ＮＴＴ法の廃止見送り　総務省、改正案提出へ

　総務省は２４日、今通常国会にＮＴＴ法と電気通信事業法の改正案を２月下旬に提出する予定だと発表した。ＮＴＴ法を巡っては、自民党内での廃止議論の高まりを受けて２０２３年夏から存廃を議論してきたが、政府のＮＴＴ株保有義務など多くの規定を維持することが適当と判断、廃止を見送る方向だ。
　ＮＴＴ法などの改正案には、ＮＴＴが課されている固定電話サービスの全国一律提供義務の見直しを盛り込む。（2025/01/24-17:38）

Japan's communications ministry said Friday that it will submit bills to parliament in late February to revise the laws on Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. and telecommunications business.
   The ministry had discussed since summer 2023 whether to scrap the NTT law, but Friday's announcement means that the law will be kept alive.
   It concluded that it is appropriate to maintain many provisions in the law, including one obliging the government to hold some NTT shares.
   The ruling Liberal Democratic Party had sought to abolish the NTT law to ease regulations on the company. But rival firms insisted that the law is necessary to ensure a level playing field.
   In November last year, an advisory panel to the ministry, recommended that many provisions in the law should be maintained.