An advisory panel charged with studying ways to promote information technology-related competition on Tuesday proposed drastically deregulating the nation's telecommunications sector.
The panel's final draft, for example, recommends that carriers other than the giant Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. group be allowed to freely change their fees and services.
Other carriers, including KDDI Corp. and Japan Telecom Co., are currently required to notify the Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications Ministry before making any such changes.