---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 51.700"
title: "47"
number: "51.700"
heading: "Purpose of this subpart."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/51.700"
---

# §51.700. Purpose of this subpart.


The purpose of this subpart, as revised in 2011 by FCC 11-161 is to establish rules governing the transition of intercarrier compensation from a calling-party's-network pays system to a default bill-and-keep methodology. Following the transition, the exchange of telecommunications traffic between and among service providers will, by default, be governed by bill-and-keep arrangements.


## Notes

### Amendments

[76 FR 73854, Nov. 29, 2011]

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151-55, 201-05, 207-09, 218, 225-27, 251-52, 271, 332 unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 45619, Aug. 29, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[76 FR 73854, Nov. 29, 2011]