# Modernizing Common Carrier Rules
> **Federal Communications Commission** · Final rule. · Published 2017-10-20 · Effective 2017-11-20 · 82 FR 48774
## Document
- **Document number:** 2017-22770
- **Category:** telecom-common-carrier
- **Federal Register citation:** 82 FR 48774
- **CFR reference:** 47 CFR 36
- **Publication date:** 2017-10-20
- **Effective date:** 2017-11-20
- **FCC docket:** WC Docket No. 15-33
## Abstract

In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopted a Report and Order that eliminates certain rules from which the Commission has granted unconditional forbearance for all carriers, and eliminates references to telegraph service from certain sections of the Commission's rules. The Report and Order updates our rules to remove outmoded regulations from the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) that no longer reflect current requirements or technology. In so doing, we further our goals of reducing regulatory burdens, eliminating unnecessary rule provisions, and making the agency as efficient and effective as possible.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/10/20/2017-22770/modernizing-common-carrier-rules)
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