Sec.  21.956   Filing of long-form applications or statements of intention.

   

   (a)(1) Within 30 business days of being notified of its status as a
   winning bidder, each winning bidder for a BTA service area will be
   required to submit either:

   (i) An initial long-form application for an MDS station license, along
   with any required exhibits; or

   (ii) A statement of intention with regard to the BTA service area,
   along with any required exhibits, showing the encumbered nature of the
   BTA, identifying all previously authorized or proposed MDS and ITFS
   facilities, and describing in detail the winning bidder's plan for
   obtaining the previously authorized and/or proposed MDS stations
   within the BTA.

   (2) A winning bidder that fails to submit either the initial long-form
   application or statement of intention as required under this section,
   and fails to establish good cause for any late-filed application or
   statement, shall be deemed to have defaulted and will be subject to
   the payments set forth in Sec. 21.959(a).

   (b) Each initial long-form application for an MDS station license
   within an auction winner's BTA service area, and each statement of
   intention with regard to an auction winner's BTA service area, must
   also include the following:

   (1) FCC Form 430;

   (2) An exhibit detailing the terms and conditions and parties involved
   in any bidding consortia, joint venture, partnership or other
   agreement or arrangement the winning bidder had entered into relating
   to the competitive bidding process prior to the time bidding was
   completed (see  47 FR 1 .207(d) of this chapter);

   (3) An exhibit complying with Sec. Sec. 1.2110(j) of this chapter and
   21.960(f), if the winning bidder submitting the long-form application
   or statement of intention claims status as a designated entity.

   (c) Subsequent long-form applications for additional MDS station
   licenses within the BTA service areas of winning bidders may be
   submitted at any time during the five year build-out period and need
   not contain the exhibits specified in paragraphs (b)(2) through (3) of
   this section.

   [ 60 FR 36559 , July 17, 1995, as amended at  61 FR 18098 , Apr. 24, 1996;
    67 FR 45366 , July 9, 2002;  68 FR 42998 , July 21, 2003]