Section 1Sec./Art. 1

Nature and Scope of Franchise. -Subject to the provisions of the Constitution and applicable laws, rules and regulations, there is hereby granted to Instant Data, Inc., hereunder referred to as the grantee, its successors or assignees, a franchise to construct, install, establish, operate, and maintain for commercial purposes and in the public interest, throughout the Philippines and other countries and territories, wire and/or wireless telecommunications systems including mobile cellular, fixed line, paging, trunked radio, fiber optics, multi-channel multipoint distribution system (MMDS), local multi-point distribution system (LMDS), satellitetransmit and receive systems, switches, and their value-added services such as the transmission of voice, data, images, facsimile, control signs, audio and video, and all other telecommunications systems technologies as are at present available or will be made available through technological advances or innovations in the future; and/or construct, acquire, lease and operate, or manage transmitting and receiving stations, landing stations of submarine cables, lines, systems or other cables as it may consider necessary and convenient to efficiently carry out the purpose of this franchise.