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Press Release

November 27, 2012

Results of Repeat Appeal for Opinions on Draft Change of Interconnection Tariff Relating to Category I Designated Telecommunications Facilities of NTT East and NTT West

Expansion of number of interconnecting carriers in IPv6 Internet connection of NGN
  As of October 2 (Tue), 2012, the Information and Communications and Posts Administrative Council (Chairman: Atsushi Takahashi) received an inquiry from the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications concerning an “approval of change of the interconnection tariff relating to category I designated telecommunications facilities of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corporation (expansion of the number of interconnecting carriers in NGN IPv6 Internet connection).” An appeal for opinions on a draft change of the interconnection tariff was held from October 3 (Wed) to November 1 (Thu), 2012, and a repeat appeal for opinions was held from November 8 (Thu) to November 21 (Wed), 2012. In response, four repeat opinions were submitted. They are officially announced herein.

1.Outline of draft change

  The number of interconnecting carriers that are allowed to connect using the IPoE system (native system, hereinafter “IPoE connections”), one of the connecting systems to provide Internet connection services using NGN IPv6 provided by NTT East and NTT West, has been restricted to three due to technical constraint at the beginning of the commencement of connections. However, as new technical measures were implemented, it has become possible to increase the maximum number of interconnecting carriers that offer IPoE connections. In response to this, the interconnection tariff will be modified with regard to the acceptance of applications for connection related to IPoE connections.
 

2.Repeat opinions submitted

  The repeat 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 also distributed at the General Affairs Division, Information and Communications Bureau, MIC.
 

3.Future plans

  The Council will make investigations and deliberations on the draft change based on the opinions and repeat opinions submitted. Then, a report will be submitted to the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications.
 
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For further information about this press release, please fill in the inquiry form and submit it to MIC on the website
https://www.soumu.go.jp/common/english_opinions.html

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