ISP License for Korea and Japan

Sun Nov 13 06:10:51 UTC 2005

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