---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 64.1501"
title: "47"
number: "64.1501"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/64.1501"
---

# §64.1501. Definitions.


For purposes of this subpart, the following definitions shall apply:

- (a) Pay-per-call service means any service:
  - (1) **In which any person provides or purports to provide—**
    - (i) Audio information or audio entertainment produced or packaged by such person;
    - (ii) Access to simultaneous voice conversation services; or
    - (iii) Any service, including the provision of a product, the charges for which are assessed on the basis of the completion of the call;
  - (2) For which the caller pays a per-call or per-time-interval charge that is greater than, or in addition to, the charge for transmission of the call; and
  - (3) Which is accessed through use of a 900 number;
  - (4) Provided, however, such term does not include directory services provided by a common carrier or its affiliate or by a local exchange carrier or its affiliate, or any service for which users are assessed charges only after entering into a presubscription or comparable arrangement with the provider of such service.
- (b) Presubscription or comparable arrangement means a contractual agreement in which:
  - (1) The service provider clearly and conspicuously discloses to the consumer all material terms and conditions associated with the use of the service, including the service provider's name and address, a business telephone number which the consumer may use to obtain additional information or to register a complaint, and the rates for the service;
  - (2) The service provider agrees to notify the consumer of any future rate changes;
  - (3) The consumer agrees to use the service on the terms and conditions disclosed by the service provider; and
  - (4) The service provider requires the use of an identification number or other means to prevent unauthorized access to the service by nonsubscribers;
  - (5) Provided, however, that disclosure of a credit, prepaid account, debit, charge, or calling card number, along with authorization to bill that number, made during the course of a call to an information service shall constitute a presubscription or comparable arrangement if an introductory message containing the information specified in [§ 64.1504(c)(2)](/cfr/47/64.1504.md?p=c-2) is provided prior to, and independent of, assessment of any charges. No other action taken by a consumer during the course of a call to an information service, for which charges are assessed, can create a presubscription or comparable arrangement.
  - (6) Provided, that a presubscription arrangement to obtain information services provided by means of a toll-free number shall conform to the requirements of [§ 64.1504(c)](/cfr/47/64.1504.md?p=c).
- (c) Calling card means an identifying number or code unique to the individual, that is issued to the individual by a common carrier and enables the individual to be charged by means of a phone bill for charges incurred independent of where the call originates.

## Notes

### Amendments

[61 FR 39087, July 26, 1996]

### Source

Source: 58 FR 44773, Aug. 25, 1993, unless otherwise noted.

### 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

[61 FR 39087, July 26, 1996]