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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 118 / Wednesday, June 23, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
partial economic area PEA-based geographic areas located in the contiguous 48 states and the District of Columbia PEAs 141, 43211, 213263, 265297, 299359, and 361411. These 10-megahertz blocks are designated as A
through J.
8. All 3.45 GHz Service licenses will be issued for 15-year, renewable license terms, and certain licenses are subject to cooperative sharing requirements, as described in the 3.45 GHz Second Report and Order and below, as well as any other conditions that may be established in related proceedings.
Interested parties will be able to find additional information about the cooperative sharing requirements, including information about the encumbrances in specific PEAs, on the National Telecommunications and Information Administrations NTIA
34503550 MHz web page at https
www.ntia.doc.gov/category/3450-3550mhz. Interested parties can also find additional guidance and information on federal/non-federal coordination procedures in the public notice issued jointly by NTIA and the Commission.
OEA and WTB understand that the Department of Defense DoD will hold one or more workshops to provide further information on transition and coordination plans, as well as guidance on anticipated received power levels from the DoDs high-powered operations, methods and means for sharing proprietary and classified information e.g., through Trusted Agents, and descriptions of potential national emergency scenarios.
9. Licensees may hold up to four 10megahertz blocks out of a total of ten in the 3.453.55 GHz band within any PEA at any given time for the first four years after the close of the auction. A
licensee in the 3.453.55 GHz band may provide any services permitted under terrestrial fixed or mobile, except aeronautical mobile, allocations as set forth in the non-Federal Government column of the Table of Frequency Allocations in section 2.106 of the Commissions rules, as modified by the 3.45 GHz Second Report and Order, so long as it complies with the relevant licensing, operating, and technical rules.
D. Auction Specifics
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1. Auction Title and Start Date 10. The auction of licenses in the 3.453.55 GHz band will be referred to as Auction 110. Bidding in Auction 110 will begin on Tuesday, October 5, 2021. Pre-bidding dates and deadlines are listed below. The initial schedule for bidding rounds in Auction 110 will be
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announced by public notice at least one week before bidding begins.
11. Unless otherwise announced, bidding on all licenses will be conducted on each business day until bidding has stopped on all licenses.
2. Auction Dates and Deadlines 12. The following dates and deadlines apply to Auction 110:
Auction Application Tutorial Available via internet: No later than June 22, 2021
Short-Form Application FCC Form 175
Filing Window Opens July 8, 2021, 12
p.m. Eastern Time ET
Short-Form Application: FCC Form 175
Filing Window Deadline: July 21, 2021, 6 p.m. ET
Upfront Payments via wire transfer:
September 2, 2021, 6 p.m. ET
Bidding Tutorial Available via internet: No later than September 16, 2021
Mock Auction: September 30, 2021
Bidding Begins in Auction 110: October 5, 2021
3. Requirements for Participation 13. Those wishing to participate in Auction 110 must:
Submit a short-form application FCC Form 175 electronically prior to 6
p.m. ET on July 21, 2021, following the electronic filing procedures set forth in the FCC Form 175 Instructions. OEA
will prepare and make publicly available detailed instructions for submitting an FCC Form 175 for Auction 110 FCC Form 175
Instructions in the Education section of the Auction 110 website at www.fcc.gov/
auction/110.
Submit a sufficient upfront payment and an FCC Remittance Advice Form FCC Form 159 by 6 p.m. ET on September 2, 2021, following the procedures and instructions set forth in the FCC Form 159 Instructions.
Comply with all provisions outlined in the Auction 110 Procedures Public Notice and applicable Commission rules.
II. Applying To Participate in Auction 110
A. General Information Regarding Short-Form Applications 14. An application to participate in Auction 110, referred to as a short-form application or FCC Form 175, provides information that the Commission uses to determine whether the applicant has the legal, technical, and financial qualifications to participate in a Commission auction for spectrum licenses. The short-form application is
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the first part of the Commissions twophased auction application process. In the first phase, a party seeking to participate in Auction 110 must file a short-form application in which it certifies, under penalty of perjury, that it is qualified to participate. Eligibility to participate in Auction 110 is based on an applicants short-form application and certifications and on the applicants submission of a sufficient upfront payment for the auction. After bidding closes, in the second phase of the process, each winning bidder must file a more comprehensive post-auction, long-form application FCC Form 601
for the licenses it wins in the auction, and it must have a complete and accurate ownership disclosure information report FCC Form 602 on file with the Commission. OEA and WTB remind applicants that being deemed qualified to bid in Auction 110
does not constitute a determination that a party is qualified to hold a Commission license or is eligible for a designated entity bidding credit.
15. A party seeking to participate in Auction 110 must file an FCC Form 175
electronically via the Auction Application System prior to 6 p.m. ET
on July 21, 2021, following the procedures prescribed in the FCC Form 175 Instructions. If an applicant claims eligibility for a bidding credit, then the information provided in its FCC Form 175 as of the filing date will be used to determine whether the applicant may request the claimed bidding credit.
Below OEA and WTB describe more fully the information disclosures and certifications required in the short-form application. An applicant that files an FCC Form 175 for Auction 110 will be subject to the Commissions rule prohibiting certain communications. An applicant is subject to the prohibition beginning at the deadline for filing short-form applications6 p.m. ET on July 21, 2021. The prohibition will end for applicants on the post-auction down payment deadline for Auction 110.
16. An applicant bears full responsibility for submitting an accurate, complete, and timely shortform application. Pursuant to the Commissions competitive bidding rules, each applicant must make a series of certifications under penalty of perjury on its FCC Form 175 related to the information provided in its application and its participation in the auction, and it must confirm that it is legally, technically, financially, and otherwise qualified to hold a license. Additionally, each participant in Auction 110 must certify that it has read the Auction 110
Procedures Public Notice and has familiarized itself both with the auction
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