Telecommunications (Class Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2011

No. S 685

Telecommunications Act

(CHAPTER 323)

Telecommunications
(Class Licences) (Amendment)
Regulations 2011

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 74 of the Telecommunications Act, the Info-communications Development Authority of Singapore, with the approval of the Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Telecommunications (Class Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 and shall come into operation on 28th December 2011.

Amendment of regulation 2

2. Regulation 2 of the Telecommunications (Class Licences) Regulations (Rg 3) (referred to in these Regulations as the principal Regulations) is amended —

(a)

by deleting the definition of “class licence” and substituting the following definitions:

“ “Authority” means the Info-communications Development Authority of Singapore established under the Info-communications Development Authority of Singapore Act (Cap. 137A);

“class licence” means a licence deemed to be granted under regulation 3;”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “Facilities-Based Operator”, the following definition:

“ “Facilities-Based Operator licence” or “FBO licence” means a licence specifically granted by the Authority to a Facilities-Based Operator under section 5 of the Act;”; and

(c)

by deleting the definition of “specified telecommunication systems and services” and substituting the following definitions:

“ “Services-Based Operator (Individual) licence” or “SBO (Individual) licence” means a licence specifically granted by the Authority to a Services-Based Operator under section 5 of the Act;

“specified telecommunication systems and services” means the telecommunication systems and services described in the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Schedules.”.

Deletion and substitution of the heading to regulation 3

3. Regulation 3 of the principal Regulations is deleted and the following regulation substituted therefor:

“Class licence

3.—(1) An operator shall, upon compliance with regulations 4 and 5, be deemed to have been granted a class licence under section 5 of the Act for the running of the types of specified telecommunication systems and services appropriate to the telecommunication systems and services run by him.

(2) The class licence is granted subject to the conditions set out in the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh or Eighth Schedule, as the case may be.

(3) The holder of a FBO licence or SBO (Individual) licence shall not need a class licence for the running of any specified telecommunication systems or services which are specified in his FBO or SBO (Individual) licence.”.

Amendment of regulation 5

4. Regulation 5 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the word “Eighth” and substituting the word “Ninth”.

New regulation 7A

5. The principal Regulations are amended by inserting, immediately after regulation 7, the following regulation:

“False or misleading information

7A.—(1) No person shall furnish any false, misleading or inaccurate information to the Authority in relation to his registration under regulation 4.

(2) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence.”.

Amendment of First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Schedules

6. The First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Schedules to the principal Regulations are amended —

(a)

by deleting the Schedule references and substituting the following Schedule reference:

“Regulations 2 and 3”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the word “complied” in the heading of paragraph 2, the word “with”.

Deletion and substitution of Eighth Schedule and new Ninth Schedule

7. The Eighth Schedule to the principal Regulations is deleted and the following Schedules substituted therefor:

“EIGHTH SCHEDULE

Regulations 2 and 3

Class Licence For Store-and-forward Value-added Network Services

Definition

1. The store-and-forward value-added network services are the services specified in paragraph 2 which have a value-added function at one end (such as the originating end) and are provided only on a call-by-call basis.

2. The store-and-forward value-added network services referred to in paragraph 1 are any or both of the following:

(a)

value-added data services being packet switched data services which convey end-to-end non-voice traffic by providing the value-added function of code and protocol conversion;

(b)

value-added messaging services being value-added store-and-forward electronic messaging service, value-added store-and-forward facsimile, value-added store-and-forward telex (excluding telegram) services and value-added store-and-forward voice mail services, that provide one or more of the following value-added store-and-forward functions on a non real-time basis:

(i)	deferred delivery;
(ii)	multi-addressing;
(iii)	content conversion;
(iv)	format conversion, such as conversion from text-to-fax, text-to-telex, text-to-voice, fax-to-telex, fax-to-voice, telex-to-voice or vice versa;
(v)	processing of control information (such as destination address) with or without modification to the content;
(vi)	any other conversion that provides the users with additional, different or restructured information.

Conditions to be complied with by licensee

3. A licensee shall ensure that the value-added function is to be provided on a call-by-call basis.

4. In the event that a licensee decides to terminate its value-added network services, it must notify the Authority in writing of its intent.

5. A licensee must provide the store-and-forward value-added network services through —

(a)	a service node in Singapore and, whenever requested by the Authority, make available the information on the routing table, subscriber database, call traffic statistics and other records maintained by the service node for inspection by the Authority; or
(b)	a local access node which is connected to the public switched telecommunication network provided by a FBO.

NINTH SCHEDULE

Regulation 5

Registration Fees For Class Licence

Part I — Fees For Types Of Class Licences

Licences

Registration fees

1.	Store-and-retrieve value-added network services —

(a)	where no leased circuits are used

No fee

(b)	where leased circuits are used

$200

2.	Audiotex services

$200

3.	Resale of public switched telecommunication services

No fee

4.	Public chain payphone services

No fee

5.	Call-back and call re-origination services

$200

6.	Internet based voice and data services

$200

7.	International calling card services

$200

8.	Store-and-forward value-added network services

$200.

”

Part II — Fees Where Class Licences Overlap

The maximum fee payable by an operator who runs specified telecommunication systems and services falling within more than one class licence is $200.”.

[G.N. Nos. S 61/2003; S 166/2003; S 565/2004; S 476/2005; S 76/2007; S 110/2008]

Made this 6th day of December 2011.

YONG YING-I

Chairman,
Info-communications Development
Authority of Singapore.

[IDA/LGL/3.3/REG-15; AG/LLRD/SL/323/2010/7 Vol. 1]

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