Telecommunications Universal Service Regulations Article 22

The participating universal service carriers shall share the amount of the universal service costs; the competent authority (NCC) shall multiply the proportion of the revenue of the total participating universal service carriers’ revenue with the universal service cost.Within three years from the effective date of the Telecommunications Management Act, the participating universal service carriers in the preceding paragraph shall share the amount of the universal service costs; the competent authority (NCC) shall multiply their proportion of the telecommunication service revenue in the implementation year of the participating universal service carriers’ total telecommunication service revenue as referred to in the Telecommunications Management Act and the Telecommunications Act with the universal service cost. Universal service cost as referred to in the preceding two paragraphs refers to the subsidy amount of the universal service providers and the necessary administration costs.The participating universal service carriers, after the approval of the competent authority (NCC), shall be exempted from sharing the universal service cost in the implementation year if the revenue as designated by the competent authority(NCC) is not achieved.