The government has said the pricing schemes used in mobile phone services lack transparency and fairness, with bills taking up a rising share of household budgets.
Customers need more control over components of the plans, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters Monday.
His comments echoed those from a meeting the same day of a task force set up by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to look at ways of lowering the cost of wireless services.
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