February 3, 2025 Final Report from the Information and Communications Council on the Ideal State of Telecommunications Policy in Response to Changes in the Market Environment (Inquiry No. 28 of 2023)

　The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) today received the final report from the Information and Communications Council (headed by ENDO Nobuhiro, Executive Advisor of NEC Corporation) on the Ideal State of Telecommunications Policy in Response to Changes in the Market Environment (dated August 28, 2023, Inquiry No. 28). The outline is shown below.

1. Background, etc.

　On Monday, August 28, 2023, MIC sent an inquiry to the Information and Communications Council about the Ideal State of Telecommunications Policy in Response to Changes in the Market Environment. This issue was investigated and discussed by the Telecommunications Business Policy Committee (headed by OKADA Yosuke, Professor, Faculty of Social Innovation, Seijo University) and the Special Subcommittee on Telecommunications Policy (headed by Chief Investigator YAMAUCHI Hirotaka, Project Professor, Faculty of Business Administration, Musashino University). The first report was compiled on Friday, February 9, 2024.
　The matters identified in the first report as requiring further discussions were continuously investigated and discussed, and they were compiled as the final report at the general meeting of the Information and Communications Council held today.

2. Future plans

　MIC will take necessary measures in response to the final report.