The 973rd: What is a stack test?

　A stack test refers to the consideration of verifying whether the level of the connection fee is unreasonable and fairly reasonable in domestic communications.It is also called a verification of the relationship between the connection fee and the user fee.

　Generally, in a healthy competitive market, the user fee is considered to be set with proper interest.In the fixed communication business industry, by conducting stack testing, it is not unreasonable for dominant (in dominant status) businesses to be unreasonable.We verify the relationship with the user fee when the connection fee is approved.

　Note that the purpose is to verify that the connection fee to other businesses is appropriate, and that it is not intended to verify the validity of the user fee.

　Landline and wired Internet, etc. began in 1999, and in 2007, a ministry and guidelines were created.

　Perhaps in the future, the same initiatives may be carried out on mobile phones to reduce the price of user fees due to "low -cost plans" by MNO companies, and to verify the legitimacy of connection fees to other companies such as MVNOs.Maybe.

Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Takeda, the price reduction of the connection fee for MVNO "proceed with a sense of speed"