July 19, 2021 Decision on Granting Subsidy to Disaster Resistance Enhancement Project by Using Optical Cable TV to Establish New Daily Lives

Concerning the project named “Disaster Resistance Enhancement Project by Using Optical Cable TV to Establish New Daily Lives” under the fiscal 2021 initial budget, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) has selected the subsidy recipient shown below considering the results of external experts’ evaluation.

1. Project overview

This project subsidizes a part of cable TV operators’ network maintenance cost to strengthen disaster resistance by using optical cables and ensuring reliable and stable information transmission in times of disaster.

2. Subsidy recipient

MIC has decided on the following grantee with consideration of evaluation by external experts.

Prefecture Applicant name
Saga Cable One Corporation

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