Regulations Governing the Equal Access Service Article 2

The terms of these Regulations are defined as follows:1. Equal Access Service: refers to Type I telecommunications carriers that offer their subscribers the choice to select the long-distance network or international network of telecommunications services of other carriers, and the means of rendering services include pre-selection service and call-by-call selection service.2. Pre-selection service: refers to the selection service of providers that set the long-distance or international network appointed by subscribers in their telecommunications networks in advance; whenever subscribers access the long-distance or international network by dialing the statutory pre-selection prefixes of long-distance or international service, the telecommunications network will automatically connect to the long-distance or international network.3. Call-by-call selection service: refers to when subscribers select long-distance or international network, the telecommunications network of selection service providers shall automatically connect to the long-distance or international network in accordance with the statutory network ID codes of long-distance or international service dialed by subscribers.4. Operators: refers to the carriers that have been granted the concessions and licenses of Type I telecommunications carriers by the National Communications Commission (NCC), or those that have been granted the permissions and operating licenses of Type II telecommunications carriers by the National Communications Commission, NCC (hereinafter referred to as “the NCC”).5. Subscribers: refers to those who use telecommunications services rendered by the selection service providers through agreement.6. Selection service providers:refers to the operators that provide Equal Access Service in accordance with these Regulations.7. Mobile type selection service providers: refers to the mobile telephone business operators, 1900 MHz digital Low-Tier cordless telephony services operators, third generation mobile telecommunications service operators, wireless broadband access services operators and mobile broadband business operators that provide Equal Access Service in accordance with these Regulations..
中文原文 平等接取服務管理辦法第2條
本辦法名詞定義如下:
一、平等接取服務:指第一類電信事業提供其用戶選接其他電信事業之長途網路或國際網路之通信服務;其提供服務方式包括指定選接及撥號選接。
二、指定選接:指選接服務提供者依用戶之指定,於其通信網路預先設定用戶選接之長途或國際網路,當用戶以法定長途或國際指定選接冠碼之撥號方式撥接長途或國際網路時,其通信網路自動連接用戶指定之長途或國際網路供用戶通信。
三、撥號選接:指當用戶撥接長途或國際網路時,選接服務提供者之通信網路依用戶所撥法定長途或國際網路之網路識別碼判別,自動連接該長途或國際網路供用戶通信。
四、經營者:指經國家通訊傳播委員會(以下簡稱本會)特許並發給第一類電信事業執照或經本會許可並發給第二類電信事業執照之電信事業者。
五、用戶:指與選接服務提供者訂定契約,使用該選接服務提供者提供之通信服務者。
六、選接服務提供者:指依本辦法規定應提供平等接取服務之經營者。
七、行動類選接服務提供者:指依本辦法規定應提供平等接取服務之行動電話業務經營者、一九○○兆赫數位式低功率無線電話業務經營者、第三代行動通信業務經營者、無線寬頻接取業務經營者及行動寬頻業務經營者。

English translation for reference only; the Chinese text prevails. Not legal advice.