Precautions for "communication carrier transfer" in the "SIM lock principle prohibition" after 10/1 (Business Insider Japan) --Yahoo! News

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On October 4, the Kishida Cabinet was launched, and former Prime Minister Yoshiyoshi Suga left the official residence.His office is 384 days.The Suga administration's "souvenir" is the "prohibition of SIM locks", which began on October 1.See all images] Points of the "Capital Career Transfer" in the era of "SIM lock principle prohibition" after 10/1, one of the highlights of the Suga administration was "Reduction of mobile phone charges".With the appearance of an online plan from three carriers, such as the NTT DOCOMO "Ahamo", Japan has reached the second cheapest communication fee level in six major cities around the world (according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications).

The Suga administration souvenir called "SIM lock principle prohibition"

However, this price reduction is said to be a price cut that was forced to be forced and urgent by Prime Minister Suga and Ryota Takeda's fist. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications published an "action plan" in October 2020 in order to realize a continuous competitive environment, and has been reluctant to compete between careers. One of the results is the prohibition of SIM locks, which will be realized from October. For example, when purchased at NTT DOCOMO, it was locked so that only NTT DOCOMO lines could use smartphones. This is the restriction that was called "SIM lock". Until now, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has been gradually reviewing the SIM lock, such as "If you purchase it in bulk, you can unlock SIM immediately" and "SIM lock can be released even with used smartphones". Finally, since October 1, sales were required in a state where SIM was not locked since the purchase. With this in mind, the iPhone 13 series released on September 24 has not locked SIMs in all carriers of NTT DOCOMO, KDDI, Softbank, and Rakuten Mobile. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications aims to say, "If you buy a smartphone, if another inexpensive career or price plan comes out, you can easily switch." By creating an environment where users can easily transfer their careers, they consequently promote rates between careers.

Feel free to transfer communication carriers, such as changing the price plan

For users, regardless of where they bought the iPhone 13, they were able to walk freely to their favorite careers and price plans.For example, "If LINEMO issues a plan of 990 yen for 3GB, you will immediately sign up for LINEMO. After that, POVO started zero yen, so transfer again immediately."Due to the work of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, there is no two -year tie or cancellation fee.When I wanted to quit, I quit and I was able to change my career freely.By the way, in the past six months, I had a contract on Rakuten Mobile until March, LINEMO → AHAMO → Povo → Ahamo → Povo 2.I'm switching to 0.Every month, you change the telecommunications company used on your iPhone.Depending on what you see, this is also the merit that SIM locks were banned in principle.If you have one smartphone, you can freely switch to 4 carriers or cheap smartphones (MVNOs).However, what you need to worry about is the "corresponding frequency band".

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