Four major mobile companies announced a policy to agree if there is a demand from users for "SIM Lock" cancellation request from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

The other day, KDDIIs "Galapagosatization" really due to SIM Lock? KDDI holds a briefing sessionSo, SOFTBANK held a briefing session on SIM lock today, too, in the "Public hearing on the way of SIM lock of mobile phone terminal" held by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications held today, the four major mobile companies from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Agreed that it is a policy to cancel the "SIM Lock" release request, if there is a request from the user.

"SIM Lock" is a function to restrict the use of something other than the SIM card of a specific mobile phone company so that it is pointed out that Japanese mobile phones have evolved independently and have become "Galapagos" Although it has come, it may be that this "Garakae" era will finally come to an end.

Details are as below.Transfer mobile phone company without changing terminal Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, request for cancellation of limit: Nihon Keizai Shimbun

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Current affairs dot com: Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, "SIM Lock" to release "= agree with four mobile companies

Today, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications announced "Public hearings on how SIM lock of mobile phone terminals should be", and in response to a request from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications to release "SIM lock", four major mobile companies (NTT Docomo, KDDI, Softbank, Mobile) agreed "If there is a demand of the user, we will respond."

The SIM lock is a function that locks so that it can only be used by a specific mobile phone company contracted for the SIM card which recorded the telephone number etc. When the lock is released, the user simply replaces the SIM card You will be able to use the terminal across a business.

The Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications in the 2007 report pointed out that "SIM locks are in principle desirable to be released", indicating the idea to draw conclusions in 2010. It is planned to decide how long it will be possible to release locks from the future in the future, but since KDDI (au) and SoftBank have variations in terminal standards and frequencies, it is not necessarily beneficial for users to cancel We are arguing that it is going to be a problem how to proceed concretely.