SIM locks are prohibited in principle in the fall of 2011.

Discussions at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications' meeting of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications to reduce mobile phone charges that have been promoted in the heart of the Kan administration.The report of the "Switching Cermination Task Force" provided under the main stage of the expert meeting "WG on Verification of Competition Rules" was released on May 28, 2021, and the WG itself.A series of discussions seem to be coming to an end, as it is in the stage to summarize the plan.

From that, I would like to check again what measures the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications are trying to take for fair competition in the mobile phone market.First of all, if you look at the report of the switching circular task force, it seems that the measures that were initially listed in this meeting were reflected almost as they were.

One of them is "promoting ESIM", which says "it is appropriate to introduce ESIM services for smartphones to three major mobile phones" as the first summer, and MVNOs that are not full MVNOs are also available.It is appropriate to open the RSP (Remote Sim Provisioning) function that allows you to rewrite the SIM remotely so that you can provide.

The second is "further promotion of SIM unlock", and SIM locks have a policy to "prohibit them in principle."By the way, if the amendment of the "guidelines on smooth distribution and use of mobile terminal facilities" is applied, the terminals sold after October 1, 2021 seem to be eligible for SIM lock principles.The target seems to be diverse as "so -called feature phone, smartphone, tablet, mobile router and USB modem".

The third is "consideration for the realization of carrier email" carrying ".The so -called carrier emails of each mobile company cannot be used when moved to other companies, but it is appropriate to realize it because of the certain needs.The mobile phone company that was originally contracted will continue to manage emails and make them available from other companies' services.It is appropriate to aim to achieve it as soon as possible. "

And the fourth is "consideration for further facilitating MNP procedures."Currently, the method of switching to another company with the number portability (MNP) is the "Two -Top System" in which the reservation number is issued by the relocation source and the reservation number is entered at the relocation destination.It seems that the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications wants to prevent detention by relocation by changing to a "one -stop system" that can complete the MNP by the procedure alone.

However, it seems that many people say that the transition to the one -stop system is troublesome and cost from MVNOs as well as major mobile phones.Therefore, the other three are different from the other three, and although it is desirable to realize as soon as possible, it has settled in the form of continuing to consider methods and systems to realize a one -stop system.

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On the other hand, if you look at the "Report on Verification of Competition Rules 2021" announced at the 22nd meeting of "WG on Verification of Competition Rules" held on July 9, 2021, in the mobile field.One of the problems is that there are still many plans contractors before the revision of the Telecommunications Business Law in 2019.

Since the advanced contractor is a factor in receiving the so -called "binding" for a long time and hindering the transfer, the report says, "From the viewpoint of preparing a fair competitive environment, the existing contract should be eliminated early."Among them, the problem is the terminal purchase program before the law revision, which is also called "4 -year tie", especially KDDI and SoftBank, as of March 2021, as of March 2021, as of March 2021.It is said that it is required to resolve as soon as possible because there are many remaining, such as exceeding.

In addition, the new terminal purchase program currently provided by mobile companies has refused to sell non -line contractors at a carrier shop in a masked survey by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, and three companies can contract with non -line contractors.It seems that it is a problem that it is used for substantial enclosure because it is not actively appealing.

Therefore, in the report proposal, "eliminating the differences in conditions" and "accurate explanations, thoroughness, thoroughness", and if the current situation continues after a certain period of time, "provision of profits by terminal purchase programs is the actual situation.It is based on the sale of the price and terminal set, and it will be thoroughly separated.In June 2021, Rakuten Mobile also launched a terminal purchase program for the iPhone, "Rakuten Mobile iPhone Upgrade Program", so the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has further strengthened the awareness of problems with the terminal purchase program.It is an impression.

In addition, as a future task, voice calling fees have been stopped for more than 10 years for 30 seconds (excluding tax), structural problems held by sales agencies, online cancellation procedures, and non -line contractors.Several elements are listed, such as providing terminal warranty services.Some of them say that they want to be voluntarily eliminated, but if they don't go, it is appropriate to consider the mechanism to give the incentive that promotes response, and for future frequency divisions and re -assignment screening.It is likely that elements related to the promotion of fair competition will be included.

Looking back on a series of contents, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications reflects the speculation of the "action plan for the development of a fair competitive environment in the mobile market" in 2020, and is particularly indicated to the oligopoly.It can be said that the content has become very severe for three major mobile phones.However, looking at the series, I am really worried that there was almost no mention of the "consumer more understanding promotion" in the action plan.

For example, at a briefing session on LINEMO's "Mini Plan" mentioned the other day, Hiroyuki Terao, a managing director of SoftBank, said that he received so many inquiries in the contract procedure of ESIM at the beginning of the service.rice field.The reason was that people who were used to contracts under the main brand of mobile phone giant did not know the words such as "SIM unlock", "APN", "profile", and the contract did not progress as expected.It was said.

Therefore, SoftBank made more than 400 improvements, and finally received the same evaluation as a normal SIM card.Even LINEMO targeting people who are familiar with smartphones to some extent are such a situation, so if a major mobile company develops ESIM in the main brand, it is evident that a lot of confusion will occur, and that is visible.It seems impossible to put it in the highlight of the competitive policy.

Regarding the old contract, according to the experience of receiving a private smartphone fee and gaining it in jobs such as seniors and housewives, I do not even check the monthly statement in the first place, and I have a contract for which rate plan.I feel that there are many people who are not interested in mobile phone charges, such as not even knowing whether they are doing it.Many of the measures to be launched by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications often benefit from high literacy, giving the impression that measures to change consumers and increase literacy are overwhelmingly lacking.

Of course, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has also announced an initiative, such as launching the official version of the "mobile phone portal site" in April 2020.However, if you do not take more measures toward the consumer side, the situation will not change drastically, and it is not worth that the regulations will increase and the industry will be exhausted.