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• managing funds allocated for the development of Taiwan’s telecommunications and broadcasting industries; 

• monitoring, investigating and determining matters in relating to Taiwan’s telecommunications and broadcasting industries; 

• enforcing restrictions under telecommunications and broadcasting laws and punishing violators; and 

## Telecommunications Act 

• supervising other matters in relation to communications and media. 

The Telecommunications Act and the regulations under the Telecommunications Act establish the framework and govern the various aspects of the Taiwan telecommunications industry, including: 

• licensing of telecommunications services; 

• telecommunication numbers; 

• restrictions on dominant telecommunications service providers; 

• tariff control and price cap regulation; 

• accounting separation system; 

• interconnection arrangements; 

• bottleneck facilities; 

• spectrum allocation; 

• provision of universal services; 

• equal access; 

• number portability; 

• local loop unbundling; 

• co-location; and 

• ownership limitations. 

Each of these aspects is described below. The Telecommunications Act also establishes a non-auction pricing system for assignment of radio frequencies. 

## Licensing of Telecommunications Services 

## Type I and Type II Service Providers 

Under the Telecommunications Act, telecommunications service providers are classified into two categories: 

Type I. Type I service providers are providers that install network infrastructure, such as network transmission, switching and auxiliary equipment for the provision of telecommunications services. Type I services include fixed line services such as local, domestic long distance and international long distance services, as well as interconnection, leased line, ADSL and satellite services and wireless services such as mobile, including 3G mobile, paging, mobile data and trunked radio services. 

