Wireless Communications [Railroad Communications] Law and Legal Definition
According to 49 CFR 220.5 [Title 49 – Transportation; Subtitle B -- Other Regulations Relating to Transportation; Chapter II -- Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation; Part 220 -- Railroad Communications; Subpart A – General], working wireless communications means “the capability to communicate with either a control center or the emergency responder of a railroad through such means as radio, portable radio, cellular telephone, or other means of two-way communication, from any location within the rail system, except:
(1) Tunnels or other localized places of extreme topography, and
(2) Temporary lapses of coverage due to atmospheric or topographic conditions. In the case of joint operations on another railroad, the radio must be able to reach the control center of the host railroad.”
Legal Definition list
- Wireless Communications [Railroad Communications]
- Wire Transfer System
- Wire Joint
- Wire Fraud
- Wire Communication Facility
- Wireless Hybrid Service
- Wireless Ship Act
- Wireless Telecommunications Bureau [Federal Communications Commission]
- Wireline Competition Bureau [Federal Communications Commission]
- Wiretap Act
- Wiretapping
Related Legal Terms
- Alien Documentation, Identification and Telecommunications Card
- Alien Documentation, Identification and Telecommunications System
- Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials - International
- Channelization Device [Federal Railroad Administration]
- Charges for Mobile Telecommunications Services
- Clearance Point [Railroad Operating Practices]
- Coded Communications
- Communications
- Communications Decency Act
- Communications Decency Act of 1996
