[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 47, Volume 2]

[Revised as of October 1, 2004]

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 Sec. Sec. 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 

Sec. Sec. 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 Sec. Sec. 1.7000 and 43.11 of this chapter to the 

extent that they meet the thresholds as set out in Sec. Sec. 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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