Regulations Governing Number Portability Article 2

The terms of these Regulations are defined as follows:1. “Number Portability”: it refers to the service which enables subscribers to retain their existing telephone numbers, when switching from the original Type I Telecommunications Operator to other Type I Telecommunications Operators engaging the same service.2. “Operators”: it refers to the persons who have been granted the concessions and licenses by the National Communications Commission (hereinafter referred to as “the NCC”) for operation of Type I Telecommunications business.3. “Subscribers”: it refers the persons who enter into contracts with Operators and use the telecommunications services provided by Type I or Type II Telecommunications Operators.4. “Ported Subscribers”: it refers to the Subscribers who retain their existing telephone numbers when changing their Type I or Type II Telecommunications Operators.5. “Recipient Operator”: it refers to the Operator who has gained the Ported Subscriber in the provision of Number Portability.6. “Donor Operator”: it refers to the Operator from whom the Ported Subscriber has been ported in the provision of Number Portability.7. “Concentrated Databases”: it refers to the Databases administrated by the Concentrated Databases Administrator as referred to in Chapter VII, involving all data of Ported Subscribers, state of portability and other necessary information of Number Portability for the Operators to query, exchange, store and startup the interactive procedure in relation to Number Portability or data management.8. “Ported Subscriber Databases”: it refers to the databases that are constructed by the Operators for exchanging and storing the routing information of Ported Subscribers.9. “Mobile Virtual Network Operators” (hereinafter referred to as MVNOs): it refers to the persons who have been granted the permissions and licenses by the Directorate General of Telecommunications, the NCC for operation of Type II telecommunications business engaging in Mobile Resale Services or Mobile Resale and Value-added Services.
中文原文 號碼可攜服務管理辦法第2條
本辦法名詞定義如下:
一、號碼可攜服務:指用戶由原第一類電信事業轉換至經營同一業務之其他第一類電信事業時,得保留其原使用電話號碼之服務。
二、經營者:指經國家通訊傳播委員會(以下簡稱本會)特許並發給執照之第一類電信事業者。
三、用戶:指與第一類電信事業或第二類電信事業訂定服務契約,使用該電信事業提供之通信服務者。
四、攜碼用戶:指轉換第一類電信事業或第二類電信事業而仍保留原使用電話號碼之用戶。
五、移入經營者:指提供號碼可攜服務時,攜碼用戶轉換後所屬之經營者。
六、移出經營者:指提供號碼可攜服務時,攜碼用戶轉換前所屬之經營者。
七、集中式資料庫:指第七章所定集中式資料庫管理者所管理包括所有攜碼用戶資料、攜碼狀態及其他號碼可攜必要資訊供各經營者查詢、交換、儲存及啟動有關號碼可攜相關互動程序或資料管理之資料庫。
八、攜碼用戶資料庫:指經營者為交換及儲存攜碼用戶路由資訊所需設置之資料庫。
九、虛擬行動網路服務經營者(以下簡稱虛擬經營者):指經本會許可並發給執照經營行動轉售服務或行動轉售及加值服務之第二類電信事業者。

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