Report from the Radio Regulatory Council related to Draft Ministerial Ordinance for Partial Revision of the Ordinance Regulating Radio Equipment and the Ordinance Concerning Technical Regulations Conformity Certification of Specified Radio Equipment and Results of Appeal for Opinions

1.Background

  Specified radio microphones were institutionalized in 1989 as radio microphones of high-quality sound used in production of broadcasting programs, concerts, stages of theaters, event sites, etc. and have broadly been used in accordance with various needs.
  The Action Plan for Spectrum Reallocation revised in September 2011 states that deliberations and works toward the switching over of frequencies shall be made by pushing forward technical deliberations on the switching over of frequencies considering an option over which the frequency will be switched as white space of a frequency range for terrestrial television broadcasting or the 1.2GHz band based on the basic guidelines for allocation of 700/900MHz-band frequencies in order to ensure frequencies for mobile radiocommunication in the 700MHz band.
  In view of these circumstances, the Mobile Communications System Subcommittee, Department on Information and Communications Technology, Information and Communications Council has deliberated on technical requirements for switching over, etc. of frequencies of specified radio microphones from January 2012 and a partial report was received from this Council on April 25, 2012 as a result of its deliberations.
  This case relates to the revision, etc. of Ministerial Ordinances related to the Radio Act as follows to prescribe technical standards necessary for switching over, etc. of frequencies of specified radio microphones based on said report.

  - Draft Ministerial Ordinance for Partial Revision of the Ordinance Regulating Radio Equipment and the Ordinance Concerning Technical Regulations Conformity Certifications of Specified Radio Equipment 
  - Draft Notice for Partial Revision of the Subject Stipulating Characteristics of Receiving Equipment Applied to Examinations of Applications for Radio Stations of Land Mobile Services, Radio Stations of Portable Mobile Services, Convenience Radio Stations and Premises Radio Stations (Public Notice of MPT No.395 of 1986)
  - Draft Notice for Partial Revision of the Subject Stipulating Equipment not Required to be Accommodated in One Case of Radio Equipment of Land Mobile Stations of Specified Radio Microphones (Notice of MPT No.698 of 1989)
  - Draft Notice for Partial Revision of the Subject Stipulating Equipment not Required to be Accommodated in One Case of Radio Equipment of Land Mobile Stations of Specified Digital Radio Microphones (Notice of MIC No.129 of 2009)
  - Draft Notice Stipulating Technical Requirements for Radio Equipment and its Transmitting Antennas to which the Provision of the Main Text of Item 8 based on the Provision of the Proviso of Article 49-16, Item 8 of the Ordinance Regulating Radio Equipment is not Applied
  - Draft Notice Stipulating Separately-stipulated Acceptable Value of Intensity of Spurious Emission or Unnecessary Emission of Transmitting Equipment of Land Mobile Stations of Specified Radio Microphones and Specified Digital Radio Microphones based on the Provision No.22 in Appended Table 3 of the Ordinance Regulating Radio Equipment
 

2.Results of appeal for opinions

  Period for appeal for opinions:
  April 28 to May 28, 2012 Number of opinions submitted: 4
 

3.Report from the Radio Regulatory Council

  On June 13, 2012, an inquiry was submitted to the Radio Regulatory Council concerning the Draft Ministerial Ordinance for Partial Revision of the Ordinance Regulating Radio Equipment and the Ordinance Concerning Technical Regulations Conformity Certifications of Specified Radio Equipment, and a report was received from the Council stating its approval for the original plan.
 

4.Future plans

  The MIC will swiftly revise the related ministerial ordinances, etc. based on the report from the Radio Regulatory Council.

    (Related reports and documents)
  - Official announcement of the “Action Plan for Spectrum Reallocation” (September 2011 Revised edition) (Press release of September 14, 2011)
  - Technical Requirements pertaining to Switching Over, etc. of Frequencies of Specified Radio Microphones: Partial report from the Information and Communications Council (Press release of April 25, 2012)
  - Appeal for Opinions on Draft Ministerial Ordinances and Notices pertaining to Technical Requirements for Specified Radio Microphones, etc.: Institutional improvement for specified radio microphones aiming to a frequency change (Press release of April 27, 2012)