The FCC recently released a public notice regarding registration of C-band earth stations. The public notice takes three steps that will be helpful to broadcaters. First, the FCC extended the filing deadline by 90 days, until October 17, 2018, which should help ease the administrative burden of registration, particularly for those who have large numbers of earth stations.<br/><br/>Second, the FCC has provided some clarification regarding application fees associated with registrations. The public notice clarifies that applicants may register all earth stations at a single geographic location or address with a single application and pay a single application fee of $435.<br/><br/>Third, the FCC is providing relief for those entities that have to register earth stations at a large number of locations. The FCC has decided to waive its rules to allow users with earth stations at multiple locations to register all of those stations with a single application while paying a filing fee associated with networks of earth stations. That filing fee is $10,620.
