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

1.Outline of the draft change

  The interconnection tariff will be changed in order to set the interconnection charges for FY2013 with regard to the following four functions in the next generation network (NGN) of NTT East and NTT West.
  1. Router connection routing transmission function of general binding stations (Connecting function of binding stations)
  2. Routing transmission function of connection of gate-open switching equipment (IGS connecting function)
  3. Router connection routing transmission function of relay stations (Connecting function of relay stations)
  4. Ethernet frame transmission function (Ethernet connecting function)
 

2.Guidelines for the appeal for opinions

  Subjects: “Draft partial revision of the agreement clauses concerning connection with category I designated telecommunications facilities based on Article 33, Paragraph 2 of the Telecommunications Business Act” and “Relationship between interconnection charges and customer charges”
  Deadline: February 20 (Wed), 2013, 5:00PM (submission by mail must also arrive by this date)
 
  The subjects of this appeal for opinions 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 for reading at the General Affairs Division, Information and Communications Bureau, MIC (Central Gov’t Building No.2 11F).
 
 

3.Future plans

  A repeat appeal for opinions on opinions submitted will be held with regard to said draft change and investigations and deliberations will be made based on results thereof. Then, a report will be submitted to the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications.