FCC 25.103 Revised as of October 1, 2006
Goto Year:2005 |
2007
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 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]
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