mobile phone subscribers

From April 15, the telecommunication service providers will perform a two-direction block with subscribers without standardized personal information.

By May 15, if mobile phone subscribers with personal information that does not match the national population database, they will have their numbers revoked, Deputy Director of the Department of Telecommunications Nguyen Phong Nha said.

The Ministry of Information and Communications announced to stop providing service for 19.6 million phone subscribers whose personal information registration doesn't match the national population database.

The Information and Communications Ministry is conducting a large-scale nationwide inspection to update SIM card owners’ information and wipe out non-original or pre-activated SIM cards from the market.

Mobile phone carriers have warned that owners of temporarily locked SIM cards must come to their offices to certify their personal information as soon as possible; otherwise, their SIM cards will be terminated permanently on May 15.

Cyber criminals increasingly use junk SIM cards to trick people and appropriating money. This has reached an alarming level and required strict handling from the authorities.

According to statistics from the Ministry of Information and Communications, the communication service market generated around VND 138,000 billion in 2022, an increase of 1.6 percent compared to 2021.

The communication service market generated around VND3,893,595 billion (US$165 million) announced by the Ministry of Information and Communications today.

The National Assembly will spend the entire day on November 4 to question Cabinet members on selected groups of issues.

To boost digital transformation in the community, various technological programs like 5G network development, Mobile Money, or supporting poor people with smartphones are highly welcomed. Yet, until now, experts in the technological field comment that these projects have not reached expectation.

The three largest mobile phone operators in Vietnam, namely VinaPhone, Viettel, and MobiFone, will officially allow their subscribers to switch provider without changing their number from November 16, in accordance with the Circular No.35/2017 issued by the Ministry of Information and Communications.

Giant mobile networks in Vietnam, including MobiFone, Viettel, and VinaPhone, have officially offered the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) service since November 16, 2018 for all postpaid subscribers. However, report showed that on the first day, only a few hundred customers used this service.

In accordance with the instruction of the Ministry of Information and Communications, at 12am on September 15, all mobile networks in Vietnam carried out the task of changing 11-digit phone numbers to 10-digit ones. Reports from the Authority of Telecommunications, the first turn was extremely successful.

All major mobile phone service providers in Vietnam, consisting of VinaPhone, Viettel, MobiFone, and Vietnamobile, reported that they have successfully piloted the number conversion process from 11-digit to 10-digit. It is supposed that the official conversion will be launched on September 15 in accordance with the guideline of the Ministry of Information and Communications.

The Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) announced yesterday that it will follow instruction from the Ministry of Information and Communications to converse all of its 11-digit mobile phone numbers to 10-digit ones in September 15.

The Ministry of Information and Communications announced yesterday in Hanoi that the campaign to change Vietnamese 11-digit mobile phone numbers to 10-digt ones would be launched in September this year. However, in the press conference, representatives of mobile network providers have not introduced any practical aid to mobile phone subscribers.

In order to meet the demand of customers, the Vietnam Mobile Telecom Company (Mobifone) increased the data capacity of the basic Mobile Internet 3G/4G packages by more than 6 times from July 1 abg the prices of these packages remain unchanged.