Appeal for Opinions on Draft Official Directive for Partial Revision of Examination Standards related to the Telecommunications Business Act

1.Outline of draft revision

  The MIC has compiled the draft revision for the examination standards related to the Telecommunications Business Act based on the report from the Information and Communications Council titled “State of Systems, etc. relating to Telecommunications Numbers for Expansion of Telephone Numbers for Mobile Phones” (Information and Communications Council No.23 of 2012) which concludes that it is appropriate to swiftly change the designation method of telecommunications numbers for mobile phones from 2012 as a countermeasure against tight telephone numbers for mobile phones.
 

2.Subjects of appeal for opinions and guidelines for appeal for opinions

  Subjects of appeal for opinions: Draft Official Directive for Partial Revision of the Examination Standards related to the Telecommunications Business Act
  This draft revision will be posted in the column of “press release” on the MIC website (http://www.soumu.go.jp) and the column of “public comments” on the e-government portal (e-Gov) (http://www.e-gov.go.jp) and also distributed at counters of contact.
  Deadline of submission: June 29 (Fri), 2012, 17:00PM (Submission of opinions by mail must also arrive by this date)
 

3.Future plans

  The MIC will partially revise said official directive based on results of the appeal for opinions.