---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 52.9"
title: "47"
number: "52.9"
heading: "General requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/52.9"
---

# §52.9. General requirements.

- (a) To ensure that telecommunications numbers are made available on an equitable basis, the administration of telecommunications numbers shall, in addition to the specific requirements set forth in this subpart:
  - (1) Facilitate entry into the telecommunications marketplace by making telecommunications numbering resources available on an efficient, timely basis to telecommunications carriers;
  - (2) Not unduly favor or disfavor any particular telecommunications industry segment or group of telecommunications consumers; and
  - (3) **Not unduly favor one telecommunications technology over another.**
- (b) If the Commission delegates any telecommunications numbering administration functions to any State or other entity pursuant to [47 U.S.C. 251(e)(1)](/usc/47/251.md?p=e-1), such State or entity shall perform these functions in a manner consistent with this part.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 61 FR 47353, Sept. 6, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 201-205, 207-209, 218, 225-227, 227b-1, 251-252, 271, 303, 332, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 38637, July 25, 1996, unless otherwise noted.