May 24, 2023 Results of Solicitation of Opinions on Draft Guidelines for Implementing Mobile Number Portability for Mobile Phones and PHS, and Announcement of the Revised Guidelines

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) solicited opinions from Saturday, April 1 through Monday, May 8, 2023, on a draft Guidelines for Implementing Mobile Number Portability for Mobile Phones and PHS. As a result, 13 opinions were submitted. Considering the results of the solicitation for opinions, MIC revised the Guidelines for Implementing Mobile Number Portability for Mobile Phones and PHS.

1. Results of solicitation of opinions

The report of Switching Facilitation Taskforce May 2021 recommended that it would be appropriate to implement a one-stop system to further facilitate mobile number portability (MNP) procedures within two years. Based on the report, MIC solicited opinions from Saturday, April 1 through Monday, May 8, 2023, on a draft Guidelines for the Implementation of Mobile Phone and PHS Number Portability to make an addition to contents regarding the MNP one-stop system.
As a result, 13 opinions were submitted.

2. Revised Guidelines

Considering the results of the solicitation for opinions, MIC revised the Guidelines on May 24, 2023.
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