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 Independent Telephone Company, Inc., hereunder referred to as the Grantee, its successors or assignees, under Republic Act No. 8615, to construct, install, establish, operate, and maintain for commercial purposes and in the public interest, in the City of Bian, Province of Laguna, telecommunications systems and facilities for domestic telecommunications, including local exchange network, public calling stations or pay telephone stations, wire or wireless telecommunications system, copper, fiber optics, satellite transmit and receive systems, switches and their value-added services such as the transmission of voice, data, facsimile, control signs, audio and video, information services, and all other telecommunications systems technologies as are at present available or will be made available through technological advances or innovations in the future; or construct, acquire, lease, operate or manage transmitting and receiving stations, lines, cables, or systems as are convenient and essential to efficiently carry out the purpose of this franchise, is hereby renewed for another twenty-five years.