---
kind: "unit"
title: "47"
title_heading: "Telecommunications"
key: "ch5"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 5"
heading: "Wire or Radio Communication"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/47/ch5"
sections_count: 252
---

# Chapter 5 — Wire or Radio Communication

Title 47 — Telecommunications

## Contents

- [Subchapter I — General Provisions](/usc/47/ch5-schI.md)
- [Subchapter II — Common Carriers](/usc/47/ch5-schII.md)
- [Subchapter III — Special Provisions Relating to Radio](/usc/47/ch5-schIII.md)
- [Subchapter IV — Procedural and Administrative Provisions](/usc/47/ch5-schIV.md)
- [Subchapter V — Penal Provisions; Forfeitures](/usc/47/ch5-schV.md)
- [Subchapter V–A — Cable Communications](/usc/47/ch5-schV-A.md)
- [Subchapter VI — Miscellaneous Provisions](/usc/47/ch5-schVI.md)
- [Subchapter VII — Broadband Data](/usc/47/ch5-schVII.md)