Regulations Governing the Equal Access Service Article 8

If a local network business operator, mobile telephone business operator and 1900MHz digital low-tier cordless telephony business operator are unable to offer Equal Access Service in accordance with Article 3, 4 and the preceding two articles due to the restriction of objective factors of the existing exchange equipment, they shall enclose and submit reasons and related data to the NCC, which shall verify the timescale of implementation and the solutions prior to implementation within three months from the date of the announcement pursuant to Item 1 of Paragraph 1 of Article 6.If third generation mobile telecommunications business operators and mobile broadband business operators are unable to provide Equal Access Service to prepaid card subscribers or roaming subscribers or any other specific categories of subscribers due to technical restrictions in accordance with Article 4 and the preceding two articles, they shall enclose and submit reasons and related data to the NCC for verification.Selection service providers shall provide subscribers with the Equal Access Service according to the verification of the NCC.