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Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications asks for introduction of eSIM this summer, realization of carrying carrier mail until next summer, etc.

Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

 
On February 26, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications held the 5th meeting of the “Switching Facilitation Task Force”, a meeting of experts to consider promoting eSIM, promoting SIM unlocking, carrying carrier mail, and facilitating MNP procedures. Announced the direction of. The conclusions will be finalized in late March.

Proposed report and conducted pub rice in March 2021

The first meeting of the “Switching Facilitation Task Force” was held in November 2020, and we listened to the opinions of mobile carrier companies and the MVNO Committee of the Telecommunications Services Association, and proceeded with the study.
 
At the meeting on February 26, the direction of the discussion was summarized as a summary of the issues. In the future, the draft report will be presented and public comments will be made at the next meeting in late March.
 
At the meeting on that day, it was also pointed out that NTT DoCoMo and KDDI prevented the cancellation page from being hit in the search results.

 

1. eSIM: MNO companies will introduce in the summer of 2021

eSIM has the advantage that you can switch carriers without having to replace the physical SIM card and complete the procedure online.
 
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Switching Facilitation Task Force (5th)

 
In addition to iPhone models of 2018 iPhone XS / XS Max / XR or later, models such as Google Pixel 3 or later are compatible, but in Japan, three carriers (MNO) other than Rakuten Mobile provide eSIM services I have not.
 
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Switching Facilitation Task Force (5th)

 
The Task Force, while taking advantage of the benefits of eSIM, to take advantage of the eKYC in order to ensure the security (personal identification online), should be introduced to the prospect of the 2021 summer even MVNO not only MNO, draft and is shown It has been.

 

2. SIM unlock: uniformly prohibited

The task force is due to the convenience of the telecommunications carrier that SIM lock does not pay the installment payment of the terminal and prevents inappropriate acts such as fraud and resale of the terminal, and for the majority of users it is a barrier to switching operators. It points out that the rights are restricted.
 
Currently, MVNO companies and Rakuten Mobile do not have SIM locks. At MNO3, NTT DoCoMo will unlock the SIM lock on all terminals from August 2020 if a lump sum payment or credit confirmation is obtained, and KDDI and Softbank will unlock the SIM lock at the request of the purchaser.
 
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Switching Facilitation Task Force (5th)

 
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications pointed out that while the number of SIM unlocks by NTT DoCoMo increased significantly, KDDI and Softbank are almost flat, so many SIM locks remain by requiring the purchaser’s offer. doing.
 
In the task force proposal, there is no example of limiting the function of SIM lock in case payment is delayed due to installment payment such as high-end cameras, and there are other methods for risk management of carriers. Should be adopted, and SIM lock should be uniformly prohibited.

 

3. Carrying carrier emails: Realized by the summer of 2022

Regarding carrier mail, the needs for carrier mail have decreased significantly due to the spread of SNS, and although some services that do not provide carrier mail have appeared in the new rate plan of MNO3, the reliability provided after confirming the identity. It is a high-quality service and has a certain level of needs.
 
In the task force, 1) the method managed by the change source company and 2) the method by forwarding were examined, and the committee members pointed out that “it may become a negative legacy”, and the cost burden is an issue. It was discussed that 4G and 5G compatible terminals can be easily carried by using an IMAP mailer.
 
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Switching Facilitation Task Force (5th)

 
As a proposal for consideration, it is desirable to provide it to all applicants by the change source management method, and it should be realized by around the summer of 2022, including users of the new rate plan of MNO3.
 
In addition, NTT DoCoMo and KDDI have announced in November 2020 that iPhones with iOS 14 or later will not be able to send emails with some carrier email addresses.
 
This is because addresses that include two consecutive dots (..) or a dot immediately before the “@” violate the RFC standard, which is a standard specification for Internet-related technologies.

4. Facilitating MNP procedures: One-stop within the next two years

In the task force, from the current “two-stop method” in which users perform procedures at both the relocation source and the relocation destination, the “one-stop method” in which users communicate only with the relocation destination business, which is often adopted in developed countries overseas. There were discussions aimed at moving to.
 
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Switching Facilitation Task Force (5th)

 
In addition, among the one-stop methods, a plan to build a switching support system and a plan to automate an existing system by API were considered.
 
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Switching Facilitation Task Force (5th)

 
As the direction of the draft of the study, study on explanation of important information on the contract, based on the MNO and MVNO companies of the system repair time required for such, the aim of one-stop into a prospect the next two years, the time if possible The direction was shown that it is appropriate to move forward.

 
 
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
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