December 24, 2021 Status of Migration to New Rate Plans Offered by Mobile Phone Carriers

The number of subscribers to the new rate plans of mobile phone carriers reached approximately 29.3 million as of the end of November this year.

In October last year, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) formulated and announced an action plan^*, which specifies the items that should be addressed to improve the fair competition environment in the mobile market. Since then, various measures have been taken based on the plan.

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  Action Plan for Creating a Fair Competitive Environment for the Mobile Market (announced on October 27, 2020)

As a result of these measures, mainly since February of this year, mobile phone carriers have started offering new, lower-priced rate plans (hereafter referred to as the “new rate plans”), and their competition has become more intense.
Under these circumstances, users have been shifting to the new rate plans. The total number of subscriptions to the new rate plans offered by major mobile phone carriers reached approximately 29.3 million as of the end of November 2021.
This figure is equivalent to approximately 20% of general users’ mobile phone subscriptions.
MIC will continue developing a fair, competitive environment in the mobile market so that mobile phone carriers’ competition will lead to lower prices and more diversified services.