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IP: Policy Forum Makes Proposals on Japan's MPT and NTT
From: David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 20:36:59 -0400
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 17:25:43 +0900 From: sja () glocom ac jp (Stephen J. Anderson) The Information Technology and Communications Policy Forum of Japan held its first in a series of press briefings about NTT deregulation and reform. Full texts of the proposals are being made available on the Inforum Project server (http://ifrm.glocom.ac.jp/ipf/pr1/index.html). Extensive background materials are linked through our home pages. An Agenda of October 12 Press Conference follows. Presentations and Speakers: 1. Seeking Systemic Reform of the Information Technology and Communications Industries--Kotaro Suzumura (Hitotsubashi University) 2. Policy Proposal on Local Telephone Markets--Tsuruhiko Nanbu (Gakushuin University) 3. Central Issues of Information Technology and Communications Policy--Shumpei Kumon (International University of Japan) and Kazuhiko Nishi (Ascii Corporation) Policy Proposals of October 12 Proposal #1-1. Employ the lessons of earlier telecommunications regulation for designing a new systemic framework Proposal #1-2. Give utmost attention to transparency and fairness in the competitive framework in MPT regulations Proposal #1-3. MPT's Telecommunications Council must emphasize openness, transparency, and procedural fairness in its deliberations. Proposal #2-1: Considering the future of wireless technology and the future technological revolution involving both optic fiber and copper wire, the perception that a bottleneck will develop among the common carriers is already a relic of the past. Proposal #2-2: When there is unceasing technological revolution in regulated industries, regulation inevitably represses the opportunities for business created by that revolution. Proposal #3-1: The central issue in today's information technology and communications policy is promoting the construction of telecommunications infrastructure for the information society based upon an open data network (ODN). Proposal #3-2: The debate surrounding the information technology and communications policy should focus at the level of the proposed modes and policies towards construction of an infrastructure for information technology and telecommunications. During the course of any debate conducted at the other levels, we must keep in mind these issues of infrastructure. Members below disagree on some specifics of proposals, but all support the overall thrust of the points above. In short, their views differ from most talk limited to telephony, and are quite critical of the MPT and NTT discussions to date. The current Policy Forum members (in kana order) are as follows: Kazunori Ishiguro (University of Tokyo) Ken-ichi Imai (Stanford University) Masahiro Okuno (University of Tokyo) Shumpei Kumon (International University of Japan) Jiro Kokuryo (Keio University) Kotaro Suzumura (Hitotsubashi University) Tsuruhiko Nanbu (Gakushuin University) Kazuhiko Nishi (Ascii Corporation) Yukio Noguchi (Hitotsubashi University) Yasuki Hamano (National Center for Multimedia Education) Taizo Yakushiji (Keio University) Shin Yoshimura (Internet Initiative Japan) Akinori Yonezawa (University of Tokyo The Secretariat of the Information Technology and Communications Policy Forum of Japan is in the Center for Global Communications (GLOCOM), and further questions and materials may be address to me or our staff. =========================================== Stephen J. Anderson Associate Professor, Inforum Project Director Center for Global Communications (GLOCOM) International University of Japan Inforum Project http://ifrm.glocom.ac.jp/ ===========================================
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