Section 1Sec./Art. 1

Nature and Scopeof Franchise.

Subject to the provisions of the Constitution and applicable laws, rules and regulations on public telecommunications, there is hereby granted to the Telecommunications Technologies Philippines, Incorporated, its successors or assigns a franchise to install, operate and maintain telecommunications systems throughout the Philippines including but not limited to the operations of local exchange service or public switched telephone network, public-calling stations, inter-exchange carrier or national toll transmission, value-added or enhanced services intelligent networks, mobile or personal communications services, international gateway facility and paging services; and for the purpose of providing said telecommunication services, to construct, own, operate and maintain telecommunications systems in and between provinces, cities and municipalities of the Philippines, in, on, over, or under lands and waters, as may be necessary and best adapted to the provision of telecommunication services, to contract for telecommunication lines in and between the Philippines and other countries and territories, to use any technology whether digital or analogue, via cable, satellite, microwave, optical fiber, or any transmission medium and with such telecommunication apparatus as may be necessary for the provision of such telecommunication services, and to connect and keep connected its telecommunications system to other telecommunications systems.