Call charges for mobile phones to fall after April

According to the Asahi Shimbun news report, Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications will introduce new accounting rules to mobile phone companies from April to promote the reduction of mobile phone call charges.

It is likely that call charges will be lowered by this.

Details are as below.
Asahi.com: Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications Guides - Cellular Phone - Digital

According to this article, the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications has compiled the "operational guidelines" of accounting rules for mobile phone companies. The new accounting rule was applied from April and the main purpose is to eliminate the sales incentive paid to the agency as a discount source for mobile phone terminals from the communication cost which is the basis of the call charge setting.

Currently, it is said that the sales incentive paid by the mobile phone company is about 30 to 40% of the communication cost, and if the communication cost is lowered excluding the incentive fee, the call charge is declined by 1 to 20% It is.

In addition, mobile phone companies have already introduced sales incentives for sales incentives instead of higher terminal prices, but also plans that have lower communication charges, but also because of the plan to use incentives, this guideline It is said that it will be introduced.