Regulations Governing the Equal Access Service Article 17

Subscribers may apply for pre-selection service in one of the following modes:1. File a written application to the proposed operators engaged in long-distance or international network for long-distance or international network telecommunications service.2. File a written application to the selection service providers with whom the subscribers have reached agreements for pre-selection telecommunication service.When long-distance or international network business operators accept the applications pursuant to Item 1 of the preceding paragraph, except those applications that could be rejected with justifiable reasons, they shall reach written agreements of services with subscribers and shall deliver the subscriber signed pre-selection setting application to request selection service providers to complete the setting of pre-selection service before the date of service supply.When selection service providers accept the applications to pre-selection service for subscribers pursuant to Item 2 of Paragraph 1, they shall submit the applications to the long-distance or international network business operators appointed by subscribers within three working days.The content of applications referred to in the preceding two paragraphs shall include the name of subscribers, their identification card numbers, the business registration number, the phone number designated by selection service providers, the billing address and the appointed network.