Telecommunications Council, Telecommunications Business Division
(66th Meeting) Summary of Minutes



  1.   Date and time
      Friday, July 21, 2006 14:00 - 15:16

  2.   Location
      Third Special Conference Room (9th floor)

  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
    Sakurai, Director-General of the Telecommunications Business Department;
    Samura, Director, General Affairs Division, Telecommunications Bureau;
    Taniwaki, Director, Tariff Division; Ninomiya, Senior Planning Officer, Tariff Division

  4.   Agenda

    (1) Approval of the amendment to the Articles of Agreement Concerning Interconnection for type 1 designated telecommunications facilities of NTT East and NTT West (addition of a new maintenance menu concerning leased lines) [Inquiry No. 1154]

    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.

    [Summary]
    Concerns the addition of a new menu for all days/daytime to the maintenance menu for leased lines, which currently offers two menus of weekday/daytime and all days/24 hours.
    (2) Approval of the amendment to the Articles of Agreement Concerning Interconnection for type 1 designated telecommunications facilities of NTT East and NTT West (the provision of functions for directory assistance connection service) [Inquiry No. 1155]

    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.
    [Summary]
    Concerns setting new interconnection charges for the newly added directory assistance connection service.
    (3) Revenue improvement plan for NTT East and NTT West type 1 payphones

    MIC outlined the type 1 payphone revenue improvement plans that were reported to the MIC by NTT East and NTT West.
    [Summary]
    In the Telecommunications Business Division report dated March 31, 2006 ("Designation of Eligible Telecommunications Carriers"), NTT East and NTT West both requested formulation of a type 1 payphone revenue improvement plan, including review of the adequate number of type 1 payphones installations. In response, MIC made a report that included the outline of the plan.