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                                Before the
                     FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                          Washington, D.C.  20554
                                                                                  DA 97-2516
In the Matter of                             )
                                             )
MVS USA, INC.                        )
                                             )
Application for authority to provide )  File No. ITC-97-413
INMARSAT standard services via the   )
INMARSAT system in the Atlantic,     )
Pacific and Indian Ocean Regions.            )

                   ORDER, AUTHORIZATION AND CERTIFICATE

Adopted:  November 26, 1997          Released: December 8, 1997

By the Chief, Telecommunications Division:

               1.     The Commission is considering an application, filed by MVS USA,
Inc. (MVS-USA), pursuant to Section 214 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,
requesting authority to provide INMARSAT standard services via the INMARSAT System in
the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Ocean Regions. The application was placed on public notice
on July 30, 1997 and the amendment to the application was placed on public notice on
August 27, 1997.  No comments were received.

               2.     The application requests authority to provide all  INMARSAT standard
services, including Maritime Mobile Satellite Services (MMSS) and Land Mobile Satellite
Services (LMSS), which will consist primarily of voice, data, facsimile and associated
communications, in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Ocean Regions (AOR, POR, and IOR),
via the INMARSAT satellites in those regions, including service to and from Canada and
Mexico but not the United States, by means of land earth stations (LES) at Laurentides,
Quebec (AOR), and Perth, Australia (POR and IOR).  MVS-USA states that for all of its
U.S.-originated traffic in the shore-to-ship direction, it will use COMSAT facilities and space
segment capacity.   The applicant specifically requests authority to provide INMARSAT
Standard A, B, C, M and mini-M services.

               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. ITC-97-413
IS GRANTED, and MVS-USA is authorized to:

               a.     provide LMSS in the AOR, POR and IOR both to mobile and land-
               based temporary-fixed terminals as set forth herein;
               b.     provide shore-to-ship and ship-to shore MMSS services in the AOR,
               POR and IOR; and

               c.     provide the above via non-U.S. and U.S. LES facilities using the
               INMARSAT satellite system as set forth herein.
               
               5.     IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that  the applicant shall file annual circuit
status reports in accordance with the requirements set forth in 43.82 of the Commission's
Rules and Rules for Filing of International Circuit Status Reports, CC Docket No. 93-157,
Report and Order, 10 FCC Rcd 8605 (1995).

               6.     IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that grant of this application is subject to
all the conditions set forth in Section 63.21 of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R. 63.21.

               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
                              Chief, Telecommunications Division
                              International Bureau