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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12th  St.,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830  TTY  202  /  418-  2555  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov 
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 Report  No.  SPB-  165  April  2,  2001 
 Motient/  TMI  Assignment  and  Modification  Applications  in 
 Public  Notice,  Report  No.  SAT-  00066 


 File  No.  ISP-  PDR-  20010302-  00007 
 On  March  19,  2001,  the  International  Bureau  (Bureau)  released  a  Public  Notice  (See  File  No. 
 SAT-  ASG-  20010302-  00017;  Report  No.  SAT-  00066)  requesting  comment  on  an  application  to  assign  the 
 earth  station  and  space  station  authorizations  and  Section  214  authorizations  held  by  Motient  Services  Inc. 
 (Motient)  to  Mobile  Satellite  Ventures  Subsidiary  LLC  (MSV  Sub).  The  Bureau  also  requested  comment 
 on  applications  for  modification  of  space  and  earth  station  authorizations  held  by  Motient.  In  addition,  the 
 Bureau  extended  the  comment  cycle  for  the  related  January  31,  2001  application  filed  by  TMI 
 Communications  and  Company,  Limited  Partnership  (TMI)  previously  placed  on  Public  Notice  (See  File 
 Nos.  SES-  ASG-  20010116-  00099;  SES-  MOD-  20010116-  00097;  SES-  MOD-  20010116-  00098;  Report 
 No.  SES-  00357  (January  31,  2001))  to  coincide  with  the  application  filed  by  Motient. 


 By  this  Public  Notice,  the  Bureau  notes  that  the  pending  application  includes  requests  by  Motient 
 and  TMI  that  the  Commission  find  permissible,  under  Section  310(  b)(  4)  of  the  Communications  Act,  as 
 amended,  the  indirect  foreign  ownership  of  MSV  Sub,  which  would  exceed  the  25%  benchmark  in  Section 
 310(  b)(  4).  According  to  the  Applicants,  the  indirect  foreign  ownership  would  amount  to  less  than  35%  of 
 MSV  Sub,  and  the  majority  of  the  indirect  foreign  ownership  would  be  Canadian.  Any  comments  and/  or 
 petitions  to  deny  filed  in  this  matter  should  address  the  foreign  ownership  issue. 


 As  the  Bureau  established  in  the  March  19,  2001  Public  Notice,  comments  and/  or  petitions  to 
 deny  must  be  filed  on  or  before  April  18,  2001.  Replies  or  oppositions  may  be  filed  on  or  before  April  30, 
 2001.  Responses  may  be  filed  on  or  before  May  7,  2001.  All  pleadings  filed  in  this  proceeding  should 
 reference,  at  a  minimum,  the  lead  File  Number  SAT-  ASG-  20010302-  00017. 


 For  further  information  concerning  the  Applicants’  requests  to  exceed  the  25%  indirect  foreign 
 ownership  benchmark  in  Section  310(  b)(  4)  [ISP-  PDR-  20010302-  00007],  please  contact  Lisa  Choi, 
 International  Bureau/  Telecommunications  Division,  at  (202)  418-  1460.  For  further  information 
 concerning  the  assignment  applications,  contact  Terrence  E.  Reideler,  International  Bureau/  Satellite 
 Division,  at  (202)  418-  2165. 


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