December 6, 2019 Announcement of Annual Plan for Market Validation in Telecommunications Business Field (FY2019) and Results of Appeal for Opinions on Draft Annual Plan

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) drafted an annual plan for market validation in the telecommunications business field for fiscal 2019 (hereinafter referred to as “the draft annual plan”), made an appeal for opinions on the draft annual plan from Saturday, October 12 through Monday, November 11, 2019. Accordingly, MIC hereby announces the results of the opinions received, along with the annual plan for market validation in the telecommunications business field for fiscal 2019.

1. Results of appeal for opinions

MIC prepared the draft annual plan indicating the analysis and verification policy for market verification for fiscal 2019 with consideration of advice from a meeting for telecommunications market validation. The draft annual plan analyzes and verifies market trends in the telecommunications business field to enable telecommunications carriers to properly conduct market verification that integrally checks the appropriateness of the business of telecommunications carriers.
MIC made an appeal for opinions on the draft annual plan from Saturday, October 12 through Monday, November 11, 2019, and received eight opinions.

2. Published data

With consideration of the opinions submitted and MIC’s view on them, MIC has completed the annual plan for market validation in the telecommunications business field for fiscal 2019.