The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) has today received a verdict from the Radio Regulatory Council (Acting Chairman: Hiroshi HARASHIMA, Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo) regarding the application from KDDI Co., Ltd., (CEO: Tadashi ONODERA) Softbank Corporation (CEO: Masayoshi SON) and Okinawa Cellular Telephone Company (CEO: Hiroshi KITAGAWA) concerning a comprehensive license for special radio stations, stating that it was appropriate to issue a comprehensive license.

Outline of the Application and Inquiry

1) An application was received from KDDI Co., Ltd. and Okinawa Cellular Telephone Company regarding a comprehensive license for a special radio station lower power repeater for use with the 800MHz band frequency.
2) An application was received from Softbank Corporation regarding a special radio station comprehensive license for cellular phone devices which use frequencies between the 1.5GHz and 2GHz band.
It was recognized after an inquiry based on provisions in paragraph (4) Article 27 of the Radio Act (1950 Act No. 131) that both applications conformed to these regulations.

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