[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR20.15]

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                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
                    CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
                         COMMISSION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 20--COMMERCIAL MOBILE RADIO SERVICES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 20.15  Requirements under Title II of the Communications Act.

    (a) Commercial mobile radio services providers, to the extent 
applicable, must comply with sections 201, 202, 206, 207, 208, 209, 216, 
217, 223, 225, 226, 227, and 228 of the Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. 
201, 202, 206, 207, 208, 209, 216, 217, 223, 225, 226, 227, 228; part 68 
of this chapter, 47 CFR part 68; and Secs. 1.701-1.748, and 1.815 of 
this chapter, 47 CFR 1.701-1.748, 1.815.
    (b) Commercial mobile radio service providers are not required to:
    (1) File with the Commission copies of contracts entered into with 
other carriers or comply with other reporting requirements, or with 
Secs. 1.781 through 1.814 and 43.21 of this chapter; except that 
commercial radio service providers that offer broadband service, as 
described in Sec. 1.7001(a) or mobile telephony are required to file 
reports pursuant to Secs. 1.7000 and 43.11 of this chapter to the extent 
that they meet the thresholds as set out in Secs. 1.7001(b) and 43.11(a) 
of this chapter. For purposes of this section mobile, telephony is 
defined as real-time, two-way switched voice service that is 
interconnected with the public switched network utilizing an in-network 
switching facility that enables the provider to reuse frequencies and 
accomplish seamless handoff of subscriber calls.
    (2) Seek authority for interlocking directors (section 212 of the 
Communications Act);
    (3) Submit applications for new facilities or discontinuance of 
existing facilities (section 214 of the Communications Act).
    (c) Commercial mobile radio service providers shall not file tariffs 
for international and interstate service to their customers, interstate 
access service, or international and interstate operator service. 
Sections 1.771 through 1.773 and part 61 of this chapter are not 
applicable to international and interstate services provided by 
commercial mobile radio service providers. Commercial mobile radio 
service providers shall cancel tariffs for international and interstate 
service to their customers, interstate access service, and international 
and interstate operator service.
    (d) Except as specified as in paragraphs (d)(1) and (2), nothing in 
this section shall be construed to modify the Commission's rules and 
policies on the provision of international service under part 63 of this 
chapter.
    (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sec. 63.21(c) of this chapter, 
a commercial mobile radio service provider is not required to comply 
with Sec. 42.10 of this chapter.
    (2) A commercial mobile radio service (CMRS) provider that is 
classified as dominant under Sec. 63.10 of this chapter due to an 
affiliation with a foreign carrier is required to comply with Sec. 42.11 
of this chapter if the affiliated foreign carrier collects settlement 
payments from U.S. carriers for terminating U.S. international switched 
traffic at the foreign end of the route. Such a CMRS provider is not 
required to comply with Sec. 42.11, however, if it provides service on 
the affiliated route solely through the resale of an unaffiliated 
facilities-based provider's international switched services.
    (3) For purposes of paragraphs (d)(1) and (2) of this section, 
affiliated and foreign carrier are defined in Sec. 63.09 of this 
Chapter.
    (e) For obligations of commercial mobile radio service providers to 
provide local number portability, see Sec. 52.1 of this chapter.

[59 FR 18495, Apr. 19, 1994, as amended at 61 FR 38637, July 25, 1996; 
63 FR 43040, Aug. 11, 1998; 65 FR 19685, Apr. 12, 2000; 65 FR 24654, 
Apr. 27, 2000; 66 FR 16879, Mar. 28, 2001]

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