Results of Appeal for Opinions on Draft Report on State of Calculation of Connection Charges in FY2013 and Beyond based on the Long-Run Incremental Cost Model

1.Background, etc.

  The Information and Communications Council has conducted investigations and deliberations at the Telecommunications Business Policy Committee and the Interconnection Policy Subcommittee in response to an inquiry submitted by the Minster for Internal Affairs and Communications on April 17 (Tue), 2012 concerning the state of calculation of connection charges in and after FY2013 based on the long-run incremental cost model.
  At the 22ndTelecommunications Business Policy Committee held on July 24 (Tue), 2012, a draft report on said inquiry was compiled. The appeal for opinions on the draft report was held from July 26 (Thu) to August 31 (Fri), 2012. In response to this, nine opinions were submitted, and they are officially announced herein.
 

2.Opinions submitted, etc.

  The opinions submitted 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 distributed for reading at the General Affairs Office, ICT Strategy Policy Division, Global ICT Strategy Bureau (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications 9F).
 

3.Future plans

  Investigations and deliberations on this draft report will be carried out based on opinions submitted and a report will be submitted to the Minster for Internal Affairs and Communications.