Article 2
The terms of these Regulations are defined as follows:
1. Equal Access Service: refers to Type I telecommunications carriers that offer their subscribers the choice to select the long-distance network or international network of telecommunications services of other carriers, and the means of rendering services include pre-selection service and call-by-call selection service.
2. Pre-selection service: refers to the selection service of providers that set the long-distance or international network appointed by subscribers in their telecommunications networks in advance; whenever subscribers access the long-distance or international network by dialing the statutory pre-selection prefixes of long-distance or international service, the telecommunications network will automatically connect to the long-distance or international network.
3. Call-by-call selection service: refers to when subscribers select long-distance or international network, the telecommunications network of selection service providers shall automatically connect to the long-distance or international network in accordance with the statutory network ID codes of long-distance or international service dialed by subscribers.
4. Operators: refers to the carriers that have been granted the concessions and licenses of Type I telecommunications carriers by the National Communications Commission (NCC), or those that have been granted the permissions and operating licenses of Type II telecommunications carriers by the National Communications Commission, NCC (hereinafter referred to as “the NCC”).
5. Subscribers: refers to those who use telecommunications services rendered by the selection service providers through agreement.
6. Selection service providers：refers to the operators that provide Equal Access Service in accordance with these Regulations.
7. Mobile type selection service providers: refers to the mobile telephone business operators, 1900 MHz digital Low-Tier cordless telephony services operators, third generation mobile telecommunications service operators, wireless broadband access services operators and mobile broadband business operators that provide Equal Access Service in accordance with these Regulations.

Article 4
Mobile telephone business operators, 1900MHz digital low-tier cordless telephony services operators, third generation mobile telecommunications business operators, wireless broadband access services operators and mobile broadband business operators shall provide the Equal Access Service in one of the following modes:
1. Provide all subscribers with international network telecommunications services offered by any Type I telecommunications carriers engaged in international network services by means of pre-selection service.
2. Provide all subscribers with international network telecommunications services offered by any Type I or Type II telecommunications carriers by means of call-by-call selection service.

Article 6
The selection service providers shall provide Equal Access Service in accordance with the following timescales of implementation:
1. Local network business operators, mobile telephone business operators and 1900MHz digital low-tier cordless telephony business operators shall provide subscribers with pre-selection service and call-by-call selection service pursuant to the implementation time schedule announced by the NCC.
2. Third generation mobile telecommunications business operators shall provide subscribers with pre-selection service and call-by-call selection service from the commenced date of business operation.
3. Wireless broadband access services operators and mobile broadband business operators shall comply with the Regulations on the Equal Access Services to offer their subscribers to select pre-selection service and call-by-call selection service when providing auto telephone services.
The NCC may formulate timescales of implementation depending on different dialing modes, services, regions, and other related factors when it releases announcement mentioned in Item 1 of this article.

Article 8
If a local network business operator, mobile telephone business operator and 1900MHz digital low-tier cordless telephony business operator are unable to offer Equal Access Service in accordance with Article 3, 4 and the preceding two articles due to the restriction of objective factors of the existing exchange equipment, they shall enclose and submit reasons and related data to the NCC, which shall verify the timescale of implementation and the solutions prior to implementation within three months from the date of the announcement pursuant to Item 1 of Paragraph 1 of Article 6.
If third generation mobile telecommunications business operators and mobile broadband business operators are unable to provide Equal Access Service to prepaid card subscribers or roaming subscribers or any other specific categories of subscribers due to technical restrictions in accordance with Article 4 and the preceding two articles, they shall enclose and submit reasons and related data to the NCC for verification.
Selection service providers shall provide subscribers with the Equal Access Service according to the verification of the NCC.