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Press Release

January 29, 2013

Appeal for Opinions on Draft Change of Interconnection Tariff Relating to Category I Designated Telecommunications Facilities of NTT East and NTT West (Revision of Interconnection Charges, etc. for FY2013 based on Actual Cost System)

  On January 29, 2013, the Information and Communications and Posts Administrative Council received from the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications an inquiry concerning “approval of change of interconnection tariff relating to category I designated telecommunications facilities of NTT East and NTT West” (revision of the interconnection charges for FY2013 based on the actual cost system).
  An appeal for opinions on this draft change will be held from January 30 (Wed) to February 20 (Wed), 2013.

1.Outline of the draft change

  The interconnection tariff will be changed in order to revise the interconnection charges and other procedural costs, etc. for FY2013 to which the actual cost system of leased lines, etc. is applied.
 

2.Guidelines

  Subject of 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 subject 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.
 
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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

International Policy Division,
Global ICT Strategy Bureau, MIC
TEL: +81 3 5253 5920 / FAX: +81 3 5253 5924

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