Appeal for Opinions on Draft Ministerial Ordinance for Partial Revision of Ministerial Ordinance for the Survey on Actual Radio Spectrum Usage

1.Outline

  The MIC has divided all frequency ranges into three classifications and implemented this survey on each frequency range roughly on a 3-year cycle based on the provision of Article 26-2 of the Radio Act since FY2003.
  This revision is to review the classification of frequency ranges from a viewpoint of supervision and management of radio waves with the reallocation of 700MHz-band frequencies related to the termination of analogue television broadcasting.
  As there is a provision for review of this survey in Paragraph 2 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act on Partial Revision of the Radio Act (Act No.38 of 2002), the MIC has created a “Draft Review of the Survey on Actual Radio Spectrum Usage” and an appeal for opinions thereon is also being held.
 

2.Guidelines for appeal for opinions

  (1) Subject of appeal for opinions
  Draft Ministerial Ordinance for Partial Revision of the Ministerial Ordinance for the Survey on Actual Radio Spectrum Usage (Ministerial Ordinance of MIC No.110 of 2002), etc.

  Exhibit 3 will be distributed for reading at the counter of contact shown below and 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).

  (2) Deadline for appeal for opinions
  October 15 (Mon), 2012, 5:00PM (Submissions by mail must also arrive by this date)
 

3.Future plans

  The MIC will revise the ministerial ordinance based on opinions submitted and the inquiry to and report from the Radio Regulatory Council.