Comparably efficient interconnection

Equal-access concept in telecommunications

In telecommunications, a comparably efficient interconnection (CEI) is an equal-access concept developed by the FCC stating that, "...if a carrier offers an enhanced service, it should be required to offer network interconnection (or colocation) opportunities to others that are comparably efficient to the interconnection that its enhanced service enjoys. Accordingly, a carrier would be required to implement CEI only as it introduces new enhanced services."^[1]

References

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^ FCC Report and Order June 16, 1986

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Eugene O. Sykes (1934–35)
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William Kennard (1997–2001)
Michael Powell (2001–05)
Kevin Martin (2005–09)
Michael Copps (2009)
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Mignon Clyburn (2013)
Tom Wheeler (2013–17)
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Jessica Rosenworcel (2021–25)
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Statutes, regulations, and policies

Statutory
authority
(Title 47 USC)

Regulations
and policies
(Title 47 CFR)

Title 47 CFR Part 15 Title 47 CFR Part 68 Title 47 CFR Part 97
Broadcast licensing and facilities	1978 Broadcast Policy Statement on minority ownership 2008 United States wireless spectrum auction Ancillary Terrestrial Component Antenna structure registration AWS-3 auction Broadcast call signs Broadcast flag Broadcast license Broadcast range Broadcasting duopoly Carriage dispute City of license Class A television service Clear-channel station Comparative hearing Dark and silent stations Dispersal of ownership Facility ID FM Non-Duplication Rule (1964–86) Frequency coordinator Local marketing agreement MVDDS dispute Program test authority Public file Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service Reference distance Rimshot broadcasting Significantly viewed signals permitted to be carried Special temporary authority United States National Radio Quiet Zone White spaces
Broadcasting content and programming	Actionable indecency Broadcasting watershed Emergency Alert System Equal-time rule Family Viewing Hour Fairness doctrine (1949–87) Financial Interest and Syndication Rules (1970–93) Fleeting expletive Government-access television Mayflower doctrine (1941–49) Must-carry Non-commercial educational station Personal attack rule Pervasiveness doctrine Prime Time Access Rule Public-access television Retransmission consent Seven dirty words Syndication exclusivity Zapple doctrine (1970–2014)
Telephone and the Internet	Carterfone decision Comparably efficient interconnection Competitive local exchange carrier Emergency telephone number Enhanced 911 FCC Computer Inquiries Second Computer Inquiry FCC mark FCC registration program Feature group FCC Open Internet Order Incumbent local exchange carrier Lifeline program National Broadband Plan National Do Not Call Registry Personal Communications Service Basic Trading Areas Telecommunications Service Priority Priority level Total element long run incremental cost Traffic pumping Universal Licensing System Universal Service Fund E-Rate

Litigations and lawsuits

Supreme Court

FCC v. Sanders Brothers Radio Station (1940)
National Broadcasting Co. v. United States (1943)
United States v. Southwestern Cable Co. (1968)
Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. FCC (1969)
FCC v. Pacifica Foundation (1978)
CBS, Inc. v. FCC (1981)
Sable Communications of California v. FCC (1989)
Metro Broadcasting, Inc. v. FCC (1990)
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. FCC (1994)
Verizon Communications Inc. v. FCC (2002)
Nixon v. Missouri Municipal League (2004)
National Cable & Telecommunications Ass'n v. Brand X Internet Services (2005)
FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. (2009)
FCC v. AT&T Inc. (2011)
FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. (2012)
FCC v. Prometheus Radio Project (2021)
McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc. v. McKesson Corp. (2025)

Other
federal cases

Hush-A-Phone Corp. v. United States (1956)
American Radio Relay League, Inc. v. FCC (1980)
Schurz Communications, Inc. v. FCC (1992)
Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod v. FCC (1998)
SBC Communications, Inc. v. FCC (1998)
Satellite Broadcasting & Communications Ass'n v. FCC (2001)
United States Telecom Association v. FCC (2004)
Comcast Corp. v. FCC (2010)
Verizon Communications Inc. v. FCC (2014)
Tennessee v. FCC (2016)
Mozilla Corp. v. FCC (2019)
Prometheus Radio Project v. FCC (2019)
Consumers' Research v. FCC (2023)
Ohio Telecom Association v. FCC (2025)

Agency committees, history, and publications
Advisory committees	FCC Network Study Committee Federal-State Joint Conference on Advanced Telecommunications Services North American Numbering Council Spectrum Task Force Technical Advisory Council
Predecessor agencies	Interstate Commerce Commission Mann–Elkins Act Radio Act of 1912 Kingsbury Commitment Willis Graham Act Federal Radio Commission Radio Act of 1927 Davis Amendment General Order 32 General Order 40 Grand Island FCC Monitoring Station
Agency publications	Report on Chain Broadcasting (1941) Blue Book (1946) FCC Record (1986–)