Mobile phone transfer fee Online procedure Free policy Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications August 27, 18:03
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has established a policy that the fee for mobile phone users to transfer to a contracted company will be free when they apply online. The aim is to encourage price competition by making it easy to switch contract companies.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications held an expert meeting on mobile phone charges on the 27th and presented the outline of the review of rules to promote competition.
Among them, it says that the fee that is currently 3000 yen when transferring to the contracting company with the mobile phone number as it is, should be free when you apply online.
In addition, it is said that it is appropriate to reduce it to 1000 yen or less even at stores.
In addition, in principle, it is appropriate to allow online transfer procedures to be available 24 hours a day, and to have a system that does not prevent them from being held, and it is appropriate to prohibit holding users who wish to transfer.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has a policy to revise related guidelines after discussions at experts' meetings, to facilitate price competition by allowing users to easily switch contracts, and This is the idea we want to reduce.