In order to introduce "roaming", which allows mobile phone users to use the communication networks of other companies in the event of a communication failure, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications is targeting not only emergency calls but also general calls and data communication. I showed the basic policy proposal to be.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said in July that KDDI was affected by a large-scale communication failure that affected a total of more than 30.91 million people. We are also considering the introduction of roaming.
At a panel of experts held on the 15th, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications presented a draft basic policy.
According to this, we will introduce the "full roaming method" as soon as possible, which covers not only emergency calls to the police and fire departments, but also general calls and data communications.
After that, it is said that it will be possible to make a return call to the user from the police, fire department, etc., which is a technical issue.
In addition, we will continue to consider how to share the costs between operators when roaming is implemented and the fees paid by users.
Using this draft basic policy as a starting point, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications will gather opinions from experts and mobile phone operators at the next review meeting to be held in late November, and then compile a basic direction by the end of the year. increase.