March 5, 2021 Appeal for Opinions on Draft Report of Study Meeting on Ensuring Fair Competition

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) will make an appeal for opinions from Saturday, March 6 through Monday, April 5, 2021, on a draft report of a study meeting on ensuring fair competition (chaired by OHASHI Hiroshi, Dean, Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo).

1. Overview

MIC organized the study meeting on ensuring fair competition in December 2020 under a meeting for telecommunications market validation. The purpose of this study meeting is to ensure fair competition in the telecommunications market in light of the progress of competition in the mobile communication field, changes in the relationship between the fixed communications market and the mobile communications market, intensifying global competition, and other changes in the market environment.
The study meeting on ensuring fair competition drafted a report, and MIC has decided to appeal for opinions on the draft report.

2. Appeal for opinions

1. Subject

Draft Report of Study Meeting on Ensuring Fair Competition

2. Submission deadline

No later than Monday, April 5, 2021.

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  Submission of opinions by mail must also arrive no later than the deadline date.

MIC will post this matter on the public comment page of the e-Gov (https://www.e-gov.go.jp ) as well.

3. Future plans

The study meeting on ensuring fair competition will finalize and publish the report considering the results of the appeal for opinions.