Definition
Programs that are responsible for developing telecommunications policy at state or national levels and/or for regulating intrastate, interstate and foreign communication by means of radio, television, wire, cable and satellite as well as the new forms of communication including voice, data, image graphics and full motion video made possible by the emerging broadband telecommunications platform. Responsibilities include allocating bands of frequencies to individual stations; licensing and regulating stations and operators; regulating common carriers in intrastate, interstate and foreign communications by telegraph, telephone or satellite; and overseeing the development and utilization of a broadband telecommunications platform.
URL Name
DF-8000-1400
Third Level Code
DF-8000
Taxonomy Code
DF-8000.1400
Parent Code
DF-8000
Family Code
D
Second Level Code
DF
Fourth Level Code
DF-8000-1400
Use References
Satellite Communications Regulation, Telecommunications Regulation
Publication Status
Online