MIC today submitted an inquiry and received a report
from Radio Regulatory Council (chaired by Prof. YASUDA Yasuhiko, Waseda
University) concerning the applications for blanket licenses from
KDDI Corporation (President, ONODERA Tadashi) and Okinawa Cellular
Telephone Company (President, OKIHASHI Toshio). These licenses are
in conjunction with Introduction of dual-mode terminals for CDMA2000
1x (800 MHz
and 2 GHz
range) and EV-DO (800 MHz
range) formats in 10 areas including Hokkaido. The report stated that
granting the licenses was appropriate as these were acknowledged to
be in accordance with regulatincluding the Radio Law.
The licenses will be granted once the necessary formalities have been completed at the Bureaus of Telecommunications in Hokkaido, Tohoku, Shinetsu, Tokai, Hokuriku, Kinki, Chugoku, Shikoku and Kyushu, as well as the Okinawa Office of Telecommunications.
For details refer to the Japanese web site
http://www.soumu.go.jp/s-news/2004/041013_1.html |
For further information
about this press release, please contact:
International Policy Division, International Affairs
Department
Telecommunications Bureau
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
Tel: (03) 5253-5920 Fax: (03) 5253-5924
Or visit
http://www.soumu.go.jp/joho_tsusin/eng/contact.html
to fill in the inquiry form.
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