other · Federal Communications Commission · Published 1999-08-26 · Effective 1999-09-27 · 64 FR 46584
Document
Document number
99-21721
Federal Register citation
64 FR 46584
CFR reference
47 CFR 61
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
other
Publication date
1999-08-26
Effective date
1999-09-27
FCC docket
CC Docket No. 98-131
Abstract
Section 11 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (Act), requires that the Commission, in every even-numbered year beginning in 1998, review all regulations that apply to the operations and activities of any provider of telecommunications service and determine whether any of these regulations are no longer necessary in the public interest as the result of meaningful economic competition between providers of the service. As part of its 1998 biennial regulatory review, the Commission revised part 61 to, among other things, eliminate several rules that no longer seem to serve any useful purpose, and to reorganize part 61 to clarify which rules apply to which carriers.