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Sd-WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554`}(# DA 9810 $tK 22 $tK  ă  1yx dddhy  aE@#5\  P6QYP#News media information 202/4180500 FaxOnDemand 202/4182830 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov ftp.fcc.gov  X-#XP\  P6Q XP#`(# Released: May 29, 1998 ă  XK -P ERRATUM TO FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ORDER ON [RECONSIDERATION OF THE SECOND REPORT AND ORDER CONCERNING qTHE BROADBAND PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES (PCS)  X -? C AND F BLOCK INSTALLMENT PAYMENT PLANS ă  Xy-This Erratum corrects one of the answers given in the Public Notice, Frequently Asked Questions Regarding the Order on Reconsideration of the Second Report and Order Concerning the Broadband Personal Communications Services (PCS) C and F Block  X-Installment Payment Plans, DA 98947, which was released on May 18, 1998. The advice and rule interpretations provided in this Public Notice constitute informal staff opinion and are  X-not official Commission decisions or rulings., {OG-ԍxSee 220 Television Inc., 81 FCC 2d 575, 577 (1980); see also AMOR Family Broadcasting Group v.  {O-FCC, 918 F.2d 960, 962 (D.C. Cir. 1990); AAT Electronics Corp. v. FCC, 743 F.2d 918, 931 (D.C. Cir. 1984).,  V-Background: The Affordability Exception If a C block licensee elects the prepayment option, or elects the disaggregation option and chooses to prepay the retained spectrum, then the licensee must prepay all of its BTA licenses  X-in the chosen MTA.l^$ {O-ԍxSee Amendment of the Commission's Rules Regarding Installment Payment Financing for Personal  {O-Communications Services (PCS) Licensees, WT Docket 9782, Order on Reconsideration of the Second Report  {Oe-and Order, FCC 9846 (released March 24, 1998) at  41, 54.l Under the affordability exception, however, a C block licensee that cannot afford to prepay all of its BTA licenses in an MTA may purchase all of its BTA licenses in the MTA that it can afford to prepay and surrender the remaining licenses in the  X-MTA that it cannot afford to prepay.OJ {O#-ԍxId. at  43, 55.O A licensee can "afford" as many BTA licenses within  Xp-an MTA that it can prepay using only its Prepayment Credit.:p {O%-ԍxId.: A licensee's Prepayment Credit consists of two parts: (1) a percentage of the licensee's down payments on licenses returned to the Commission, plus (2) installment payments previously paid on licenses returned to the  X-Commission.Fn  {O&*-ԍxId. at  41.F  ,,,!e@d;[!,L '#  hԌ X-ԙ Q:XxDO I GET ANY CREDIT FOR THE DOWN PAYMENT ON A LICENSE THAT  X-I SURRENDER UNDER THE AFFORDABILITY EXCEPTION? (#  X-A:XxThe correct answer is yes. The Prepayment Credit includes a 70 percent credit for  Xt-your down payment on any license you surrender under the affordability exception.Ut7 {O-ԍxSee, e.g., id. at n.101.U(# XxNote that if you made installment payments on the licenses you choose to surrender, the down payment portion of your Prepayment Credit will be applied toward the prepayment of licenses before the installment payment portion of the Prepayment Credit is applied. The Commission will refund any installment payment amounts (but no down payment amounts) that remain unspent after all licenses selected for  X -prepayment have been prepaid.R\ Z7 {O -ԍxSee Public Notice, Implementation Procedures for the Order on Reconsideration of the Second Report and Order Concerning the Broadband Personal Communications Services (PCS) C and F Block Installment  {O-Payment Plans, DA 98946 (released May 18, 1998), at p. 4.R(#  8   X9 - If you have additional questions, please contact: Rachel Kazan or Rita Cookmeyer, Auctions and Industry Analysis Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, (202)4180660, or Jack Zinman, Commercial Wireless Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, (202) 4187240.