Results of Appeal for Opinions on Report from the Information and Communications and Posts Administrative Council Concerning Partial Revision of the Ordinance Concerning Terminal Facilities, Etc. and Draft Ministerial Ordinances and Notices

1.Background, etc.

  This case is to improve the following provisions in order to consolidate the technical conditions, etc. for functions, etc. with which IP mobile phone terminals should be equipped, based on the “technical requirements, etc. for IP mobile phone terminals (partial report)” in a report from the Information and Communications Council as of September 27, 2012 titled “Technical Requirements for Telecommunications Facilities Corresponding to Switchover of Networks to IP.”
  - Draft ministerial ordinance for partial revision of the Ordinance Concerning Terminal Facilities Etc.
  - Subject Stipulating Conditions for Timing of Transmission, etc. of IP Mobile Phone Terminals, etc. based on the Provisions of the Ordinance Concerning Terminal Facilities Etc.
  - Subject Stipulating IP Mobile Phone Terminals, etc. Remarkably Unreasonable to be Prescribed Pursuant to the Ordinance Concerning Terminal Facilities, Etc. and their Conditions
  - Draft Notice for Partial Revision of the Notice of MIC No. 99 of 2004 (Subject Stipulating Test Methods on Technical Conditions Compliance Approval of Terminal Equipment, etc.)
   

2.Report and results of the appeal for opinions

  (1) An inquiry concerning the draft ministerial ordinance for partial revision of the Ordinance Concerning Terminal Facilities Etc. was submitted to the Information and Communications and Posts Administrative Council on November 27, 2012, and a report stating its approval of the draft ministerial ordinance was received on January 29, 2013.
  (2) An appeal for opinions on said draft ministerial ordinance, etc. was held from November 28 to December 27, 2012, and no opinions was submitted with regard to this case.
 

3.Future plans

  The MIC will swiftly improve the provisions based on the report and the results of the appeal for opinions.