Article 3
Definition of terminology in the Regulation:
1. Telecommunication box equipment: Equipment content building telecommunication cables such as telecommunication input, vertical pipe, cable supporting rack, distribution frame, horizontal pipe, floor pipe, floor wire, major wire distribution box (frame), optical line distribution frame, main wire box, branch wire box.
2. Telecommunication line distribution equipment: Telecommunication cable, optical fiber cable and attached equipment used in the building, such as input cable, wire distribution rack, wire distribution cable, optical line distribution terminal (box), end board, telecommunication outlet (including telephone outlet, information outlet or optical outlet) and safety protection machine.
3. Telecommunication room: space inside the building for the local internet provider to input cable and install telecommunication equipment.
4. Telecommunication machinery equipment: a generic name for telecommunication exchange equipment, telecommunication transmission equipment, telecommunication end interface equipment and related supporting equipment installed by the local internet provider in the building.
5. Telecommunication safety connection equipment: connection equipment and various safety facilities used to protect telecommunication machinery line equipment.
6. Wire collection telecommunication equipment: telecommunication transmission equipment and cable collection equipment installed by the local internet provider to collect cable wire of different transmission route.
7. Wire collection room: space for the local internet provider to install input cable and wire collection telecommunication equipment that the local internet service provider installed outside of building existing telecommunication room.
8. Telecommunication input pipe: telecommunication channel that inputs telecommunication cable or optical fiber cable to a building’s major wire distribution box (frame), optical line distribution frame or telecommunication room by building on stilts or underground.
9. User exchange equipment: exchange machine, extension and supporting facilities installed inside the building for users within an area.
10. Community building: buildings within the same construction base or belonging to the same management or management committee.
11. Outdoor telecommunication facility: refers to the stilts between the buildings within the construction base, line facilities built on stilts or underground.

Article 8
The constructor or owner shall install the following building telecommunication equipments and space:
1. Telecommunication input
2. Telecommunication room: should a telecommunication room be established, there shall be an allocation chart and power connection line, major wire distribution frame (board), user end exchange board and telecommunication security grounding equipment; if there is no need to establish telecommunication room, there shall be a major wire distribution box, user end exchange board, and telecommunication security grounding equipment.
3. Telecommunication box equipment, telecommunication distribution cable, indoor wire distribution box and telephone outlet behind the user end exchange board.
4. Buildings that need to introduce optical fiber cable shall install the following facilities:
(1) Optical line distribution frame
(2) User end optical line distribution terminal (box)
(3) Optical cables from the user end optical line distribution terminal (box) to the indoor wire distribution box, branch wire box, or main wire box of individual ownership building.
(4) Equipments including indoor distribution wire, outlet box and information outlet
The local internet provider shall install the following facilities in the aforesaid building(s) to provide telecommunication services:
(1) Connecting electric or optical cable lines to connect with the public telecommunication network.
(2) End board or optical line distribution terminal (box) from the provider.
(3) Telecommunication equipment necessary for providing telecommunication service.

Article 9
If any of the following circumstances apply when the local internet provider provides communication service in new buildings, a telecommunication room shall be established.
1. The inner lines of fiber cable exceed 24 lines;
2. A building with 5 floors above ground and a basement that has introduced more than 20 pairs of electric cables.
According to Appendix 1 the aforementioned telecommunication room shall be located in an appropriate location. The total number of input cable shall be counted regarding to the building indoor / outdoor telecommunication equipment engineering technique regulation (hereinafter referred to as “Construction Technique Regulation”.) For buildings with basement and 2 floors above ground, the telecommunication room shall not be on the lowest floor.
If any of the following circumstances apply to the new buildings, the constructor shall install optical cables and follow regulations stated in paragraph 1 of the previous article:
1. Public-owned buildings
2. Congregate housing
3. Buildings with a total floor area above 1,000 meter squares that are used for the purposes below:
(1) Public meeting
(2) Business
(3) Leisure, cultural and educational activities:
i. Premises used for teaching elementary school students (excluding dormitories)
ii. Teaching Premises for schools above junior high schools (excluding dormitories)
(4) Office and services
Buildings stated in aforesaid paragraphs shall be defined according to regulations related to the Building Act.

Article 12
Upon completion of building telecommunication equipment installation, the building constructor shall submit the following documents to the Inspection Institute for examined design drawing in order to apply for inspection and pay the inspection fee:
1. Examination application form according to the rules.
2. Building indoor and outdoor telecommunication equipment engineering technique regulation record chart under the construction technique regulation.
3. Building telecommunication equipment construction completion checking report of issued architect or professional technician.
4. One disc copy containing the electronic files of the contents stated in subparagraph 2, paragraph 4 of the above article.
Once inspection documents are fully prepared, the Inspection Institute shall complete inspection within fourteen working days; once inspection is approved, documents submitted for the approval and inspection shall be returned. The constructor or owner can only apply for the certificates below after paying for the approval and submitted certification fees:
1. Certificate of cable narrow-band: only telephone main distribution could be installed according to the construction technical regulation.
2. Certificate of cable wide-band: telephone and digital distribution may be installed in the building according to the construction technical regulation. The digital backbone and indoor digital distribution adopt unshielded twisted pair, shielded twisted pair or higher level cable design.
3. Certificate of Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH): telephone and digital distribution may be installed in the building under construction technique regulation. The digital backbone adopts the optical fiber cable design, and the indoor digital distribution adopts unshielded twisted pair, shielded twisted pair or higher level cable design.
In the case of any of the following circumstances, the Inspection Institute may request building constructor to improve within a certain time period. Failure to amend before the due date or deemed incomplete after amendment have been made within the designated period, the documents shall not be returned.
1. Failed to pay inspection fee accordingly
2. Failed to submit complete documents
3. Incomplete filling of application form content
For those who are unqualified after inspection, the Inspection Institute shall inform building constructor to make necessary improvements within a certain time period. The document shall not be returned and the application shall be rejected if deemed as failed to make necessary improvements within the designated time period.
If rejected according to the aforementioned, the building constructor may re-apply for inspection.
The designated time period for item 3 and 4 shall be two months. However, it can be prolonged if needed while the prolonged period may not be longer than two months and only one prolonging period shall be allowed.
The building indoor outdoor telecommunication equipment planning/ drawing approval / test examination / inspection operation procedure shall be as Appendix 3. The certificate of building telecommunication equipment shall be as Appendix 4.

Article 22
The Regulation is enforced on the date of announcement.
The amendments to these Regulations shall enter into force a year after their promulgation on the 5th of August, 2015.