The Telecommunications Law Chapter II Objectives 4. The objectives of this Law are as follows: (a) to enable to support the modernization and development of the nation with telecommunications technology; (b) to enable to bring out Telecommunications Service that will be able to provide high quality and worth services to the users by allowing fair and transparent competitions from domestic and abroad in the telecommunications sectors which are developing; (c) to enable to give more opportunities to the general public to use Telecommunications Services by expanding the telecommunications network in the entire country along with the telecommunications technology which is developing; (d) to enable to protect the telecommunications service providers and users in accord with law; (e) to enable to supervise telecommunications service, network facilities and telecommunications equipment which require licence for national peace and tranquility and for public security. Chapter III Licence for Establishing and Providing Telecommunications Service 5. Any person, department and organization from domestic and abroad desirous of establishing and providing any of the following Telecommunications Services shall apply to the Department to obtain permission and licence in accord with the stipulations: (a) Network Facilities Service; (b) Network Service; (c) Application Service. 6. The Department shall publicize and declare policies, procedures and regulations regarding the selection for license to provide Telecommunications Service. 7. The Department shall submit the application which is applied under section 5 to the Ministry with recommendation after scrutinizing it pursuant section 6. 8. The Ministry: (a) may, when receiving the submission under section 7, if the application is within the country, permit to establish and provide the Telecommunications Service with the approval of the Union Government for those services that require the approval of the Union Government in accord with the stipulations and by the decision of the Ministry for those services that do not require approval as such; (b) may, when receiving the submission under section 7, if the submission is from abroad, permit to establish and provide the Telecommunications Service with the approval of the Union Government; Page 3 of 14