telecommunication Telecommunication is the transmission of information by various types of technologies over wire, radio, optical, or other electromagnetic systems. It has its origin in the desire of humans for communication over a distance greater than that fe ...

, FCC registration program is the

Federal Communications Commission The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States. The FCC maintains jurisdiction ...

(FCC) program and associated directives intended to assure that all connected

terminal equipment In telecommunication, the term terminal equipment has the following meanings: * Communications equipment at either end of a communications link, used to permit the stations involved to accomplish the mission for which the link was established. * I ...

and protective circuitry will not harm the

public switched telephone network The public switched telephone network (PSTN) provides Communications infrastructure, infrastructure and services for public Telecommunications, telecommunication. The PSTN is the aggregate of the world's circuit-switched telephone networks that ...

or certain

private line In telecommunication, a private line is typically a telephone company service that uses a dedicated, usually unswitched point-to-point circuit, but it may involve private switching arrangements, or predefined transmission physical or virtual path ...

services. ''Note 1:'' The FCC registration program requires the registering of terminal equipment and protective circuitry in accordance with Subpart C of

part 68 'Title 47 CFR Part 68'' is a section of the Code of Federal Regulations of the United States that regulate the direct electrical connection of telecommunications equipment and customer premises wiring with the public switched telephone network, c ...

, Title 47 of the ''Code of Federal Regulations.'' This includes the assignment of identification numbers to the equipment and the testing of the equipment. ''Note 2:'' The FCC registration program contains no requirement that accepted terminal equipment be compatible with, or function with, the network.

External links

FCC Equipment Authorization Database Search Facility
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