[Sad news] Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications experts rage wwwwwwwww to Softbank half price exemption

At a meeting of experts on mobile phone charges that the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications opened on the 11th, criticism continued for the sales method that exempts up to half of the terminal fee that Softbank starts on the 13th. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications is pointed out and will consider revising the guidelines, such as requesting the SIM lock to be released when selling terminals to subscribers of other major mobile phones. Softbank seems to be forced to respond. Softbank's new plan buys handsets in 48 installments. If you return your device two years later and replace it with a new model, you will be exempted from paying the device for up to 24 times, which will be half the price. By making it available to subscribers of other mobile phone majors, the communication and terminal separation rules that came into effect in October were not violated. However, in fact, a SIM lock that can only be used with a SoftBank contract is required for 100 days after purchase. Experts said, “It is against the purpose of the law revision” (Nomura Research Institute's Partner Shunichi Kita). The person in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications stated that “the problem has been highlighted. Softbank announced the price of the new iPhone on the 11th. The cheapest "11" is 44,640 yen (including tax) when half-price discount is applied. * Some excerpts from the link below. Continue with the source https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO49701450R10C19A9TJ2000/ document.write(” + ”); Related article document.write(” + ”);