---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 14.1"
title: "47"
number: "14.1"
heading: "Applicability."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/14.1"
---

# §14.1. Applicability.


Except as provided in §§ [14.2](/cfr/47/14.2.md), [14.3](/cfr/47/14.3.md), and [14.5](/cfr/47/14.5.md) of this chapter, the rules in this part apply to:

- (a) Any manufacturer of equipment used for advanced communications services, including end user equipment, network equipment, and software, that such manufacturer offers for sale or otherwise distributes in interstate commerce; and
- (b) Any provider of advanced communications services that such provider offers in or affecting interstate commerce.

## Notes

### Amendments

[91 FR 20374, Apr. 16, 2026]

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151-154, 255, 303, 403, 503, 617, 618, 619 unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 76 FR 82389, Dec. 30, 2011, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[91 FR 20374, Apr. 16, 2026]