December 21, 2004

Ministry of Internal Affairs and
Communications

MIC approves amendment of tariffs concerning interconnection to category 1 designated telecommunications facilities of NTT East and NTT West




The MIC received on December 21 a report from the Information and Communications Council (Chaired by AKIYAMA Yoshihisa) concerning its inquiry of October 19 on the draft amendment of interconnection charges for the optical signal branch subscriber line used to provide the shared access system, which had been applied for by NTT East and NTT West based on article 33-2 of the Telecommunications Business Law (Law No. 86 of 1984).

The report takes into consideration the results of the invitations for comments which were conducted by the council between October 19 and November 17 and November 19 and December 2, 2004.


Approval with regard to this matter will be granted on December 21, 2004.

For details refer to the Japanese web site
http://www.soumu.go.jp/s-news/2004/041221_2.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

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