Regulations for Administration on Fixed Network Telecommunications Business Article 23

As soon as the applicant for integrated network business has completed part of its self-constructed local network as set forth in Paragraph 1 of Article 22, with the network scale of a system capacity (subscribers' lines, subscribers' ports or a combination of both),meets the requirement set forth in Paragraph 2, and the same has been examined and certified by the competent authority, the applicant may provide the following documents to apply to the competent authority for a concession license:1. Application form for a concession license.2. A copy of the approval for establishment.3. A copy of the certificate of company registration.4. A document evidencing the examination and certification of the fixed telecommunications network.5. A document evidencing the approval or notification of the tariffs by the competent authority.6. A document evidencing the approval of the code of practices by the competent authority.7. A copy of the competent authority's approval of a sample of the service contract between the operator and users.The amount of self-constructed subscribers' lines prerequisite to apply for a concession license mentioned in Paragraph 1 is, by its application time, set forth below:1. Up until June 30, 2004: 150 thousand (150,000) subscriber lines.2. From July 1, 2004 to January 31, 2008: sixty thousand (60,000) subscriber lines.3. From February 1, 2008: forty-five thousand (45,000) subscriber lines.As regards to the examination as referred to in Paragraph 1, and Article 27, the items for inspection and the criteria for certification shall be promulgated by the competent authority.