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Chapter 3 Telecommunications Universal Service on Data Transmission
Article 11
Telecommunications Universal Service on Data Transmission includes Telecommunications Universal Service on Data Transmission in uneconomic areas and discounts of Internet access offered to local schools and public libraries.
Article 12
The service provider of the Telecommunications Universal Service on Data Transmission in uneconomic areas shall provide services based on economic and effective technology.
The aforementioned economic and effective technology refers to the technology capable of reaching out to the maximum number of users outside uneconomic regions or achieving the transmission speed of the Telecommunications Universal Service on Data Transmission as approved by the NCC
Article 13
Telecommunications enterprises installing fixed or mobile telecommunications networks shall, in accordance with the implementation plan of Telecommunications Universal Service on Data Transmission in uneconomic areas, propose method, term, content, implementation year, implementation duration and net service cost calculation method under Articles 6 and 9 of these Regulations. For service providers that apply for Voice-based Telecommunications Universal Service and Telecommunications Universal Service on Data Transmission in uneconomic area at the same time, the net service cost of the implementation plan of Telecommunications Universal Service on Data Transmission in uneconomic area shall deduct the proposed net cost of Voice-based Telecommunications Universal Service.
The administrative authority may, prior to March 1st of the year before the implementation year, according to the demand of the uneconomic area, promulgate and designate the telecommunications enterprises installing fixed or mobile telecommunications networks to provide digital communication access universal service to specific villages and neighborhoods, the aforementioned enterprises shall incorporate the universal service into the implementation plan referred to in the preceding paragraph.
Article 14
Telecommunications enterprises installing fixed or mobile telecommunications networks and providing local Data Transmission internet access to elementary schools, high schools and public libraries with discounted fees may choose not to submit an implementation plan.
The elementary schools and high schools mentioned in the preceding paragraph refer to those established under the approval of governmental agencies; public libraries refer to national libraries as well as municipal, county and local libraries.
Article 15
The competent authority(NCC)shall, no later than December 1 of the year prior to the implementation year, set forth the subsidy available for the provision of Telecommunications Universal Service on Data Transmission.
Items subject to discounts and subsidies in the preceding paragraph are limited by the monthly rental charge of the local transmission circuit.