Duty LXD-7309
Provides telecom services, in Japan
Telecommunications Business Act, Report of Service Stoppages and Significant Accidentssince 3 lines
Telecommunications Business Act (電気通信事業法, Act 86 of 1984), Art. 28 · Read the law's page
- Applies to a telecommunications carrier under the Act; reached by declaring that you provide telecom services.
- Report to the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, without delay and with the reason or cause, any partial suspension of your telecommunications business made under Article 8(2) and any leak of the secrecy of communications or other significant accident the ministerial order names (Article 28(1)).
- Report to the Minister, without delay and with the reason or cause, any situation the ministerial order names as likely to lead to such an accident (Article 28(2)).
Telecommunications Business Act, Equipment Standards, Management Rules and Chief Equipment Managersince 5 lines
Telecommunications Business Act (電気通信事業法, Act 86 of 1984), Arts. 41, 43, 44 and 44-3 · Read the law's page
- Applies to a telecommunications carrier that installs telecommunications line facilities (Article 41(1)), and, for the management rules and the chief manager, to a carrier whose equipment falls under Article 41(1) to (5); reached by declaring that you provide telecom services. An app or online service that only carries traffic over another carrier's network is not within Article 41(1).
- Maintain the telecommunications equipment you use for your business in conformity with the technical standards the ministerial order sets (Article 41(1)).
- Draw up management rules for that equipment that set out the management policy, structure and methods and the appointment of the chief equipment manager, and notify them to the Minister before you start your business (Article 44(1) and (2)); notify any change without delay (Article 44(3)).
- Appoint a chief telecommunications equipment manager who meets the ministerial order's requirements, and notify the Minister of the appointment or dismissal without delay (Article 44-3(1) and (2)).
- Comply with a ministerial order to repair or modify non-conforming equipment, or to comply with or change your management rules (Articles 43 and 44-2).