On February 5, the 2nd Plenary Meeting of the Preparatory Group for PHS MoU was held at the Toranomon Pastoral in Tokyo participated by 40 members and 4 special members from domestic and overseas businesses and organizations, welcoming Mr. Akira Terasaki, Director, Land Mobile Communications Division, Telecommunications Bureau of MPT Japan as a guest.
The meeting, presided by Dr. Hiroshi Ishikawa, Chairman of the Preparatory Group for PHS MoU, approved the PHS ID Application Procedure Regulation. Interim reports on activities of working groups were presented by Mr. Masayoshi Wakao, Chairman of IPR WG, and Mr. Takuo Kashiwamura, Chairman of Interface WG.
Mr. Peter K. F. Wong from Hong Kong Telecommunications Ltd. was elected as a member of the Steering Committee of the preparatory group and he made the presentation on preparations for introduction of PHS in Hong Kong.

Approval of PHS ID Application Procedure Regulations

A unique Identification code (ID) is assigned to PHS equipment such as terminals to enable identification of each equipment. A unique PHS Operator ID is assigned to operators, and the Operator ID is written into public cell stations to enable identification of each PHS operator that provides service by using these cell stations.
To ensure the uniqueness of these IDs around the world, it is desirable that the assignment of IDs be done under a unified organization. For that reason, PHS MoU Group makes ID assignment as the unified ID Assignment organization. However, for countries where ID assignment is made by their own organizations according to their law or institutions, PHS MoU Group will coordinate the ID assignment activities with these ID assignment organizations to prevent overlapping with existing IDs.
PHS MoU Group will assign ID codes to PHS equipment and PHS operators according to these regulations. Until the establishment of PHS MoU Group, the preparatory group will assign ID codes for PHS MoU Group.

Report on IPR WG activities

The basic concepts on conditions for permitting use of PHS essential IPR overseas and their handling methods were examined by the IPR WG with the participation of the owners of the essential IPR, TTC and ARIB.
Although discussions have been held to unify the various opinions, a consensus has not been reached. The WG will adjust the opinions of each owner and summarize them in document form as soon as possible.