---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 1.60001"
title: "47"
number: "1.60001"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/1.60001"
---

# §1.60001. Definitions.


The following definitions are applicable to the ECIP.

- (a) **Affiliate.** A person holding an attributable interest in an applicant if such individual or entity:
  - (1) Directly or indirectly controls or has the power to control the applicant; or
  - (2) Is directly or indirectly controlled by the applicant; or
  - (3) Is directly or indirectly controlled by a third party or parties that also controls or has the power to control the applicant; or
  - (4) **Has an “identity of interest” with the applicant.**
- (b) **Qualifying transaction.** A transaction between unaffiliated parties involving a partition and/or disaggregation, long-term leasing arrangement, or full assignment that meets the requirements of either the small carrier or Tribal Nation transaction prong pursuant to [§ 1.60003](/cfr/47/1.60003.md) or the rural-focused transaction prong pursuant to [§ 1.60004](/cfr/47/1.60004.md).
- (c) **Qualifying geography.** Qualifying Geography is the minimum geography threshold required for the rural-focused transaction prong.
- (d) **Rural area.** Rural area is any area except:
  - (1) A city, town, or incorporated area that has a population of more than 20,000 inhabitants; or
  - (2) An urbanized area contiguous and adjacent to a city or town that has a population of more than 50,000 inhabitants.
- (e) **Small carrier.** A small carrier is a carrier, defined as any person engaged as a common carrier for hire, in interstate or foreign communication by wire or radio or interstate or foreign radio transmission of energy in section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934 ([47 U.S.C. 153](/usc/47/153.md)), that:
  - (1) Has not more than 1,500 employees (as determined under [13 CFR 121.106](/cfr/13/121.106.md)); and
  - (2) **Offers services using the facilities of the carrier.**
- (f) **Transaction geography.** Transaction Geography is the total geography included in a Qualifying Transaction.
- (g) **Tribal nation.** A Tribal Nation is any federally-recognized American Indian Tribe and Alaska Native Village, the consortia of federally recognized Tribes and/or Native Villages, and other entities controlled and majority-owned by such Tribes or consortia.

## Notes

### Amendments

[87 FR 57417, Sept. 20, 2022, as amended at 89 FR 11743, Feb. 15, 2024]

### Source

Source: 87 FR 57417, Sept. 20, 2022, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. chs. 2, 5, 9, 13; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; 47 U.S.C. 1754, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[87 FR 57417, Sept. 20, 2022, as amended at 89 FR 11743, Feb. 15, 2024]