Article 1
ICO Satellite Limited and TerreStar Europe Limited are not eligible applicants as a result of the first selection phase of the comparative selection procedure provided in Title II of Decision No 626/2008/EC.
2009/449/EC: Commission Decision of 13 May 2009 on the selection of operators of pan-European systems providing mobile satellite services (MSS) (notified under document number C(2009) 3746)
2009/449/EC: Commission Decision of 13 May 2009 on the selection of operators of pan-European systems providing mobile satellite services (MSS) (notified under document number C(2009) 3746)
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Article 2
Inmarsat Ventures Limited and Solaris Mobile Limited are eligible applicants as a result of the first selection phase of the comparative selection procedure provided in Title II of Decision No 626/2008/EC. As the combined demand for radio spectrum requested by the eligible applicants retained as a result of the first selection phase of the comparative selection procedure provided in Title II of Decision No 626/2008/EC does not exceed the amount of radio spectrum available identified in Article 1(1) of Decision No 626/2008/EC, Inmarsat Ventures Limited and Solaris Mobile Limited are selected.
Article 3
The frequencies which each selected applicant shall be authorised to use in each Member State in accordance with Title III of Decision No 626/2008/EC shall be the following: (a) Inmarsat Ventures Limited: from 1 980 to 1 995 MHz for earth to space communications and from 2 170 to 2 185 MHz for space to earth communications; (b) Solaris Mobile Limited: from 1 995 to 2 010 MHz for earth to space communications and from 2 185 to 2 200 MHz for space to earth communications.
Article 4
The selection of Inmarsat Ventures Limited and Solaris Mobile Limited and the identification to the selected applicants of the respective frequencies provided for by Articles 2 and 3 is conditional upon no information in writing being provided, within 30 working days of the publication of the list of selected applicants by the Commission, by the relevant selected applicant to the effect that the applicant intends not to use the radio frequencies identified.
Article 5
This Decision is addressed: 1. to the Member States; and 2. (a) to ICO Satellite Limited, 269 Argyll Avenue, Slough SL1 4HE, United Kingdom; (b) to Inmarsat Ventures Limited, 99 City Road, London EC1Y 1AX, United Kingdom; (c) to Solaris Mobile Limited, 30 Upper Pembroke Street, Dublin 2, Ireland; (d) to TerreStar Europe Limited, c/o TerreStar Global Ltd, 2nd Floor, 145-157 St John Street, London EC1V 4PY, United Kingdom.
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