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FCC 27.1031
Revised as of October 1, 2018
Goto Year:2017 |
2019
§ 27.1031 Reimbursement obligation of licensees at 1995-2000 MHz.
A licensee in the 1995-2000 MHz band (Upper H Block) shall, within 30
days of grant of its long-form application, reimburse one-seventh of
the eligible expenses incurred by Sprint Nextel, Inc. (Sprint) for
relocating and clearing Broadcast Auxiliary Service (BAS), Cable
Television Relay Service (CARS), and Local Television Transmission
Service (LTTS) incumbents from the 1990-2025 MHz band, on a pro rata
shared basis with other Upper H Block licensees as set forth in
paragraphs (a) through (e) of this section.
(a)(1) If Upper H Block licenses granted as a result of the first
auction for this spectrum cover, collectively, at least forty (40)
percent of the nation's population, the amount owed to Sprint by the
winning bidder of each individual Upper H Block license granted as a
result of the first auction will be determined by dividing the gross
winning bid (GWB) for each individual Upper H Block license (i.e., an
Economic Area (EA)) by the sum of the gross winning bids for all Upper
H Block licenses for which there is a winning bid in the first auction,
and then multiplying by $94,875,516.
RN = (EA GWB ÷ Sum of GWBs) × $94,875,516
(2) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section, a
licensee that obtains a license for a market in which no license was
granted as a result of the first Upper H Block auction will not have a
reimbursement obligation to Sprint.
(b) If Upper H Block licenses granted as a result of the first auction
for this spectrum cover, collectively, less than forty (40) percent of
the nation's population, then the amount that the licensee of an
individual Upper H Block license must reimburse Sprint shall be
calculated by dividing the population of the individual EA by the total
U.S. population, and then multiplying by $94,875,516. In this event,
the same population data, e.g., 2010, used to calculate the RNs for
Upper H Block licenses granted as a result of the first auction will
apply to subsequent auctions of Upper H Block licenses that were not
granted as a result of an earlier auction of Upper H Block licenses.
RN = (EA POP ÷ U.S. POP) × $94,875,516
(c) A winning bidder of an Upper H Block license that is not granted a
license for any reason will be deemed to have triggered a reimbursement
obligation to Sprint. This obligation will be owed to Sprint by the
licensee acquiring the Upper H Block license through a subsequent
auction. The amount owed by the licensee acquiring the EA license at
such auction will be based on the RN calculated for the EA license
based on the first auction (calculated under paragraphs (a) or (b), as
applicable, of this section).
(d) For purposes of compliance with this section, licensees should
determine population based on 2010 U.S. Census Data or such other data
or measurements that the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau proposes
and adopts under the notice and comment process for the auction
procedures.
(e) A payment obligation owed by a Upper H Block licensees under this
section shall be made within thirty (30) days of the grant of the
license (i.e., grant of the long form application).
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Goto Section: 27.1021 | 27.1041
Goto Year: 2017 |
2019
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