An expert meeting of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications started on the 8th to verify the prevention of recurrence of KDDI's large-scale communication failure.

It is a policy to compile measures to prevent recurrence by October this year, and to consider rules for the entire industry, such as responses to communication failures.

KDDI's large-scale communication failure that occurred on the 2nd of last month made it difficult to use voice calls and data communications nationwide for more than two and a half days, and the number of affected users, including subsidiaries, is the largest ever. , A total of more than 30.91 million people.



In the event of a serious accident, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications holds a verification meeting made up of university experts and others, and discussions on KDDI's communication failure began on the 8th.



At the beginning of the meeting, Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Kaneko said, "Given the seriousness of this incident, I would like to ask for your efforts to thoroughly prevent recurrence so that the communication services that are essential for people's lives can be used safely and securely." did.



After that, the meeting was held privately, and according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, the person in charge of KDDI explained the cause of the failure and the company's response, such as informing users after the failure occurred. about it.



At this verification meeting, by October this year, we will compile a report that includes measures to prevent recurrence, etc., and will request other mobile companies to conduct emergency inspections, as well as the company's public relations response in the event of a communication failure. We are considering rules for the industry as a whole.