---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 64.1195"
title: "47"
number: "64.1195"
heading: "Registration requirement."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/64.1195"
---

# §64.1195. Registration requirement.

- (a) **Applicability.** A telecommunications carrier that will provide interstate telecommunications service shall file the registration information described in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section in accordance with the procedures described in paragraphs [(c)](#c) and [(g)](#g) of this section. Any telecommunications carrier already providing interstate telecommunications service on the effective date of these rules shall submit the relevant portion of its FCC Form 499-A in accordance with paragraphs [(b)](#b) and [(c)](#c) of this section.
- (b) **Information required for purposes of part 64.** A telecommunications carrier that is subject to the registration requirement pursuant to [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section shall provide the following information:
  - (1) The carrier's business name(s) and primary address;
  - (2) The names and business addresses of the carrier's chief executive officer, chairperson, and president, or, in the event that a company does not have such executives, three similarly senior-level officials of the company;
  - (3) The carrier's regulatory contact and/or designated agent;
  - (4) All names that the carrier has used in the past; and
  - (5) **The state(s) in which the carrier provides telecommunications service.**
- (c) **Submission of registration.** A carrier that is subject to the registration requirement pursuant to [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section shall submit the information described in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section in accordance with the Instructions to FCC Form 499-A. FCC Form 499-A must be submitted under oath and penalty of perjury.
- (d) **Rejection of registration.** The Commission may reject or suspend a carrier's registration for any of the reasons identified in paragraphs [(e)](#e) or [(f)](#f) of this section.
- (e) **Revocation or suspension of operating authority.** After notice and opportunity to respond, the Commission may revoke or suspend the authorization of a carrier to provide service if the carrier provides materially false or incomplete information in its FCC Form 499-A or otherwise fails to comply with paragraphs [(a)](#a), [(b)](#b), and [(c)](#c) of this section.
- (f) **Imposition of fine.** After notice and opportunity to respond, the Commission may impose a fine on a carrier that is subject to the registration requirement pursuant to [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section if that carrier fails to submit an FCC Form 499-A in accordance with paragraphs [(a)](#a), [(b)](#b), and [(c)](#c) of this section.
- (g) **Changes in information.** A carrier must notify the Commission of any changes to the information provided pursuant to [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section within no more than one week of the change. Carriers may satisfy this requirement by filing the relevant portion of FCC Form 499-A in accordance with the Instructions to such form.
- (h) **Duty to confirm registration of other carriers.** The Commission shall make available to the public a comprehensive listing of registrants and the information that they have provided pursuant to [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section. A telecommunications carrier providing telecommunications service for resale shall have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether a potential carrier-customer (i.e., reseller) that is subject to the registration requirement pursuant to [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section has filed an FCC Form 499-A with the Commission prior to offering service to that carrier-customer. After notice and opportunity to respond, the Commission may impose a fine on a carrier for failure to confirm the registration status of a potential carrier-customer before providing that carrier-customer with service.

## Notes

### Amendments

[66 FR 12894, Mar. 1, 2001, as amended at 88 FR 21445, Apr. 10, 2023]

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154, 201, 202, 217, 218, 220, 222, 225, 226, 227, 227b, 228, 251(a), 251(e), 254(k), 255, 262, 276, 403(b)(2)(B), (c), 616, 620, 716, 1401-1473, unless otherwise noted; Pub. L. 115-141, Div. P, sec. 503, 132 Stat. 348, 1091; Pub. L. 117-338, 136 Stat. 6156.

### Source

Source: 28 FR 13239, Dec. 5, 1963, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[66 FR 12894, Mar. 1, 2001, as amended at 88 FR 21445, Apr. 10, 2023]