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Chapter Two Application for Allocation of Telecommunications Numbers
Section Three Application for allocation of special telecommunications numbers
Article 14
A government agency(organization), public welfare association, foundation, independent administrative institution or public enterprise for the need of providing emergency rescue services, public affair counseling services, public rescue services or charity services, etc., may apply to the competent agency for the allocation of special telecommunications numbers, after the approval by the national competent authority for business objectives or the superior authority by reviewing their statutory duties, establishment purposes, public welfare needs, etc.
The public utilities mentioned in the preceding paragraph refer to the following:
1. Electricity enterprises
2. Water supply enterprises
3. Public utilities recognized by the competent authority or the national competent authorities for business objectives.
The applicants prescribed in Paragraph 1 should submit the following documents to the competent authority to apply:
1. Telecommunications Number Application Form
2. A photocopy of the approval letter from the national competent authority for business objectives or the superior authority for each of the government agency(organization), public welfare group, foundation, incorporated administrative agency or public utility, and a photocopy of the supporting document of the public welfare group, foundation, incorporated administrative agency or public utility
3. Special telecommunications number service plan(including the network architecture, service delivery method, service scope and object, service content and charging method)
4. The relevant documents that the telecommunications enterprise allocated with local line phone numbers and mobile phone numbers agrees to cooperate in the provision of special telecommunications numbers
Those which have been allocated with special telecommunications numbers should not continue to use them when their qualifications are changed or their usage does not comply with the provision of Paragraph 1.
Article 15
The competent authority should consider the following matters when reviewing the application for special telecommunications number allocation prescribed in the previous article:
1. Whether it complies with the PSTN numbering plan
2. Whether it specifies the structure of the subscriber's access to the network and the means and flow of incoming call lines.
3. Whether it specifies the service object and service delivery method, whether the service scope includes the whole country, and whether it specifies the nature of the service and the fee standards of the service objects of each cooperative telecommunication enterprises
Article 16
Each of the telecommunication enterprise’s application for the allocation of the special number is limited to one special number.