Duty LXD-7354
Provides telecom services, in Taiwan
Telecommunications Management Act, Cyber Security and Critical Infrastructure Protection Planssince 5 lines
Arts. 15, 42, 75 and 79 of the Telecommunications Management Act (電信管理法), enacted , effective for the provisions cited here · Read the law's page
- This binds a telecommunications enterprise that has established a public switched telecommunications network (PSTN) using allocated telecommunications resources, or another telecommunications enterprise the competent authority separately announces is bound; an enterprise the competent authority has not so designated, and that has not established such a network, carries no duty under this row.
- Draw up an info-communications security maintenance plan covering the management scope and classification of covered systems, compliance-verification measures, plan-implementation measures, and joint-defense and incident-response measures, and implement it.
- Where the competent authority designates the enterprise's PSTN, in whole or in part, as critical telecommunications infrastructure, additionally draw up a critical telecommunications infrastructure protection plan before the competent authority's own deadline, submit it for the competent authority's evaluation before implementing it, and comply with the technical specifications for info-communications security evaluation the competent authority sets for that infrastructure.
- The Ministry of Digital Affairs, not the National Communications Commission, has held the competent-authority role over both duties since .
- Failing to draw up or implement the general maintenance plan draws a fine of NT$100,000 to NT$1,000,000; failing to submit or implement an approved critical-infrastructure protection plan draws a separate, higher fine of NT$500,000 to NT$5,000,000, which for continued non-correction may be repeated or replaced by abolition of the network approval certificate; the general-plan fine may be repeated for continued non-correction.
Telecommunications Management Act, Announcement and Report of Service Suspensionsince 3 lines
Telecommunications Management Act (電信管理法), enacted , Arts. 11 and 79 · Read the law's page
- Applies to a telecommunications enterprise under the Act; reached by declaring that you provide telecom services.
- When you cannot provide telecommunications services, in whole or in part, because of a disaster, a penalty imposed by the competent authority or another major incident, announce the suspension immediately (Article 11(1)).
- Report the suspension to the competent authority by the method it prescribes, and make sure the matters you report are true (Article 11).