Telecommunications Council, Telecommunications Business Division
(65th Meeting) Summary of Minutes



  1.   Date and time
      Tuesday, June 6, 2006 15:00 - 15:46

  2.   Location
      Conference Room No. 2, MIC (B1)

  3.   Attendees (Honorifics omitted)

    (1) Telecommunications Business Division members
    Akira Negishi (Division Director), Yoshinori Sakai (Deputy Director), Nobuko Takahashi,
    Masatsugu Tsuji, Mikio Toukai, Miki Nagata, Yusuke Yasuda
    (Total of 7 members)

    (2) Secretary
    Matsumura, Deputy Director, General Affairs Division, Information and Communications Policy Bureau

    (3) MIC
    Suda, Director-General of the Telecommunications Bureau;
    Terasaki, Director-General of the Telecommunications Business Department;
    Yoshida, Director, General Affairs Division, Telecommunications Bureau;
    Taniwaki, Director, Tariff Division;
    Ninomiya, Senior Planning Officer, Tariff Division

  4.   Agenda

    • Setting of standard charge index for specified telecommunications services being provided by NTT East and NTT West (setting of standard charge index to be applied for specified telecommunications services from October 1, 2006) [Inquiry No. 1153]

      As the result of deliberations, the Telecommunications Council reported to the MIC that it would be appropriate to set the "standard charge index" as proposed in the inquiry. Additionally, the MIC was requested to study the price cap framework that meets the dynamic environmental changes that are taking place in the telecommunications market with the move to IP networks and to take necessary measures, while maintaining consistency with the related law systems, to ensure that the telecommunications services that are essential to people's lives as well as economic activities can continue to be offered at an affordable cost.
      [Summary]
        Concerns setting the "standard charge index," which is the upper limit of the overall charge index for "voice transmission service" and "dedicated service," intra-prefecture communications provided by NTT East and NTT West.