FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE FULL-TIME-TRANSPONDER CAPACITY AGREEMENT (PRE-LAUNCH)

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CONFIDENTIAL 
Exhibit 10.164

*** Confidential Portion has been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment by the Company to, and the material has been separately filed with, the SEC. Each omitted Confidential Portion is marked by three Asterisks.

FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE FULL-TIME-TRANSPONDER CAPACITY AGREEMENT (PRE-LAUNCH)


This Fourth Amendment to the Full-Time Transponder Capacity Agreement (Pre-Launch) (the “First Amendment”) is made and entered into as of this 4th day of June, 2008 by and between INTELSAT CORPORATION, formerly known as PanAmSat Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Intelsat”), and GCI COMMUNICATION CORP., an Alaskan corporation (“Customer”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Full-Time Transponder Capacity Agreement (Pre-Launch) dated as of March 31, 2006, as amended on February 15, 2008, April 9, 2008, and June 4, 2008 (collectively, the “Agreement”) between Intelsat and Customer, Intelsat is providing Customer with *** (***) *** transponders and up to *** (***) *** transponders on Galaxy 18, and *** (***) *** transponder, *** (***) *** transponder on Horizons 1, and an additional *** (***) *** Transponder Segment on Horizons 1;

WHEREAS, Customer and Intelsat wish to amend the terms of the Agreement to exercise Customer’s *** Transponder, as defined in the Agreement;

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, the sufficiency and receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

1.  
Except as specifically provided herein, all terms and provisions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

2.  
*** Transponder.  Intelsat agrees to provide to Customer and Customer agrees to accept from Intelsat *** (***) *** Transponder (the “*** Transponder”) meeting the performance specifications set forth in Appendix B attached hereto.

3.  
Capacity Term.  The Capacity Term for the *** Transponder Capacity shall commence on ***, *** and continue until the later of (a) 23:59 Greenwich Mean Time on the date that is *** (***) *** (***) ***, or (***) *** (***) ***.

4.  
Monthly Fee.  The Monthly Fee for the *** Transponder Capacity shall be US$***,*** per month.

5.  
Except as specifically set forth in this Amendment, all terms and conditions of the amendment remain in full force and effect.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has duly executed and delivered this Third Amendment as of the day and year above written.


INTELSAT CORPORATION                                                                                                                             GCI COMMUNICATION CORP.


         
/s/ Patricia Casey
   
/s/ Jimmy R. Sipes
 
Name: Patricia Casey
   
Name: Jimmy R. Sipes
 
Title: Senior VP and Deputy General Counsel
   
Title: VP Network Services and Chief Engineer