The Information and Communications Council received
on November 26, 2004, an inquiry from the Minister for Internal Affairs
and Communications on approval of a draft amendment of tariffs concerning
interconnection to category 1 designated telecommunications facilities
of NTT East and NTT West (Calculating interconnection charges for
FY2003 using actual communications usage volume)
This matter regulates interconnection charges for FY2003 as being
the settlement charges calculated using actual communication usage
volume in this fiscal year. The setting of these settlement charges
took place based on supplementary article No. 10 of the Ministerial
Ordinance for a Partial Amendment to Regulations for Interconnection
Charges (Ministerial Ordinance of MPHPT No. 80 of April 2003) since
the actual communications usage volume for FY2003 (total hours of
communications via subscriber exchanges) had moved at a rate higher
than 15% in comparison with the communications volume used in calculating
approved interconnection charges.
The council invites comments, in Japanese, concerning this draft
amendment, until December 25, 2004.
The council will take the comments that are received into consideration
in conducting its research and investigation, and will prepare a
report for the Minister.
For details refer to the Japanese web site
http://www.soumu.go.jp/s-news/2004/041126_7.html
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