Before the
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
Washington, D.C. 20554
DA 96-1564 
In the Matter of )
) IDE MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. )
)Application for authority to ) File No. I-T-C-96-041 
provide authorized INMARSAT ) 
services via the INMARSAT ) Third Generation Satellites. )
ORDER. AUTHORIZATION AND CERTIFICATE
Adopted: September 13, 1996 Released: September 20, 1996 
By the Chief, Telecommunications Division:
1. The Commission is considering an application, filed 
by IDB Mobile Communications, Inc. (IDB), pursuant to Section 214 
of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, requesting authority 
to provide-services via the INMARSAT System. The application was 
placed on public notice on January 26, 1996. No comments were 
received.
2. The application requests authority to provide all of 
IDE's INMARSAT services in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Ocean 
Regions (AOR, FOR, and IOR), via the INMARSAT Third Generation 
Satellites, by means of its existing land earth stations (LES) at 
Niles Canyon, California and Staten Island, New York for the AOR 
and FOR and authorized foreign earth stations for limited use in 
the AOR and FOR and for all services in the IOR.
3. Upon consideration of the above-captioned uncontested application, we find that the public convenience and 
necessity require a grant thereof.
4. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, that application File 
No. I-T-C-96-041 IS GRANTED, and IDB is authorized to use its 
previously authorized land earth stations at Niles Canyon, 
California and Staten Island, New York and authorized foreign earth 
stations to provide its regularly authorized INMARSAT services via 
the INMARSAT Third Generation satellites.
5. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this authorization is 
subject to modification of IDE's Title III authorizations for its Niles Canyon and Staten Island facilities to communicate with the 
INMARSAT third generation satellites.
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6. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all terms and conditions set forth in the Commission's Memorandum Opinion, Order and 
Authorization released August 20, 1993, l in relation to the 
technical parameters of providing LMSS remain in force and shall 
apply to the authority granted herein to provide LMSS, except IDB is additionally authorized to provide INMARSAT Standard B and 
Standard M service in the shore to ship direction in the AOR or FOR, so long as it uses COMSAT earth stations.
7. This order is issued under Section 0.261 of the Commission's Rules and is effective upon adoption. Petitions for 
reconsideration under Section 1.106 or applications for review under Section 1.115 of the Commission's Rules may be filed within 
30 days of public notice of this order (see Section 1.4(b)(2)).
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
£ Diane J. Cornell
f Chief, Telecommunications Division International Bureau
IDB Mobile Communications, Inc., 8 FCC Red 5616 (1993)
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