Responsibility to the Public.
Section 3
SEC. 3. Responsibility to the Public. - The grantee shall provide telephone service in any municipality, city or province in the Philippines where it has approved certificate of public convenience for the establishment, operation and maintenance of a local exchange service, without discrimination to any applicant thereof, in the order of the date of their applications. The grantee shall operate and maintain aB its stations, fines, cables, systems and equipment for the transmission and reception of messages, signals and pulses in a satisfactory manner at all times, and modify, improve or change such stations, lines, cables, systems and equipment to keep abreast with the advances in science and technology.