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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  St.,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322 
 FCC  05-  134  Released:  June  29,  2005 
 COMMISSION  INVITES  COMMENTS  CONCERNING  USE  OF  PORTIONS  OF  RETURNED  2  GHz 
 MOBILE  SATELLITE  SERVICE  FREQUENCIES 
 IB  Docket  No.  05-  221 
 Comment  Date:  July  29,  2005  Reply  Comment  Date:  August  15,  2005 


 In  a  separate  public  notice  released  today,  the  Commission  explained  that  three  2  GHz  mobile  satellite  service  (MSS)  1  satellite  operators  had  recently  surrendered  their  authorizations.  2  The 
 Commission  also  stated  that  it  intends  to  modify  the  spectrum  reservations  of  the  two  remaining  satellite  operators  authorized  to  provide  MSS  in  the  2  GHz  band,  ICO  Satellite  Services  (ICO),  and  TMI 
 Communications  and  Company  Limited  Partnership  (TMI),  such  that  ICO  and  TMI  each  will  have  one-third  of  the  forty  megahertz  of  spectrum  in  the  2  GHz  MSS  bands.  Finally,  the  Commission  noted  that 
 several  parties  have  already  submitted  letters  to  the  Commission  recommending  various  uses  for  the  newly  available  spectrum,  or  addressing  other  issues  related  to  those  recommendations.  3 


 In  this  public  notice,  we  invite  comment  on  three  options  for  redistributing  or  reallocating  the  remaining  one-  third  of  the  2  GHz  MSS  spectrum  that  we  did  not  address  in  our  previous  public  notice. 
 1  The  spectrum  designated  for  2  GHz  MSS  is  the  2000-  2020  MHz  and  2180-  2200  MHz  bands.  Amendment  of  Part 
 2  of  the  Commission’s  Rules  to  Allocate  Spectrum  Below  3  GHz  for  Mobile  and  Fixed  Services  to  Support  the  Introduction  of  New  Advanced  Wireless  Services,  including  Third  Generation  Wireless  Systems,  Third  Report  and 


 Order,  Third  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking,  and  Second  Memorandum  Opinion  and  Order,  ET  Docket  No.  00-  258,  18  FCC  Rcd  2223  (2003)  (Third  AWS  Order). 


 2  Commission  Invites  Comments  Concerning  Use  of  Portions  of  returned  2  GHz  Mobile  Satellite  Service 
 Frequencies,  Public  Notice,  FCC  05-  133  (released  June  29,  2005)  (First  2  GHz  MSS  Public  Notice),  citing  Letter  from  Peter  D.  Shields,  Counsel  to  Iridium,  to  Secretary,  FCC  (dated  Mar.  16,  2005);  Letter  from  Joseph  P.  Markoski 


 and  Bruce  A.  Olcott,  Counsel  for  The  Boeing  Company,  to  Secretary,  FCC  (dated  Mar.  28,  2005).  Letter  from  David  D.  Otten,  Chairman  and  Chief  Executive  Officer,  Celsat,  to  Secretary,  FCC  (dated  Apr.  12,  2005). 


 3  Letter  from  Gregory  C.  Staple,  Counsel  for  TMI,  to  Donald  Abelson,  Chief,  International  Bureau  (dated  Apr.  19, 
 2005);  Letter  from  Suzanne  Hutchings  Malloy,  Senior  Regulatory  Counsel  for  ICO,  to  Donald  Abelson,  Chief,  International  Bureau  (dated  May  3,  2005);  Letter  from  Diane  Cornell,  CTIA,  to  Secretary,  FCC  (dated  May  19, 


 2005);  Letter  from  Gregory  C.  Staple,  Counsel  for  TMI,  to  Secretary,  FCC  (dated  May  24,  2005);  Letter  from  Diane  Cornell,  CTIA,  to  Secretary,  FCC  (dated  June  1,  2005);  Letter  from  William  T.  Lake,  Counsel  to  GlobalStar,  LLC, 
 to  Secretary,  FCC  (dated  June  20,  2005). 
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