[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: 47CFR25.103]



[Page 265-266]

 

                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION

 

                    CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

                         COMMISSION (CONTINUED)

 

PART 25_SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec. 25.103  Definitions.



    (a) Communications common carrier. The term ``communications common 

carrier'' as used in this part means any person (individual, 

partnership, association, joint-stock company, trust, corporation, or 

other entity) engaged as a common carrier for hire, in interstate or 

foreign communication by wire or radio or in interstate or foreign radio 

transmission of energy, including such carriers as are described in 

subsection 2(b) (2) and (3) of the Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, and, in addition, for purposes of subpart H of this part, 

includes any individual, partnership, association, joint-stock company, 

trust, corporation, or other entity which owns or controls, directly or 

indirectly, or is under direct or indirect common control with, any such 

carrier.

    (b) Authorized carrier. The term ``authorized carrier'' means a 

communications common carrier which is authorized by the Federal 

Communications Commission under the Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, to provide services by means of communications satellites.

    (c) Communications satellite corporation. (1) The terms 

``communications satellite corporation'' or ``corporation'' as used in 

this part mean the corporation created pursuant to the provisions of 

Title III of the Communications Satellite Act of 1962.

    (2) The corporation shall be deemed to be a common carrier within 

the meaning of section 3(10) of the Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended.

    (d) Communication-satellite earth station complex. The term 

communication-satellite earth station complex includes transmitters, 

receivers, and communications antennas at the earth station site 

together with the interconnecting terrestrial facilities (cables, lines, 

or microwave facilities) and modulating and demodulating equipment 

necessary for processing of traffic received from the terrestrial 

distribution system(s) prior to transmission via satellite and of 

traffic received from the satellite prior to transfer of channels of 

communication to terrestrial distribution system(s).

    (e) Communication-satellite earth station complex functions. The 

communication-satellite earth station complex interconnects with 

terminal equipment of common carriers or authorized entities at the 

interface; accepts traffic from such entities at the interface, 

processes for transmission via satellite and performs the transmission 

function; receives traffic from a satellite or satellites, processes it 

in a form necessary to deliver channels of communication to terrestrial 

common carriers or such other authorized entities and



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delivers the processed traffic to such entities at the interface.

    (f) Interface. The point of interconnection between two distinct but 

adjacent communications systems having different functions. The 

interface in the communication-satellite service is that point where 

communications terminal equipment of the terrestrial common carriers or 

other authorized entities interconnects with the terminal equipment of 

the communication-satellite earth station complex. The interface in the 

communication-satellite service shall be located at the earth station 

site, or if this is impracticable, as close thereto as possible.

    (g) Emergency call center (ECC). A facility that subscribers of 

satellite commercial mobile radio services call when in need of 

emergency assistance by dialing ``911'' on their mobile satellite earth 

terminal.



[28 FR 13037, Dec. 5, 1963, as amended at 31 FR 3289, Mar. 2, 1966; 68 

FR 63997, Nov. 12, 2003; 69 FR 6582, Feb. 11, 2004]