C.F.R. » Title 47 » CHAPTER I—FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION › SUBCHAPTER B—COMMON CARRIER SERVICES › PART 63—EXTENSION OF LINES, NEW LINES, AND DISCONTINUANCE, REDUCTION, OUTAGE AND IMPAIRMENT OF SERVICE BY COMMON CARRIERS; AND GRANTS OF RECOGNIZED PRIVATE OPERATING AGENCY STATUS

47 C.F.R. § 63.01

Authority for all domestic common carriers

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(a) Any party that would be a domestic interstate communications common carrier is authorized to provide domestic, interstate services to any domestic point and to construct or operate any domestic transmission line as long as it obtains all necessary authorizations from the Commission for use of radio frequencies.

(b) Domestic common carriers subject to this section shall not engage in any line construction that may have a significant effect on the environment as defined in § 1.1307 of this chapter without prior compliance with the Commission's environmental rules. See § 1.1312 of this chapter.

[64 FR 39939, July 23, 1999, as amended at 67 FR 18830, Apr. 17, 2002]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1974–2024 · leading case: Hawaiian Tel. Co. v. Fed. Commc'ns Comm'n & the United States of Am., 498 F.2d 771 (D.C. Cir. 1974).
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Hawaiian Tel. Co. v. Fed. Commc'ns Comm'n & the United States of Am., 498 F.2d 771 (D.C. Cir. 1974). · cites it 2× “47 C.F.R. § 63.01 (Z). 9 . 47 C.F.R. § 63.”
China Unicom (Americas) Opera v. FCC, 124 F.4th 1128 (9th Cir. 2024). · cites it 3× “11364, 11365 ¶ 2 (1999) (hereinafter “Domestic Blanket Order”); see also 47 C.F.R. § 63.01 (a). The agency stated that it had considered adopting a policy of “forbearance”—i.”
United States Satellite Broad. Co., Inc. v. Fed. Commc'ns Comm'n & United States of Am., Gte Satellite Corp., Nat'l Citizens Comm. for Broad./Telecomm. Rsch. & Action Ctr., United Satellite Commc'ns, Inc., Satellite Bus. Sys., Gen. Instrument Corp., Prudential Ins. Co. of Am., Intervenors. United States Satellite Broad. Co., Inc. v. Fed. Commc'ns Comm'n, Nat'l Citizens Comm. for Broad./Telecomm. Rsch. & Action Ctr., United Satellite Commc'ns, Inc., Gen. Instrument Corp., Satellite Bus. Sys., Prudential Ins. Co. of Am., Gte Satellite Corp., Intervenors. United States Satellite Broad. Co., Inc. v. Fed. Commc'ns Comm'n & United States of Am., Gte Satellite Corp., Gte Spacenet Corp., Rca Am. Commc'ns, Inc., Gen. Instrument Corp., Satellite Syndicated Sys., Inc., United Satellite Commc'ns, Inc., Prudential Ins. Co. of Am., Intervenors, 740 F.2d 1177 (D.C. Cir. 1984). “34 47 C.F.R. 63.01(e) and (n). 35 GSAT's application fulfilled these requirements.”
Global NAPs, Inc. v. Verizon New England, Inc., 454 F.3d 91 (2d Cir. 2006). · cites it 4× “Global first argues that 47 C.F.R. § 63.01 authorizes virtual NXX.”
ITT World Commc'ns, Inc. v. Fed. Commc'ns Comm'n, 595 F.2d 897 (2d Cir. 1979). “However, the Commission has laid down quite elaborate specifications for the contents of an application under § 214, 47 C.F.R. § 63.01 et seq., and has provided that any interested party may file an application to deny it, id.”
United States Satellite Broad. Co. v. Fed. Commc'ns Commmission, 740 F.2d 1177 (D.C. Cir. 1984). · cites it 3× “Despite GSAT’s literal compliance with the disclosure requirements of 47 C.F.R. § 63.01 (e) and (n), USSB urges that GSAT’s application was nonetheless misleading because it gave a false impression that all its television services would be the traditional point-to-point (rather…”
All Am. Cables & Radio, Inc. v. Fed. Commc'ns Comm'n, 736 F.2d 752 (D.C. Cir. 1984). “47 C.F.R. § 63.01 ; American Tel. & Tel. Co.”
China Telecom (Americas) Corp. v. FCC (Pub.), No. 21-1233 (D.C. Cir. Jan. 12, 2023). “The Commission has granted blanket authority for any carrier to construct, operate, or transmit over domestic transmission lines, see 47 C.F.R. § 63.01 (a), “subject to the Commission’s ability to revoke [that] authority when warranted to protect the public interest.”
Century Fed., Inc. v. Fed. Commc'ns Comm'n & United States of Am., Pac. Bell, Intervenor, 846 F.2d 1479 (D.C. Cir. 1988). · cites it 2× “FCC regulations required Pacific to show how the proposed construction would serve the public interest, convenience, and necessity, 47 C.F.R. § 63.01 (1987), and to disclose the “[ejconomic justification for the proposed *1481 project including .”
47 C.F.R. § 63.01(e): 2 cases
United States Satellite Broad. Co., Inc. v. Fed. Commc'ns Comm'n & United States of Am., Gte Satellite Corp., Nat'l Citizens Comm. for Broad./Telecomm. Rsch. & Action Ctr., United Satellite Commc'ns, Inc., Satellite Bus. Sys., Gen. Instrument Corp., Prudential Ins. Co. of Am., Intervenors. United States Satellite Broad. Co., Inc. v. Fed. Commc'ns Comm'n, Nat'l Citizens Comm. for Broad./Telecomm. Rsch. & Action Ctr., United Satellite Commc'ns, Inc., Gen. Instrument Corp., Satellite Bus. Sys., Prudential Ins. Co. of Am., Gte Satellite Corp., Intervenors. United States Satellite Broad. Co., Inc. v. Fed. Commc'ns Comm'n & United States of Am., Gte Satellite Corp., Gte Spacenet Corp., Rca Am. Commc'ns, Inc., Gen. Instrument Corp., Satellite Syndicated Sys., Inc., United Satellite Commc'ns, Inc., Prudential Ins. Co. of Am., Intervenors, 740 F.2d 1177 (D.C. Cir. 1984). “34 47 C.F.R. 63.01(e) and (n). 35 GSAT's application fulfilled these requirements.”
United States Satellite Broad. Co. v. Fed. Commc'ns Commmission, 740 F.2d 1177 (D.C. Cir. 1984). “Despite GSAT’s literal compliance with the disclosure requirements of 47 C.F.R. § 63.01 (e) and (n), USSB urges that GSAT’s application was nonetheless misleading because it gave a false impression that all its television services would be the traditional point-to-point (rather…”
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