax  Road  Bethesda,  MD  20814 
 Re:  Call  Sign:  E060103  File  No.:  SES-  REG-  20060328-  00537 


 Dear  Mr.  Becker: 
 On  March  28,  2006,  RCN  Telecom  Services,  Inc.  (RCN)  filed  the  above-  captioned  application  to  register  a  Receive-  Only  Fixed-  Satellite  Service  (FSS)  earth  station  proposing  to  communicate 
 with  only  ALSAT-  designated  satellites  in  the  Ku-  band.  1  We  deny  this  application. 
 The  Commission  does  not  license  or  register  receive-  only  FSS  stations  operating  with  ALSAT-designated  satellites  in  the  11.7-  12.2  GHz  frequency  band.  See  Deregulation  of  Domestic 
 Receive-  Only  Satellite  Earth  Stations,  Second  Report  and  Order,  CC  Docket  No.  78-  374,  (adopted  March  25,  1986).  2  Because  FSS  is  the  only  primary  allocation  in  this  band,  operations  to 
 FSS  receive-  only  Ku-  band  earth  stations  are  protected  against  interference  from  the  operations  of  any  other  communications  service.  As  such,  since  there  are  no  other  primary  allocated  services  in 
 this  band,  licensing  or  registering  these  earth  stations  is  unnecessary. 


 Accordingly,  pursuant  to  Section  0.261  of  the  Commission’s  rules  on  delegations  of  authority,  47  C.  F.  R.  §0.261,  we  deny  this  application.  RCN  may  receive  transmissions  from  the  ALSAT-designated 
 satellites  in  the  11.7-  12.2  GHz  band  with  this  earth  station  in  accordance  with  our  rules  in  47  C.  F.  R.  §  25.  131  without  any  further  authorization  from  the  Federal  Communications 
 Commission. 


 Sincerely, 


 Scott  A.  Kotler  Chief,  Systems  Analysis  Branch 
 Satellite  Division  International  Bureau 


 1  11.  7-  12.2  GHz  band. 
 2  See  Deregulation  of  Domestic  Receive-  Only  Satellite  Earth  Stations,  Second  Report  and  Order,  104 
 FCC  2d  348  (1986),  at  para.  12. 
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