§ 25.110   Filing of applications, fees, and number of copies.

   (a) Applications may be filed by going online at
   licensing.fcc.gov/myibfs and submitting the application through the
   International Bureau Filing System (IBFS).

   (b) Submitting your application. (1) All earth station license
   applications must be filed electronically on FCC Form 312 in accordance
   with the applicable provisions of part 1, subpart Y of this chapter.

   (2) Except as provided in paragraph (b)(3) of this section,
   applications for space station licenses must be filed electronically on
   FCC Form 312 in accordance with the applicable provisions of part 1,
   subpart Y of this chapter and include all information required by
   § 25.114.

   (3) A license application for 17/24 GHz BSS space station operation or
   for GSO FSS space station operation not subject to the provisions in
   Appendix 30A of the ITU Radio Regulations (incorporated by reference,
   see § 25.108) may be submitted in two steps, as follows:

   (i) An application for 17/24 GHz BSS space station operation or for GSO
   FSS space station operation not subject to the provisions in Appendix
   30B of the ITU Radio Regulations (incorporated by reference, see
   § 25.108) may be initiated by filing with the Commission, in accordance
   with the applicable provisions of part 1, subpart Y of this chapter, a
   draft Coordination Request and simplified Form 312 for the proposed
   operation and a declaration of acceptance of ITU cost-recovery
   responsibility in accordance with § 25.111(d). The simplified Form 312,
   Main Form submission must include the information required by items
   1-17, 43, 45, and 46.

   (ii) An application for GSO FSS space station operation subject to the
   provisions in Appendix 30B of the ITU Radio Regulations (incorporated
   by reference, see § 25.108) may be initiated by submitting to the
   Commission, in accordance with the applicable provisions of part 1,
   subpart Y of this chapter, a draft ITU filing to convert an allotment
   into an assignment, to introduce an additional system, or to modify an
   assignment in the Appendix 30B List accompanied by a simplified Form
   312 and a declaration of acceptance of ITU cost-recovery responsibility
   in accordance with § 25.111(d). The simplified Form 312, Main Form
   submission must include the information required by items 1-17, 43, 45,
   and 46. In addition, the applicant must submit the results of an
   analysis demonstrating that no U.S. filing under Appendix 30B would be
   deemed affected by the proposed operation under the relevant ITU
   criteria or, for any affected filings, a letter signed by the affected
   operator that it consents to the new filing.

   (iii) An application initiated pursuant to paragraphs (b)(3)(i) or
   (b)(3)(ii) of this section will be considered completed by the filing
   of an FCC Form 312 and the remaining information required in a complete
   license application, including the information required by § 25.114,
   within two years of the date of submission of the initial application
   materials.

   (c) All correspondence concerning any application must identify:

   (1) The applicant's name,

   (2) The call sign of the space station or earth station, and

   (3) The file number of the application.

   (d) Copies. Applications must be filed electronically though IBFS. The
   Commission will not accept any paper version of any application.

   (e) Signing. Upon filing an application electronically, the applicant
   must print out the filed application, obtain the proper signatures, and
   keep the original in its files.

   (f) An applicant must pay the appropriate filing fee in accordance with
   part 1, subpart G of this chapter, at the time when it files a FCC Form
   312.

   [ 69 FR 47793 , Aug. 6, 2004, as amended at  78 FR 8420 , Feb. 6, 2013;  81 FR 55325 , Aug. 18, 2016]

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