Regulates interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable.

Communications Regulation | Federal Communications Commission

Programs that are responsible for developing telecommunications policy at state or national levels and/or for regulating intrastate, interstate and foreign communication by means of radio, television, wire, cable and satellite as well as the new forms of communication including voice, data, image graphics and full motion video made possible by the emerging broadband telecommunications platform. Responsibilities include allocating bands of frequencies to individual stations; licensing and regulating stations and operators; regulating common carriers in intrastate, interstate and foreign communications by telegraph, telephone or satellite; and overseeing the development and utilization of a broadband telecommunications platform.