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Notice of the Bureau of Telecommunication Administration of the Ministry of Information Industry on the Implementation of the Letter ([2006] No.342)(17/04/2007)

(17/04/2007)

1. What is the notice about?

The Notice provides that if any cross-region [value-added] telecommunications service provider has not carried out the internal checks and taken remedial action as required by the bureaus of telecommunication administration at the provincial level, it must complete internal checks and take remedial action before November 1, 2006.

Any telecommunication service provider, which discovers problems in the process, must submit to the Bureau of Telecommunication Administration of the Ministry of Information Industry its Remedial Action Plan not later than November 20, 2006.

Any Remedial Action Plan must be signed by the company’s legal representative, with the common seal of the company affixed on it, and must contain a detailed description of the implementation process and timetable, and the name of a member of senior management of the company appointed to be the contact person for such matter.

The Bureau of Telecommunication Administration of the Ministry of Information Industry will, in the process of the annual inspection of the telecoms licenses for 2006, supervise and review the internal checks carried out and remedial action taken by cross-region value-added telecommunication service providers, as well as investigate complaints and reports regarding the service of the value-added telecommunication service providers.
Any telecommunication service provider, which is found not to meet the requirements, will be ordered to rectify its non-compliance within a specified time limit, and if it fails to do so, it may be deprived of its license for providing value-added telecommunication services.

 

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