Goto Section: 64.1002 | 64.1110 | Table of Contents
FCC 64.1100
Revised as of October 1, 2014
Goto Year:2013 |
2015
§ 64.1100 Definitions.
(a) The term submitting carrier is generally any telecommunications
carrier that requests on the behalf of a subscriber that the
subscriber's telecommunications carrier be changed, and seeks to
provide retail services to the end user subscriber. A carrier may be
treated as a submitting carrier, however, if it is responsible for any
unreasonable delays in the submission of carrier change requests or for
the submission of unauthorized carrier change requests, including
fraudulent authorizations.
(b) The term executing carrier is generally any telecommunications
carrier that effects a request that a subscriber's telecommunications
carrier be changed. A carrier may be treated as an executing carrier,
however, if it is responsible for any unreasonable delays in the
execution of carrier changes or for the execution of unauthorized
carrier changes, including fraudulent authorizations.
(c) The term authorized carrier is generally any telecommunications
carrier that submits a change, on behalf of a subscriber, in the
subscriber's selection of a provider of telecommunications service with
the subscriber's authorization verified in accordance with the
procedures specified in this part.
(d) The term unauthorized carrier is generally any telecommunications
carrier that submits a change, on behalf of a subscriber, in the
subscriber's selection of a provider of telecommunications service but
fails to obtain the subscriber's authorization verified in accordance
with the procedures specified in this part.
(e) The term unauthorized change is a change in a subscriber's
selection of a provider of telecommunications service that was made
without authorization verified in accordance with the verification
procedures specified in this part.
(f) The term state commission shall include any state entity with the
state-designated authority to resolve the complaints of such state's
residents arising out of an allegation that an unauthorized change of a
telecommunication service provider has occurred that has elected, in
accordance with the requirements of § 64.1110(a), to administer the
Federal Communications Commission's slamming rules and remedies, as
enumerated in § § 64.1100 through 64.1190.
(g) The term relevant governmental agency shall be the state commission
if the complainant files a complaint with the state commission or if
the complaint is forwarded to the state commission by the Federal
Communications Commission, and the Federal Communications Commission if
the complainant files a complaint with the Federal Communications
Commission, and the complaint is not forwarded to a state commission.
(h) The term subscriber is any one of the following:
(1) The party identified in the account records of a common carrier as
responsible for payment of the telephone bill;
(2) Any adult person authorized by such party to change
telecommunications services or to charge services to the account; or
(3) Any person contractually or otherwise lawfully authorized to
represent such party.
[ 65 FR 47690 , Aug. 3, 2000, as amended at 66 FR 12892 , Mar. 1, 2001]
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Goto Section: 64.1002 | 64.1110
Goto Year: 2013 |
2015
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