2021 Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth
Chapter 25c - Department of Telecommunications and Cable
Section 1 - Department of Telecommunications and Cable
[ First paragraph effective until July 1, 2021. For text effective July 1, 2021, see below.]
Section 1. There shall be in the office of consumer affairs and business regulation a department of telecommunications and cable, in this chapter called the department, for the general supervision of telephone and telegraph companies subject to chapter 166 and community antenna television systems as defined in section 1 of chapter 166A.
[ First paragraph as amended by 2021, 24, Sec. 13 effective July 1, 2021. For text effective until July 1, 2021, see above.]
There shall be in the office of consumer affairs and business regulation a department of telecommunications and cable, in this chapter called the department, for the general supervision of telephone and telegraph companies subject to chapter 166 and community antenna television systems as defined in section 1 of chapter 166A and for the development of statewide policy regarding advanced telecommunications capability within the commonwealth.
[ Paragraph following the first paragraph added by 2021, 24, Sec. 14 effective July 1, 2021.]
For the purposes of this chapter, "advanced telecommunications capability'' shall mean high-speed, switched, broadband telecommunications capability that enables users to originate and receive high-quality voice, data, graphics and video telecommunications using any technology, without regard to any transmission media or technology.
