Regulations for Administration on Satellite Communication Services Article 20

The validation period for the fixed earth station license is set to five years; within a one-month period effective two months from the expiry date, the operator is to apply for a license reissue with competent government authorities, and the validation period of the new license is to begin on the following day when the old license’s validation period comes to expire.When applying for a reissue of the fixed earth station license, the competent government authorities may audit the state of operation of relevant fixed earth station facility; those failing the audit are notified for improvement to be adopted within a prescribed deadline, and those who fail to adopt improvement exceeding the deadline or continue to fail the audit will be refused of renewing the license.The foresaid audit items and the qualification criteria are to be defined by competent government authorities.