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Common Carrier

nounid 1861·updated May 12, 2026
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In a telecommunications context, a telecommunications company that holds itself out to the public for hire to provide communications transmission services. Note: In the United States, such companies are usually subject to regulation by federal and state regulatory commissions.

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Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

Regulated90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

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Variants

plural
Common Carriers
possessive
Common Carrier's
pluralpossessive
Common Carriers'

Framework definitions

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
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In a telecommunications context, a telecommunications company that holds itself out to the public for hire to provide communications transmission services. Note: In the United States, such companies are usually subject to regulation by federal and state regulatory commissions.
NIST SP 800-531 senseview framework →
§1
In a telecommunications context, a telecommunications company that holds itself out to the public for hire to provide communications transmission services. Note: In the United States, such companies are usually subject to regulation by federal and state regulatory commissions.

Outgoing relationships

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Incoming relationships

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