April 1, 2022 Result of Solicitation of Opinions on Draft Revision of Guidelines for Operation of Article 27-3 of Telecommunications Business Act and Release of Revised Guidelines

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) made a solicitation of opinions from Tuesday, January 18 through Wednesday, February 16, 2022, on a draft revision of the Guidelines for the Operation of Article 27-3 of the Telecommunications Business Act. As a result, four opinions were submitted. Accordingly, MIC discloses the submitted opinions along with MIC’s views on the opinions and the revised Guidelines to the public.

1. Results of solicitation of opinions

MIC’s Guidelines for the Operation of Article 27-3 of the Telecommunications Business Act (hereafter referred to as the “Operation Guidelines”) have been established to show the concrete concept and case examples of the operation of Article 27-3 and relevant provisions of the Telecommunications Business Act (Act No. 86 of 1984).
Recently, MIC has decided to revise the Operation Guidelines to clarify the interpretation of provisions based on amendment of the Regulation for Enforcement of the Telecommunications Business Act (Ministerial Ordinance of MPT No. 25 of 1985). Accordingly, MIC made a solicitation of opinions from Tuesday, January 18 through Wednesday, February 16, 2022.
As a result of the solicitation of opinions, four opinions were submitted.

2. Revision of the Operation Guidelines

Based on the results of the solicitation of opinions, the Guidelines for the Operation of Article 27-3 of the Telecommunications Business Act were revised.

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