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On February 22, 2011, the Information and Communications Administration and Postal System Administration Council (Chairman: Atsushi Takahashi, Chairman of Board of Directors at Sumitomo Trust and Banking Company, Ltd.) received an inquiry from the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) regarding the “Approval of Revision of NTT East and NTT West Type I Designated Telecommunications Equipment Connection Agreements (Reform of Connection Fees for FY 2011 based on the Long-term Incremental Expense System).”
Accordingly, an appeal for opinions on this revision plan will be held from February 23 (Wed) to March 15 (Tue), 2011. (The appeal period for opinions on this matter is set at three weeks due to the probable links of approval during FY 2010 to profit for each connection business.)
1. Background of revision plan, etc.
With the ministerial ordinance plan for partial revision of connection fee regulations (2011 MIC Order No. 1) and the ministerial ordinance plan revising the ministerial for partial revision of connection fee regulations (2011 MIC Order No. 2) having been promulgated and partially enforced on February 1, 2011, this revision plan carries out necessary revision of NTT East and NTT West connection agreements, including provisions for FY 2011 connection fees calculated using the Long-Run Average Incremental Cost (LRIC) model.
2. Outline of revision plan
An outline of the revision plan can be found in the enclosed documents.
3. Subject and outline of public appeal for opinions, etc.
Subject of appeal for opinions: “Plan for Partial Revision of Contract Agreements for Connections with Type I Designated Telecommunications Equipment Based on Items 2 and 7 of Article 33 of the Telecommunications Business Law (NTT East and NTT West: New-Old Comparison Table and Basis of Calculation (Network Hire/Construction Costs)”
Further details can be found in the outline of the appeal for opinions (see the enclosed documents).
Please note that this revision plan (new-old comparison table and basis of calculation) will be published in the “Reports and documents” area of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) website as well as in the “Public comments” section of the e-Gov coordinated electronic government website, and can also be inspected at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) Information and Communications Bureau, General Affairs Division.
4. Schedule
Deliberation on this revision plan will be conducted based on the opinions received, and a report will be sent to the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications.
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