Biweekly Newsletter of the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications, Japan

Vol.14

No.16,November 28, 2003 PDF HTML

• "Study Group on Mobile Number Portability" Convened
• Announcement of "Basic Approach Concerning Evaluation of Competitive Situation in the Telecommunications Business Field" and "FY2003 Details for Implementation of Evaluation of Competitive Situation in the Telecommunications Business Field"
• International Joint IT Experiments with China Launched

No.15,November 17, 2003 PDF HTML

• Inquiry Made of Telecommunications Council Concerning "Technical Conditions for 5-GHz Band Wireless Access System"
• Applications for Experiments Using WINDS Invited
• Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT) Decides to Hold Asia Broadband Summit
• Renewed Licenses Granted to Broadcasting Stations

No.14,October 31, 2003 PDF HTML

• Outline of "Guidelines for Radio Spectrum Reallocation"
• Dialogue between WSIS Goodwill Ambassador KUBO and Mr. Adama Samassekou,President of the WSIS Preparatory Committee

No.13,October 17, 2003 PDF HTML

• New Minister, Senior Vice-Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries Appointed
• "Outline of FY2002 survey on price variances between domestic and overseas telecommunications services
• Second Report of the "Study Group on Policies Concerning the Effective Radio Spectrum Use" Announced
• "Study Group on Telecommunications Number of FY2002" Compiles Report

No.12,September 26, 2003 PDF HTML

• "FY2004 IT Policy Principles
• "Strategic Seminars on Intellectual Property for IT Ventures" to Be Held
• Results of the Second China-Japan-Korea IT Ministerial Meeting
• MPHPT Holds "Symposium on Strengthening the Wireless IT Industry"

No.10-11,September 9, 2003 PDF HTML

• "Study Group on Advanced Use of Electronic Tags in the Age of Ubiquitous Networks" Compiles Interim Report
• "Study Group on Local Media Content" Compiles Report
• Telecommunications Council Submits Report on the "Radio Policy Vision"

No.9,August 13, 2003 PDF HTML

• Toward Realization of Cutting-edge Testbed Networks for Japan-originating ICT Society
• Report Compiled for Realizing a Vision of New IT "Network-Robots" through Japan's Original Technologies
• Interim Report from "Roundtable on Info-Communications Software" Announced

No.8,July 29 2003 PDF HTML

• Ms. KUBO Selected as Japanese Goodwill Ambassador to WSIS
• ITU World Radiocommunication Conference 2003 (WRC-03) Concluded
• "Study Group on Methods for Evaluating Competition in the Telecommunications Field as IP Evolves" Compiles Report

No.7,July 10 2003 PDF HTML

• Third Meeting of China-Japan-Korea ICT Working Group at DG Level Concluded Successfully
• Sixth Japan-Finland Policy Dialogue Held
• "Study Group on Tariff Setting" Released Report
• Current Status of Cable TV Penetration

No.6,June 26 2003 PDF HTML

• The Radiocommunication Assembly (RA-03) Successfully Concluded
• Communications Industry Forecasts of Business Conditions Increase
• APT Workshop on ICT Policies for Development in Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar

No.5,June 10 2003 PDF HTML

• "PTC Tokyo Bay Mid-Year Seminar 2003" Held
• "ITU Council 2003" Held
• "National Conference for Promotion of Terrestrial Digital Broadcasting" Established

No.4,May 29 2003 PDF HTML

• Minister KATAYAMA Visits New Zealand and Australia Senior Vice-Minister KATO Visits Thailand and Malaysia
• Outline of "International Network Interconnection Experiments for Promoting Advanced Use of IT in Asia"
• "Principle of Media Ownership Rule" Pertaining to BS Digital Broadcasting to Be Relaxed

No.3,May 14 2003 PDF HTML

• International Comparison of Broadband Penetration
• The 8th Japan-China Regular Bilateral Consultation Held
• "Third Action Plan for the Promotion of Digital Broadcasting" Formulated
• Licenses for Terrestrial Digital Television Broadcasting Stations Granted
• Telecommunications Council Compiles Report on Digital Mobile Communications System in Airports

No.1 and 2, April 22, 2003 PDF HTML

• 27th Meeting of APEC TEL WG Successfully Concluded
• Formulation of "Asia Broadband Program"
• 29th AIC Conference to Be Held in Tokyo in May
• Outline of Bill to Amend the Telecommunications Business Law (TBL) and the NTT Law

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