{"data":{"id":"us/47-cfr-1.60001","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"47 CFR 1.60001","heading":"Definitions.","body":"The following definitions are applicable to the ECIP.\n(a) Affiliate. A person holding an attributable interest in an applicant if such individual or entity:\n(1) Directly or indirectly controls or has the power to control the applicant; or\n(2) Is directly or indirectly controlled by the applicant; or\n(3) Is directly or indirectly controlled by a third party or parties that also controls or has the power to control the applicant; or\n(4) Has an “identity of interest” with the applicant.\nNote 1 to paragraph (a).\nSee §§ 1.2110 and 1.2112(a)(1) through (7) for further clarification on determining affiliation.\n(b) Qualifying transaction. A transaction between unaffiliated parties involving a partition and/or disaggregation, long-term leasing arrangement, or full assignment that meets the requirements of either the small carrier or Tribal Nation transaction prong pursuant to § 1.60003 or the rural-focused transaction prong pursuant to § 1.60004.\n(c) Qualifying geography. Qualifying Geography is the minimum geography threshold required for the rural-focused transaction prong.\n(d) Rural area. Rural area is any area except:\n(1) A city, town, or incorporated area that has a population of more than 20,000 inhabitants; or\n(2) An urbanized area contiguous and adjacent to a city or town that has a population of more than 50,000 inhabitants.\n(e) Small carrier. A small carrier is a carrier, defined as any person engaged as a common carrier for hire, in interstate or foreign communication by wire or radio or interstate or foreign radio transmission of energy in section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153), that:\n(1) Has not more than 1,500 employees (as determined under 13 CFR 121.106); and\n(2) Offers services using the facilities of the carrier.\n(f) Transaction geography. Transaction Geography is the total geography included in a Qualifying Transaction.\n(g) Tribal nation. A Tribal Nation is any federally-recognized American Indian Tribe and Alaska Native Village, the consortia of federally recognized Tribes and/or Native Villages, and other entities controlled and majority-owned by such Tribes or consortia.","path":["Title 47—Telecommunication","CHAPTER I—FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL","PART 1—PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE","Subpart EE—Enhanced Competition Incentive Program"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-47.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:28Z","sha256":"54272b344692622442e6ceb7de6a0f2046838f244cc664938a9b74a1ffd10c25","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/47-cfr-1.60000","next":"us/47-cfr-1.60002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}