March 26, 2020 Appeal for Opinions on Draft Change of Interconnection Tariff Relating to Category I Designated Telecommunications Facilities of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corporation

On March 19 of this year, the Information and Communications and Posts Administrative Council received an inquiry from the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications concerning approval (change of interconnection fees pertaining to network termination equipment) for changes to the interconnection tariffs relating to category I designated telecommunications facilities of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corporation.
Accordingly, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) has decided to make an appeal for opinions from Friday, March 27, through to Friday, April 24, 2020.

1. Overview

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corporation have made an application for approval pertaining to changes in interconnection tariffs for the provision of new network termination equipment which supports 10Gbit/s interfaces, and to extend the acceptance period for C-20 and C50 type termination equipment provided by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation.

2. Procedure of appeal for opinions

1. Subject

Draft revision of the contract for interconnections with Category I designated telecommunications facilities based on Article 33, Paragraph 2 of the Telecommunications Business Act

2. Submission period

From Friday, March 27, until no later than Friday, April 24, 2020 (Submission of opinions by mail must also arrive no later than the deadline date).

3. Future plans

MIC will make a re-appeal for opinions on opinions to be submitted, based on which, the Information and Communications and Posts Administrative Council will investigate and discuss and report the outcome to the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications

4. How to obtain further reference information

The documents of the reference information will be posted to the Press Releases section of the MIC website (https://www.soumu.go.jp), and they can be viewed, and copies taken, at the contact window of the Tariff and Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Telecommunications Business Department in the Telecommunications Bureau at MIC.