Licensing Telecommunications Service 5. Any local and foreign person, department or organization which wants to set up and operate any of the following communication service businesses shall apply for the permit and license to the regulator in the prescribed manner: (a) Network facilities service (b) Network service (c) Application service 6. The Regulator shall announce the licensee selection policies, procedures and rules for public awareness. 7. The Regulator shall submit the application under section 5 to the ministry along with the recommendations after having analyzed it under section 6. 8. The Ministr (a) When the Ministry receives the submission under section 7, if an application is from a local company, the Ministry may permit the business (which needs the approval of the Union Government in accord with the prescribed conditions); If the business does not need such approval, the decision of the Ministry is sufficient for approval; (b) If an application is from an overseas country, the Ministry may permit the business having sought the approval of the Union Government; (c) When a communication service business is allowed under subsections (a) and (b), the Ministry shall instruct the regulator to issue the service license with a valid period between 5 to 20 years at a time. (d) If a service license holder applies for the provision of an international gateway service for international calls and connections, the Ministry may allow this in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed for that business with the consent of the Government. (e) If the Regulator has scrutinized and submitted an application for the extension of validity of a license, it may allow such an extension. 9. The Regulator shall issue the service license to a local or foreign person, department or organization that is allowed to set up a communication service business in accordance with the instruction of the Ministry under section 8 (c) after having prescribed the rules and regulations of each type of business. 10. A service license holder can cooperate with a local or foreign person, department and organization. 11. A service license holder may do the following tasks with another service license holder entering into an agreement: (a) Connecting and reciprocally communicating between communication service businesses in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 12 of this law; (b) Sharing network facilities equipment; (c) Carrying out other matters expressly stated in the service license. 12. (a). If a service license holder wants to continue his or her business after the expiry of the validity of his or her license, he or she shall apply to the regulator in the prescribed manner before the expiry of the validity of his or her license; www.FreeExpressionMyanmar.org