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 Lukban Telephone System, Inc., hereunder referred to as the Grantee, its successors or assignees, under Republic Act No. 8564, to construct, install, maintain, establish, and operate for commercial purposes and in the public interest, in the Municipality of Lukban, Quezon, wired or wireless telecommunications systems and facilities for domestic telecommunications, including local exchange network, public calling stations, pay telephone stations, or wireless local loop, using copper or fiber optics cables, switches, and satellite transmit and receive systems, and their value-added services such as transmission of voice, data, facsimile, control signs, audio and video, information services, and all other telecommunication systems and 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 or essential to efficiently carry out the purpose of this franchise, is hereby renewed for another twenty-five (25) years.