Federal Communications Commission DA 07-3259
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of
Stratos Global Corporation and Robert M. 
Franklin, Trustee
Consolidated Application for Consent to
Transfer Control of Stratos Global Corporation’s
FCC-Authorized Subsidiaries and Petition for 
Declaratory Ruling
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WC Docket No. 07-73
DA 07-2257
FCC File Nos.:
ITC T/C-20070405-00136
ITC T/C-20070405-00133
ITC T/C-20070405-00135
SES-T/C-20070404-00440
through 00443
0002961737
ISP-PDR-20070405-00006
ORDER
Adopted:  July 16, 2007 Released: July 16, 2007
By the Chief, Policy Division, International Bureau:
1. We have before us two requests under Section 1.46(b) of the Commission’s Rules, 47 
C.F.R. § 1.46(b) (2006), for extension of the time for replying to the Oppositions in the above-captioned 
matter:  one filed on July 11, 2007, jointly by Iridium Satellite, LLC (Iridium), and VIZADA Services 
LLC (VIZADA)1; and a second filed on July 12, 2007, by Telenor Satellite Services, Inc. (Telenor).2  
2. Specifically, both requests seek an extension of the current July 16, 2007, deadline for 
filing replies to five (5) business days from the date Iridium, VIZADA, and Telenor receive, under a 
Commission protective order, access to unredacted copies of the Loan Facility Agreement and Call 
Option Agreement referred to in the Opposition of CIP Canada Investments, Inc. (CIP) in this proceeding.  
All three parties assert that the extension is needed to give them an opportunity to review the issues raised 
in the petitions and oppositions in light of those documents, and to prepare submissions enabling the 
Commission to make an informed decision based on a fully developed record. 
3. Also on July 12, 2007, Stratos Global Corporation (Stratos), CIP and Inmarsat Finance III
(Inmarsat Finance) filed a Joint Opposition to Request for Extension of Time opposing the Iridium and 
VIZADA joint petition.3  Additionally, on July 12, 2007, Stratos, CIP and Inmarsat Finance filed an 
Opposition to the Telenor request.4  They note that Telenor does not offer any additional reasons in 
support of its request but relies upon the arguments in the Iridium and VIZADA request.  Stratos, CIP and 
Inmarsat Finance argue that no extension is required because “100% of the Oppositions and almost 99%” 
  
1 Iridium Satellite, LLC, and VIZADA Services LLC, Joint Request for Extension of Time, filed July 11, 2007. 
2 Telenor Satellite Services, Inc., Request for Extension of Time, filed July 12, 2007.
3 Stratos Global Corporation, CIP Canada Investment Inc. and Inmarsat Financial Limited III, Joint Opposition to 
Request for Extension of Time, filed July 12, 2007.
4 Stratos Global Corporation, CIP Canada Investment, Inc. and Inmarsat Finance III, Joint Opposition to Request for 
Extension of Time, filed July 12, 2007.
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of the attachments to the Oppositions are now available to them.5 Stratos and Inmarsat Financial state 
that they do not object to allowing Iridium and VIZADA to file a supplement to their Replies within five 
days of their being given access to the redacted material under a protective order.  They argue, however,
that there is no reason to delay the filing of their responses to the Oppositions.  
4. It is the policy of the Commission that extensions of time are not routinely granted.  
However, after reviewing the requests for extension of time and the joint opposition to an extension of 
time, we have concluded that the public interest would be served by granting Iridium and VIZADA and 
Telenor the extension they requested.  While Stratos, CIP and Inmarsat Finance believe that the redacted 
material is irrelevant to the CIP Opposition, we are not prepared to make such a determination at this 
time.  CIP cited the Loan Facility and Call Option Agreements in its Opposition, and further offered to
make the unredacted versions of those documents available under a Commission protective order.  We 
therefore think it is reasonable to grant Iridium and VIZADA and Telenor the short extension they seek in 
order to review and respond to the material.  The requested delay is short and we do not see that any party 
to this proceeding would be unduly adversely affected by a grant of the request.  Accordingly, we shall 
grant the joint petition of Iridium and VIZADA and the petition of Telenor. In order to ensure that this 
grant will not delay the proceeding, however, we will require Iridium, VIZADA and Telenor to file 
replies no later than July 31, 2007.  
5. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Joint Request for Extension of Time filed by Iridium 
Satellite, LLC, and VIZADA Services LLC, and the Request for Extension of Time filed by Telenor 
Satellite Services, Inc., ARE GRANTED and that the time for filing replies to the CIP, Stratos and 
Inmarsat Finance Oppositions IS EXTENDED until five business days after CIP makes the redacted 
material available under a Commission protective order, but no later than July 31, 2007.
Federal Communications Commission
James L. Ball
Chief, Policy Division
International Bureau
  
  
5 Joint Opposition at 3.