§  64.2400   Purpose and scope.

   (a) The purpose of these rules is to reduce slamming and other
   telecommunications fraud by setting standards for bills for
   telecommunications service. These rules are also intended to aid
   customers in understanding their telecommunications bills, and to
   provide them with the tools they need to make informed choices in the
   market for telecommunications service.

   (b) These rules shall apply to all telecommunications common carriers
   and to all bills containing charges for intrastate or interstate
   services, except as follows:

   (1) Sections 64.2401(a)(2), 64.2401(a)(3),64.2401(c), and 64.2401(f)
   shall not apply to providers of Commercial Mobile Radio Service as
   defined in §  20.9 of this chapter, or to other providers of mobile
   service as defined in §  20.7 of this chapter, unless the Commission
   determines otherwise in a further rulemaking.

   (2) Sections 64.2401(a)(3) and 64.2401(f) shall not apply to bills
   containing charges only for intrastate services.

   (c) Preemptive effect of rules. The requirements contained in this
   subpart are not intended to preempt the adoption or enforcement of
   consistent truth-in-billing requirements by the states.

   [ 64 FR 34497 , June 25, 1999;  64 FR 56177 , Oct. 18, 1999;  65 FR 36637 ,
   June 9, 2000, as amended at  65 FR 43258 , July 13, 2000;  69 FR 34950 ,
   June 23, 2004;  70 FR 29983 , May 25, 2005;  77 FR 30919 , May 24, 2012]

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