Section 11Sec./Art. 11

Value-added Service Provider. - Provided that it does not put up its own network, a VAS provider need not secure a franchise. A VAS provider shall be allowed to competitively offer its services and/or expertise, and lease or rent telecommunications equipment and facilities necessary to provide such specialized services, in the domestic and/or international market in accordance with network compatibility.

Telecommunications entities may provide VAS, subject to the additional requirements that:

(a) prior approval of the Commission is secured to ensure that such VAS offerings are not cross-subsidized from the proceeds of their utility operations;

(b) other providers of VAS are not discriminated against in rates nor denied equitable access to their facilities; and

(c) separate books of accounts are maintained for the VAS.