§  27.1418   Payment obligations.

   (a) Each eligible space station operator is responsible for the payment
   of its own satellite transition costs until the auction winners have
   been announced.

   (b) Licensees in the 3.7 GHz Service shall pay their pro rata share of:

   (1) The reasonable costs of the Relocation Payment Clearinghouse and,
   in the event the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau selects the
   Relocation Coordinator, the services of the Relocation Coordinator and
   its staff;

   (2) The actual relocation costs, provided that they are not
   unreasonable, for eligible space station operators and incumbent fixed
   service licensees; the actual transition costs, provided they are not
   unreasonable, associated with the necessary migration and filtering of
   incumbent earth stations;

   (3) Any lump sum payments, if elected by incumbent earth station
   operators in lieu of actual relocation costs; and

   (4) Specified accelerated relocation payments for space station
   operators that clear on an accelerated timeframe. Licensees in the 3.7
   GHz Service shall be responsible for the full costs of space station
   transition, the Relocation Payment Clearinghouse, and, if selected and
   established by the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, the Relocation
   Coordinator, based on their pro rata share of the total auction bids of
   each licensee's gross winning bids in the auction overall; they shall
   be responsible for incumbent earth station and incumbent fixed service
   transition costs in a Partial Economic Area based on their pro rata
   share of the total gross bids for that Partial Economic Area.

   (c) Following the auction, and every six months until the close of the
   transition, licensees in the 3.7 GHz Service shall submit their portion
   of estimated transition costs to a reimbursement fund, and the
   Relocation Payment Clearinghouse will reimburse parties incurring
   transition costs. If actual costs exceed estimated costs, the
   Relocation Payment Clearinghouse shall perform a true-up for additional
   funds from 3.7 GHz Service licensees.

   (d) If 3.7 GHz band license is relinquished to the Commission prior to
   all relocation cost reimbursements and accelerated relocation payments
   being paid, the remaining payments will be distributed among other
   similarly situated 3.7 GHz band licensees. If a new license is issued
   for the previously relinquished rights prior to final payments becoming
   due, the new 3.7 GHz band licensee will be responsible for the same pro
   rata share of relocation costs and accelerated relocation payments as
   the initial 3.7 GHz band license. If a 3.7 GHz band licensee sells its
   rights on the secondary market, the new 3.7 GHz band licensee will be
   obligated to fulfill all payment obligations associated with the
   license.