Abstract
The interconnection between the telecommunications facilities of one telecommunications carrier and those of another carrier has been utilized as a method to construct a network that enables telecommunications between facilities of those carriers. This chapter discusses the development of regulatory systems concerning such interconnections established in the Telecommunications Business Act for overviewing the development of policy frameworks concerning such interconnections.
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This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 18K01297 and the Telecommunications Advancement Foundation Grant for Research in FY 2018.
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Fukuda, M. (2020). Development of Regulatory Systems Concerning Interconnection. In: Mitomo, H. (eds) Telecommunications Policies of Japan. Advances in Information and Communication Research, vol 1. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1033-5_3
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