*Pages 1--3 from Microsoft Word - 19514.doc* Federal Communications Commission DA 02- 1582 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D. C. 20554 In the Matter of The Establishment of Policies and Service Rules for the Mobile Satellite Service in the 2 GHz Band Amendment of the Commission’s Rules to Establish Rules and Policies Pertaining to a Mobile Satellite Service in the 1610- 1626.5/ 2483. 5- 2500 MHz Frequency Bands ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) IB Docket No. 99- 81 CC Docket No. 92- 166 ERRATUM Adopted: July 08, 2002 Released: July 09, 2002 By the Chief, Satellite Division: 1. This Erratum corrects two inadvertent omissions in Part 25 of the Commission’s rules as currently published in the Code of Federal Regulations. These two corrections conform the text of the Commission’s published rules to the Orders in which the rules were adopted. 2. First, Section 25.136( a) of the Commission’s rules is corrected to include aircraft cockpit communications in addition to aircraft Cabin Communications. In the Big LEO Order, 1 the Commission adopted several modifications to the Commission’s proposed rules, including clarifying that the provisions of Section 25.136( a) include cockpit communications as well as aircraft Cabin Communications systems. 2 This modification to Section 25.136( a), although specifically ordered in the text of the Big LEO Order, was inadvertently omitted in the amended rules published in the Federal Register 3 and sent for inclusion in the Code of Federal Regulations. The Commission subsequently amended Section 25.136( a) to govern also earth station networks in the 2 GHz Mobile- Satellite Service (MSS). 4 In doing so, the failure to modify Section 25. 136( a) as ordered in the Big LEO Order was inadvertently carried over to the 2 GHz MSS Order. We now correct this error by revising Section 25.136( a) to include aircraft cockpit communications as well as aircraft Cabin Communications, as originally ordered in the text of the Big LEO Order. 3. Second, the title of Section 25.143 of the Commission’s rules is corrected to include 1 Amendment of the Commission’s Rules to Establish Rules and Policies Pertaining to a Mobile Satellite Service in the 1610- 1626. 5/ 2483. 5- 2500 MHz Frequency Bands, CC Docket No. 92- 166, Report and Order, FCC 94- 261, 9 FCC Rcd 5936 (1994) (“ Big LEO Order”). 2 See id. at 6036 n. 300. 3 59 Fed. Reg. 53294. 4 The Establishment of Policies and Service Rules for the Mobile Satellite Service in the 2 GHz Band, IB Docket No. 99- 81, Report and Order, FCC 00- 302, 15 FCC Rcd 16127, 16190 (2000) (“ 2 GHz MSS Order”). 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 02- 1582 2 2 GHz MSS systems in addition to 1.6/ 2.4 GHz MSS systems. The Commission ordered 2 GHz MSS systems to comply with Section 25.143 as part of the 2 GHz MSS Order and amended Section 25. 143 to reflect this fact. These amendments were included in the final rules that were adopted in the 2 GHz MSS Order and published in the Federal Register. 5 Although Section 25. 143 included 2 GHz MSS systems in the title when published in the 2 GHz MSS Order and the Federal Register, the ordering language in the Federal Register inadvertently failed to include the necessary instructions to amend the title of Section 25.143 to include 2 GHz MSS systems. We now correct this omission and revise the title of Section 25.143 to include 2 GHz MSS systems in addition to 1.6/ 2.4 GHz MSS systems. 4. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED pursuant to delegated authority under Section 0.261 of the Commission’s rules, 47 C. F. R § 0.261, that Sections 25.136( a) and 25.143 of the Commission’s rules, 47 C. F. R. §§ 25.136( a) and 25.143, ARE CORRECTED as set forth in the attached Appendix. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Thomas S. Tycz Chief, Satellite Division International Bureau 5 65 Fed. Reg. 59140. 2 Federal Communications Commission DA 02- 1582 3 APPENDIX PART 25 – SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS Part 25 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended as follows: 1. The authority citation for part 25 continues to read as follows: Authority: 47 U. S. C. 701- 744. Interprets or applies Sections 4, 301, 302, 303, 307, 309 and 332 of the Communications Act, as amended, 47 U. S. C. Sections 154, 301, 302, 303, 307, 309 and 332, unless otherwise noted. 2. Revise Section 25.136( a) to read as follows: Section 25.136 Operating provisions for earth station networks in the 1.6/ 2.4 GHz mobile- satellite service and 2 GHz mobile- satellite service. ***** (a) User transceiver units associated with the 1.6/ 2.4 GHz Mobile- Satellite Service or 2 GHz Mobile-Satellite Service may not be operated on civil aircraft unless the earth station has a direct physical connection to the aircraft cabin or cockpit communication system. ***** 3. Revise the section heading of Section 25. 143 to read as follows: Section 25.143 Licensing provisions for the 1.6/ 2.4 GHz mobile- satellite service and 2 GHz mobile-satellite service. ***** 3