The Ministry of Information and
Communications will regulate each person to register a maximum of 18 simcards
from mobile network operators.
According
to the draft of a circular on managing pre-paid mobile phone subscribers, if
one person wants to have more than three simcards, he/she must register with
another mobile phone network operator. So, one person would register a maximum
of 18 simcards from six mobile network operators.
The six
operators are Viettel, VinaPhone, MobiFone, S-Fone, Vietnamobile and Beeline.
The
development is considered a tough measure to closely manage pre-paid mobile
phone subscribers.
However,
Nguyen Dinh Chien, deputy general director of MobiFone, the third largest
mobile network operator, said mobile simcards were used in many devices such as
USBs of 3G generation, notebook computers and mobile phones. Therefore, the
State should increase the maximum numbers of simcards owned by each person to
five units.
Nguyen
Viet Dung, deputy general director of Viettel Telecom, agreed and said the
demand was surely more than three simcards for each person.
So, the
Telecom Department said if a person demanded more than three simcards, he/she
must register with other mobile network operators to meet the demand. Each
person can own a maximum number of 18 simcards because there are six mobile network
operators providing services on the domestic market.
The
draft of the circular will permit one enterprise to register a maximum of 100
simcards. The regulation is expected to restrict enterprises from registering
too many simcards to sell on the market.
At
present, there is a service provided by individuals that a normal subscriber
can change to be a student subscriber even if they are not students to get
cheaper mobile phone service charges.
The
situation was due to loose State management, experts said.
A
VinaPhone representative said the situation was likely at a few agencies and
some individuals had taken advantage of the policy, thereby making it difficult
to access databases to change subscribers.
VNS
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