Results of Call for Comments on Draft IP Network Equipment Committee Report
Overview
The Information and Communications Technology Subcommittee of the Information and Communications Council’s IP Network Equipment Committee invited comments on a draft committee report concerning technical requirements for telecommunications equipment in response to advances in virtualization and the use of third-party facilities. The report falls under Inquiry No. 2020, “Technical Requirements for Telecommunications Equipment to Support the Migration of Networks to IP.” Nineteen comments were submitted. The committee has published the comments and its views on them, and plans to deliberate on the matter at the next meeting of the Information and Communications Technology Subcommittee.
Key points
- Nineteen comments were submitted in response to the call for comments.
- The matter is scheduled for deliberation at the next meeting of the Information and Communications Technology Subcommittee.
- The subject is the draft report of the IP Network Equipment Committee.
Overview
The IP Network Equipment Committee of the Information and Communications Technology Subcommittee of the Information and Communications Council, chaired by Jin Aida, Specially Appointed Professor at the University of Tokyo, invited comments on its draft committee report on “Technical Requirements for Telecommunications Equipment to Support Advances in Virtualization and the Use of Third-Party Facilities.” This subject is part of Inquiry No. 2020, dated October 31, 2005, “Technical Requirements for Telecommunications Equipment to Support the Migration of Networks to IP.”
Nineteen comments were submitted, and the comments and the committee’s views have been published.
Details
The call for comments was held from Saturday, August 22, 2026, through Friday, September 25, 2026. The draft report of the Information and Communications Council’s Information and Communications Technology Subcommittee IP Network Equipment Committee was the subject of the call.
The submitted comments and the IP Network Equipment Committee’s views on each are provided in the attached document.
The original text’s “3. Future Plans” states that the matter will be deliberated at the next meeting of the Information and Communications Technology Subcommittee. The subcommittee chair is Junichi Takada, Executive Vice President for International Affairs and Professor at the School of Environment and Society, Institute of Science Tokyo.