[86655] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ISP License for Korea and Japan
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tom Vest)
Sun Nov 13 01:11:34 2005
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Cc: Nanog Mailing list <nanog@merit.edu>
From: Tom Vest <tvest@pch.net>
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 01:10:51 -0500
To: "Dave Hughes" <dhughes@pccwglobal.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Nov 12, 2005, at 9:30 PM, Dave Hughes wrote:
> Hello,
>
> My company is looking to open pops in Koera and Japan. Before I go
> talk to my lawyers, does anyone know what's involved in getting the
> proper license and just how difficult is it?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> Regards,
> Dave
Hi Dave,
http://www.soumu.go.jp/joho_tsusin/eng/Resources/Manual/Entry-Manual/
entry2k-eng.pdf
Infrastructure based or not, international or not, most regulatory
requirements on data service providers in Japan were abolished in
2003. I think there are still some perfunctory registration
requirements, which means you'll probably have to hire a bengoshi for
the one-time filing, but all of the old requirements (like filing
interconnection notices and retaining a formally accredited "Type I
Basic Telecommunications Engineer" on staff) are all history now.
Let me know if you have specific questions on Japan.
I'll defer to someone else on Korea...
Tom
