December 15, 2004

Ministry of Internal Affairs and
Communications

MIC receives partial report from Information and Communications Council concerning technical conditions for high-power passive tag systems using the 950MHzmegahertz band




The MIC received on December 15 a partial report from the Information and Communications Council (Chaired by AKIYAMA Yoshihisa, Chairman, Kansai Electric Power) concerning technical conditions for high-power passive tag systems using the 950MHzmegahertz band. This concerns the portion on technical conditions for UHF RFID systems of the inquiry No. 2007 of September 30, 2002 on technical requirements necessary for better performance of low power radio systems.

The MIC will take this partial report into consideration and go ahead with the preparations for putting in place the necessary regulations.

For details refer to the Japanese web site
http://www.soumu.go.jp/s-news/2004/041215_1.html

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International Policy Division, International Affairs Department
Telecommunications Bureau
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
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