KDDI President To reduce mobile phone charges “Do not make it more expensive than overseas” October 16, 18:38
At a press conference held in Tokyo on the 16th, KDDI's president Makoto Takahashi, who develops au, announced his intention to soon reveal a new rate plan so that the reduction of mobile phone charges will not be expensive compared to overseas. I did.
KDDI President Takahashi met after a briefing session on 5G-related services on the 16th, and proceeded with consideration of the reduction of mobile phone charges, saying, "Prime Minister Suga is demanding internationally comparable charges. I have. "
After that, he said, "Since the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications is comparing with overseas with a plan with a data communication capacity of 20 GB, we will give an answer in the multi-brand strategy including UQ mobile around that," he said, comparing with overseas. He showed the idea of revealing a new large-capacity plan that would not be expensive.
While Prime Minister Suga has shown a strong desire to reduce mobile phone charges, it has become clear that Softbank is reviewing large-capacity rate plans and is considering introducing a new plan of less than 5,000 yen per month, KDDI It seems that there is an aim to respond to this by introducing a new plan.
On the other hand, President Takahashi said that NTT would make NTT DoCoMo a wholly owned subsidiary. "I am honestly surprised. I would like to firmly insist on the government that it will not hinder the securing of fair competition." ..