Regulations Governing Universal Service of Telecommunications Enterprises Article 2

For the purposes of the Regulations:1. Telecommunications Universal Service (hereafter "universal service" or "US"): Telecommunications services with a basic quality necessary for use provided at reasonable and affordable rates for all citizens.2. Voice-based Telecommunications Universal Service: Voice-based telecommunications services between the outgoing end and the incoming end provided over the public telecommunications network.3. Telecommunications Universal Service on Data Transmission: Service of the provision of access to the Internet Service over wired or wireless Broadband Telecommunications Network.4. Public Payphone Service: Telephones installed by operators for public use and paid for by inserting coins, cash cards, credit cards, electronic stored value cards or other pre-paid means.5. Universal Service Provider: Telecommunications enterprises providing one or more category of universal service through fixed or mobile telecommunications networks installed by them.6. Participating Universal Service Carriers: telecommunications enterprises designated as being required to contribute towards sharing of universal service costs and its necessary administrative costs.7. Universal Service Cost: the net universal service cost and the necessary administration costs.8. Net Universal Service Costs: the net losses incurred by universal service providers in the provision of universal service.9. Necessary Administration Cost: examination cost, transportation cost, attendance cost, requested investigation cost and other necessary administration costs.10. Avoidable Costs: costs that universal service providers may avoid or save by not providing universal service.11. Revenue forgone: losses in revenue by universal service providers as a result of not providing universal service.12. Uneconomic Public Payphone: Public payphone (hereafter "payphone") that has been approved by the competent authority (NCC) where under normal business conditions or without any subsidy, the avoidable costs that a universal service provider may incur for the provision of a single payphone service exceeds its revenue forgone.13. Uneconomic Area: The service area of a single local exchange office (hereafter "local exchange area") or mobile telecommunication transmission station that has been approved by the competent authority (NCC) where the avoidable costs incurred by a universal service provider for the provision of telephone service in a remote area exceeds its revenue forgone.14. Remote Area: Townships, (Towns, Cities and District) with a population density no more than one-fifth of the average national population density, or outlying area at least 7.5 km away from the location of the cabinet-level municipality, county or city government.