Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 10, 2026

Title 47 - Telecommunication last revised: Feb 05, 2026
§ 64.1901 - Basis and purpose.

(a) Basis. These rules are issued pursuant to the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.

(b) Purpose. The purpose of these rules is to regulate the provision of in-region, interstate, domestic, interexchange services and in-region international interexchange services by incumbent independent local exchange carriers.

authority: 47 U.S.C. 151,152,154,201,202,217,218,220,222,225,226,227,227b,228,251,251,254,255,262,276,403,c,616,620,716,1401,unless; Pub. L. 115-141, Div. P, sec. 503, 132 Stat. 348, 1091; Pub. L. 117-338, 136 Stat. 6156
source: 28 FR 13239, Dec. 5, 1963, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 47 CFR 64.1901