The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) accepted public comments from July 17 to August 17, 2009 regarding the Evaluation of the Telecommunications Business Field Competitive State, and based on the seven comments accepted and the advisory board discussion, an outline has been created and made public.

The outline for the share data of the 1st quarter of 2009 (as of the end of June) has been put together, as a part of the competitive evaluation of the telecommunications business field.

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