Singapore legislation
Schedule 1
Schedule 1
Class Licence for Store-and-retrieve Value-added Network Services
FIRST SCHEDULERegulations 2 and 3Class Licence for Store-and-retrieve Value-added Network ServicesDefinition
1. Store-and-retrieve value-added network services are any of the following services provided by telecommunication systems, built over and above the telecommunication systems operated by an FBO and accessed through public telecommunication systems or leased circuits, which allow telecommunication traffic between a user and the value-added network or between users:
on-line information and database retrieval services;
on-line information and data processing services;
voice information services;
electronic broking services;
transaction services such as on-line shopping, on-line reservation service, etc.;
remote computing services;
on-line games;
mailbox services including e-mailbox, voice-mailbox, facsimile-mailbox and multimedia mailbox;
electronic data interchange services;
store-and-retrieve file transfer services;
electronic chatting services;
bulletin board services;
other multimedia services where the content or format of the telecommunication traffic is changed or processed.Conditions to be complied with by licensee
2. A licensee must ensure that no store-and-forward telecommunication traffic is carried through the value-added network.
3. A licensee must not, except with the prior approval of the Authority, provide value-added network services of another value-added network through a leased circuit connecting its value-added network to the other value-added network.
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 publish its name as registered with the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority in any advertisement of its services.[S 565/2004 wef 08/09/2004][S 685/2011 wef 28/12/2011]