A recommendation was made for the establishment of a new agency that would regulate all interstate and foreign communication by wire and radio, telegraphy, telephone and broadcast.

The FCC regulates interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable.

The ruling states that the prohibition in the Wire Act of using interstate communications for gambling applies only to betting on a "sporting event or contest."

The funds are to be supported mostly through payments scheduled to begin on Jan. 1 from the large interstate communications carriers like the AT&T Corporation.

(14) Regulation of interstate and foreign communications.

In March 2008, Anthony Digati was arrested on federal charges of extortion through interstate communication.

The commission is an independent agency that oversees interstate and international communications by means of radio, television, wire, cable and satellite.

And as a practical matter, interstate communications are almost always considered long-distance calls.

They also may be covered in some instances by 18 U.S.C. 875(d), which applies to interstate communication of a threat to injure the property of another.

Moreover, since such extortion and threats will normally involve interstate and foreign communications, federal law enforcement needed a clear basis to address this new problem quickly.