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FCC Rules (Title 47 Code of Federal Regulations), Related Rules, and Cross-Reference
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Related rules, such as the NTIA Manual and FAA tower marking requirements, as well as a
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Subchapter A: General
- 47 CFR 0 - Commission Organization
- 47 CFR 1 - Practice and Procedure
- 47 CFR 2 - Frequency Allocations and Radio Treaty Matters; General Rules and Regulations
- 47 CFR 3 - Authorization and Administration of Accounting Authorities in Maritime and Maritime Mobile-Satellite Radio Services
- 47 CFR 4 - Disruptions to Communications
- 47 CFR 5 - Experimental Radio Service (other than Broadcast)
- 47 CFR 6 - Access to Telecommunications Service, Telecommunications Equipment and Customer Premises Equipment by Persons with Disabilities
- 47 CFR 7 - Access to Voicemail and Interactive Menu Services and Equipment by People with Disabilities
- 47 CFR 9 - Interconnected Voice Over Internet Protocol Services
- 47 CFR 10 - Commercial Mobile Alert System
- 47 CFR 11 - Emergency Alert System (EAS)
- 47 CFR 12 - Redundancy of Communications Systems
- 47 CFR 13 - Commercial Radio Operators
- 47 CFR 15 - Radio Frequency Devices
- 47 CFR 17 - Construction, Marking, and Lighting of Antenna Structures
- 47 CFR 18 - Industrial, Scientific, and Medical Equipment
- 47 CFR 19 - Employee Responsibilities and Conduct
Subchapter B: Common Carrier Services
- 47 CFR 20 - Commercial Mobile Radio Services
- 47 CFR 22 - Public Mobile Services
- 47 CFR 23 - International Fixed Public Radiocommunication Services {Deleted by FCC as of 2010 CFR}
- 47 CFR 24 - Personal Communications Services
- 47 CFR 25 - Satellite Communications
- 47 CFR 27 - Miscellaneous Wireless Communications Services
- 47 CFR 32 - Uniform System of Accounts for Telecommunications Companies
- 47 CFR 36 - Jurisdictional Separations Procedures Standard Procedures for Separating Telecommunications Property Costs, Revenues, Expenses, Taxes and Reserves for Telecommunications Companies
- 47 CFR 42 - Preservation of Records of Communication Common Carriers
- 47 CFR 43 - Reports of Communication Common Carriers and Certain Affiliates
- 47 CFR 51 - Interconnection
- 47 CFR 52 - Numbering
- 47 CFR 53 - Special Provisions Concerning Bell Operating Companies
- 47 CFR 54 - Universal Service
- 47 CFR 59 - Infrastructure Sharing
- 47 CFR 61 - Tariffs
- 47 CFR 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 CFR 64 - Miscellaneous Rules Relating to Common Carriers
- 47 CFR 65 - Interstate Rate of Return Prescription Procedures and Methodologies
- 47 CFR 68 - Connection of Terminal Equipment to the Telephone Network
- 47 CFR 69 - Access Charges
Subchapter C: Broadcast Radio Services
- 47 CFR 73 - Radio Broadcast Services
- 47 CFR 74 - Experimental Radio, Auxiliary, Special Broadcast and Other Program Distribution Services
- 47 CFR 76 - Multichannel Video and Cable Television Service
- 47 CFR 78 - Cable Television Relay Service
- 47 CFR 79 - Closed Captioning and Video Description of Video Programming
Subchapter D: Safety and Special Radio Services
Related Rules
General Cross-Reference to FCC Rules
The following cross-reference shows the main rule parts that apply to common radio services and topics. This list is intended as a starting point only; a complete understanding of all rules governing a particular service or application almost always requires reference to more than one rule part (sometimes several!).
- Access Broadband Over Power Line (Access BPL): Part 15 (Subpart G)
- Advanced Wireless Services (AWS): Part 27
- Air-to-Ground Telephone Service (Commercial & General Aviation): Part 22
- Allocations: Part 2
- Amateur (ham) radio, including amateur satellites: Part 97
- AM Radio: Part 73
- Aviation: Part 87
- Bluetooth: Part 15
- Broadband Radio Service (BRS) (formerly MMDS): Part 27
- Cable Television Relay Service (CARS): Part 78
- Citizens Band (CB) Radio: Part 95
- Cellular Phones: Part 22
- Cellular-Like Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio (Nextel and similar): Part 90
- Commercial Air-Ground Telephone Service: Part 22
- Cordless Phones: Part 15
- Dedicated Short-Range Communications Service (DSRC): Road-Side Units (RSU) Part 90/On-Board Units (OBU) Part 95
- Digital Electronic Message Service (DEMS): Part 101
- Earth Stations on Vessels (ESV): Part 25
- Educational Broadband Service (EBS) (formerly ITFS): Part 27
- Experimental Licenses (non-broadcast): Part 5
- Family Radio Service (FRS): Part 95
- FM Radio: Part 73
- General Aviation Air-Ground Telephone Service: Part 22
- General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS): Part 95
- Hydrological & Meteorological Data: Part 90
- Industrial, Scientific, and Medical (ISM) Devices: Part 18
- Instructional Television Fixed Service (ITFS) (now Educational Broadband Service): Part 27
- Intelligent Transportation Systems Radio Service: Part 90 (Subpart M)
- Intentional Radiators: Part 15 (Subpart C)
- Local Multipoint Distribution Service (LMDS): Part 101
- Local Television Transmission Service (LTTS): Part 101
- Location and Monitoring Service (LMS): Part 90
- Low-Power Radio Service (LPRS): Part 95
- Marine Radio: Part 80
- Microwave Ovens: Part 18
- Multi-Use Radio Service (MURS): Part 95
- Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service (MMDS) (now Broadband Radio Service): Part 27
- Multichannel Video and Data Distribution Service (MVDDS): Part 101
- Multiple Address System (MAS): Part 101
- Offshore Radiotelephone Service: Part 22
- Paging: Part 22 & Part 90
- Personal Communications Services (PCS): Part 24
- Point-to-Point Microwave: Part 101
- Public Safety (Police, Fire, Medical, etc.): Part 90
- Radio-Controlled Objects (including model boats & airplanes): Part 95
- Remote Broadcast (radio & TV): Part 74
- Satellite Telephones (including Iridium, Globalstar, Inmarsat, etc.): Part 25
- Satellite Radio & Television (including SIRIUS/XM, DIRECTV, DISH Network): Part 25
- Shortwave Broadcast: Part 73
- Stolen Vehicle Recovery Systems (including LoJack): Part 90
- Studio-to-Transmitter Links: Part 74
- Television: Part 73
- Television Band Devices: Part 15 (Subpart H)
- Travelers' Information Service (TIS): Part 90
- Ultra-Wideband Operation: Part 15 (Subpart F)
- Unintentional Radiators: Part 15 (Subpart B)
- Unlicensed Devices: Part 15
- Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure (UNII) Devices: Part 15 (Subpart E)
- Unlicensed Personal Communications Service Devices (Unlicensed PCS): Part 15 (Subpart D)
- Vehicle Radar: Part 15 (Subpart C)
- Wi-Fi/802.11a/b/g/n: Part 15
- Wireless Communications Service (WCS): Part 27
- Wireless Medical Telemetry Service (WMTS): Part 95
- Wireless Microphones: Part 74