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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION  445  12th  STREET  S.  W.  WASHINGTON  D.  C.  20554 
 News  media  information  202-  418-  0500  Fax-  On-  Demand  202-  418-  2830;  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  (or  ftp.  fcc.  gov) 
 TTY  (202)  418-  2555 


 Friday  March  5,  2004  SAT-  00197  Report  No. 
 POLICY  BRANCH  INFORMATION 


 For  more  information  concerning  this  Notice,  contact  the  Satellite  Division  at  202-  418-  0719;  TTY  202-  418-  2555. 
 Inmarsat  Ventures  Limited  SAT-  MSC-  20040210-  00027  P 
 Miscellaneous 
 02/  10/  2004  00:  00:  00:  00000  Date  Filed: 


 On  February  10,  2004,  Inmarsat  Ventures  Ltd.  ("  Inmarsat")  filed  a  letter  with  the  Commission  stating  that  (1)  Inmarsat  has  sold  a 
 majority  equity  interest  in  Inmarsat  to  new  shareholders  and  (2)  that  Inmarsat  has  made  an  initial  public  offering  of  debt  securities. 
 Inmarsat's  letter  states  that  the  transactions  described  in  the  filing  establish  that  it  has  complied  with  the  statutory  requirement 
 pursuant  to  the  Open-  Market  Reorganization  for  the  Betterment  of  International  Telecommunications  Act,  Pub.  Law  106-  180  114 
 Stat.  48  (2000),  (the  "ORBIT  Act"),  to  conduct  an  initial  public  offering  prior  to  June  30,  2004.  The  Commission  conditioned 
 Inmarsat's  U.  S.  authorizations  "on  Inmarsat  conducting  an  IPO  consistent  with  sections  621(  2)  and  621(  5)(  A)(  ii)  of  the  Orbit  Act." 
 Comsat  Corporation  d/  b/  a  Comsat  Mobile  Communications,  et  al.,  Memorandum  Opinion,  Order  and  Authorization,  16  FCC  Rcd. 
 21661  (2001). 


 COMMENTS  may  be  filed  on  or  before  April  5,  2004.  REPLIES  may  be  filed  on  or  before  April  20,  2004.  RESPONSES  to  replies 
 may  be  filed  on  or  before  April  30,  2004. 


 Commenters  must  file  an  original  and  four  copies  of  all  comments,  replies,  and  responses.  All  filings  must  be  sent  to  the  Commission's 
 Secretary,  Marlene  H.  Dortch,  Office  of  the  Secretary,  Federal  Communications  Commission,  445  -  12th  Street,  S.  W.,  TW-  A325, 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554.  In  addition,  one  copy  of  each  pleading  must  be  sent  to  (1)  Policy  Branch,  Satellite  Division,  International 
 Bureau,  Federal  Communications  Commission,  445  -  12th  Street,  S.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C.  20554;  and  (2)  the  Commission's  duplicating 
 contractor,  Qualex  International,  Portals  II,  Room  CY-  B402,  445  12th  Street,  SW,  Washington,  DC,  20554.  All  filings  should 
 reference  File  No.  SAT-  MSC-  20040210-  00027. 


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