Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 DA 12-1036 June 29, 2012 Ms. Ivana Kriznic Equant Inc. 13775 McLearen Road Legal and Regulatory Oak Hill, VA 20171 Re: Call Sign E120044 File No. SES-LIC-20120221-00231 Dear Ms. Kriznic: On February 21, 2012, Equant, Inc. (Equant) filed the above captioned application to modify its earth station authorization. Specifically, Equant seeks authority to provide Ku-band Earth Station on Vessel (ESV) services. For the reason stated below, we dismiss this application as defective without prejudice to refiling.1 Section 25.112(a) of the Commission’s rules, requires the Commission to return, as unacceptable for filing, any earth station application that is not substantially complete, or does not comply with the Commission’s rules.2 Equant’s application does not comply with the Commission’s rules, rendering it unacceptable and subject to dismissal. In its response to FCC Form 312 Schedule B E47, which requires applicants to identify emission designators for their proposed operations, Equant made the following entry: “G1DXT.” Equant’s response fails to comply with the data format and requirements of Sections 2.201 and 2.202 of the Commission’s rules.3 Sections 2.201 and 2.202 of the Commission’s rules prescribe specific formats for designating the emissions of proposed earth station operations.4 Failure to provide this data in the specified format renders the application incomplete because the data cannot be used for accurate calculations of interference potential. 1 If Equant Inc. refiles an application in which the deficiencies identified in this letter have been corrected but otherwise identical to the one dismissed, it need not pay an additional application fee. See 47 C.F.R. § 1.1111(d). 2 47 C.F.R. § 25.112(a). 3 47 C.F.R. §§ 2.201 and 2.202. 4 Id. Federal Communications Commission DA 12- 1036 2 Based on the foregoing, and pursuant to Section 25.112 of the Commission’s rules5, and Section 0.261 of the Commission’s rules on delegations of authority,6 we dismiss the application of Equant, Inc. as defective. Sincerely, Paul E. Blais Chief, Systems Analysis Branch Satellite Division International Bureau 5 47 C.F.R. 25.112. 6 47 C.F.R. §§ 25.112 and 0.261.