The
Federal Communications Commission (
FCC) is an
independent agency of the United States government, created by
Congressional statute (see and ) to regulate interstate communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of
broadband,
competition, the
spectrum, the
media,
public safety and
homeland security, and modernizing itself.