Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

What is the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)?

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is the U.S. federal government’s regulatory agency for the majority of telecommunications activity within the country. The FCC oversees radio, television, telephone, satellite, and cable communications, and its primary statutory goal is to expand U.S. citizens’ access to telecommunications services.

The Commission is funded by industry regulatory fees, and is organized into 7 bureaus:

Consumer & Governmental Affairs
Enforcement
Media
Space
Wireless Telecommunications
Wireline Competition
Public Safety and Homeland Security

As an agency, the FCC receives its high-level directives from Congressional legislation and is empowered by that legislation to establish legal rules the industry must follow.

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