- Date and time
Wednesday, January 25, 2006 14:00 - 14:40
- Location
Conference Room No. 1, MIC (1st floor, Teisoutou)
- Attendees (Honorifics omitted)
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Telecommunications Business Division members
Akira Negishi (Division Director), Yoshinori Sakai (Deputy Director), Nobuko Takahashi, Miki Nagata, Yusuke Yasuda
(Total of 5 members)
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Secretary
Matsumura, Deputy Director, General Affairs Division, Information and Communications Policy Bureau
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MIC
Suda, Director-General of the Telecommunications Bureau;
Terasaki, Director-General of the Telecommunications Business Department;
Yoshida, Director, General Affairs Division, Telecommunications Bureau; Suzuki, Director, Telecommunications Policy Division;
Imagawa, Senior Planning Officer, Telecommunications Policy Division; Taniwaki, Director, Tariff Division;
Izumi, Senior Planning Officer, Tariff Division; Watanabe, Director, Telecommunication Systems Division;
Monma, Director, Numbering Plan Office |
- Agenda
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Approval of the amendment to the Articles of Agreement Concerning Interconnection for type 1 designated telecommunications facilities of NTT East and NTT West (settlement of interconnection charges for FY 2004 based on actual traffic) [Inquiry No. 1144, November 22, 2005]
Deliberations were conducted based on the report from the Interconnection Committee, which had studied and reviewed the matter. As a result, the Telecommunications Council reported to the MIC that, as proposed, it would be appropriate to approve the amendment.
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Summary]
Concerns the inclusion of settlement charges in the Articles of Agreement Concerning Interconnection, which is necessary according to Paragraph 10 in the Supplementary Provisions of the "Ministerial Ordinance for Partial Amendment of the Rules for Interconnection Charges" (Ministerial Ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, No. 80 of 2003) because the actual traffic volume during the year had fluctuated over 15 percent compared to the traffic volume used in calculating the approved interconnection charges for FY 2004.
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Partial amendment to the Rules for Interconnection Charges [Inquiry No. 1145, November 22, 2005]
Deliberations were conducted based on the report from the Interconnection Committee, which had studied and reviewed the matter. As a result, the Telecommunications Council reported to the MIC that, as proposed, it would be appropriate to make the partial amendment.
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Summary]
Concerns partial amendment of the Rules for Interconnection Charges in order to update the input data for the Long Run Incremental Cost (LRIC) model used in calculating interconnection charges to FY2006 data.
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Partial amendment to the Regulations for Telecommunications Numbers [Inquiry No. 1146, November 22, 2005]
MIC reported the opinions submitted concerning required inquiry items, and deliberations were conducted. As a result, the Telecommunications Council reported to the MIC that, as proposed, it would be appropriate to make the partial amendment.
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Summary]
Concerns a provision to be established to require carriers who provide service by using telecommunications numbers that identify subscriber transmission line facilities for mobile phones (080 or 090) to take measures to realize mobile phone number portability, in order to raise the level of convenience and promote competition among the telecommunications carriers.
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Designation of Eligible Telecommunications Carriers [Inquiry No. 1149]
As a result of deliberations, it was decided that the details of the inquiry would be announced publicly, through press releases and such means as posting on the web, to invite public opinion.
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Summary]
Concerns designation of NTT East and NTT West as Eligible Telecommunications Carriers, as provided in Paragraph 1, Article 108 of the Telecommunications Business Law, in response to their applications for such designation.
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Approval of the amendment to the Articles of Agreement Concerning Interconnection for type 1 designated telecommunications facilities of NTT East (the provision of a system with functions for receiving number portability applications) [Inquiry No. 1150]
As a result of deliberations, it was decided that the details of the inquiry would be announced publicly, through press releases and such means as posting on the web, to invite public opinion.
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Summary]
Concerns changes to be made to the Articles of Agreement Concerning Interconnection for procedure charges, based on the provisions of Paragraph 2, Article 33 of the Telecommunications Business Law, with the development of a new online system for receiving applications for local number portability, which are currently being accepted by fax.
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Actual use concerning "Guidelines for Use of Poles, Ducts, Conduits and Similar Facilities Owned by Public Utilities"
There was a report from the MIC.
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Summary]
The MIC has revised its "Guidelines for Use of Poles, Ducts, Conduits and Similar Facilities Owned by Public Utilities" every April since it was first established in April 2001. For 2005, the survey on leases of poles, ducts, conduits and similar facilities showed that there was significant increase in the number of new leases for poles. Based on this finding, the MIC reported that the guideline would not be revised for this fiscal year. |
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