Title 47, Telegraphs, Telephones, and RadiotelegraphsRelease 119-110

§1005 Cooperation of Equipment Manufacturers and Providers of Telecommunications Support Services

Title 47 › CHAPTER 9 — INTERCEPTION OF DIGITAL AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS › SUBCHAPTER I — INTERCEPTION OF DIGITAL AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS › § 1005

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Telecom carriers must quickly talk with the makers of their transmission and switching equipment and with companies that provide telecom support services to make sure current and planned equipment, facilities, and services meet the capability rules in section 1002 and the capacity limits the Attorney General sets under section 1003. Subject to sections 1003(e), 1007(a), and 1008(b) and (d), equipment makers and service providers must supply needed features or changes reasonably promptly and may charge a reasonable fee.

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Title 47, §1005

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(a)Consultation

A telecommunications carrier shall consult, as necessary, in a timely fashion with manufacturers of its telecommunications transmission and switching equipment and its providers of telecommunications support services for the purpose of ensuring that current and planned equipment, facilities, and services comply with the capability requirements of section 1002 of this title and the capacity requirements identified by the Attorney General under section 1003 of this title.

(b)Cooperation

Subject to section 1003(e), 1007(a), and 1008(b) and (d) of this title, a manufacturer of telecommunications transmission or switching equipment and a provider of telecommunications support services shall, on a reasonably timely basis and at a reasonable charge, make available to the telecommunications carriers using its equipment, facilities, or services such features or modifications as are necessary to permit such carriers to comply with the capability requirements of section 1002 of this title and the capacity requirements identified by the Attorney General under section 1003 of this title.

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Citation

47 U.S.C. § 1005

Title 47, Telegraphs, Telephones, and Radiotelegraphs

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110