Illustrative image (Photo: VNPT) Hanoi (VNA) – Mobile service providers will block incomingcalls for about 1.8 million subscribers with personal information failing to match the national population database beginning on April 1, the Ministry of Information and Communications’ Departmentof Telecommunications has announced.
According to the department, as of March 30, the personal information of morethan 1.99 million mobile subscribers has been synchronised with the national population database.
Statistics show that there are about 126 million mobile subscribersin Vietnam.
Those that do not coordinate with mobileservice providers to update their personal information will have their two-way communication blocked from April 15, and they will have their contractsterminated from May 15 if they still fail to update their personal information.
The standardisation of information is carriedout following a decree on mobiletelecommunications.
Phone numbers with incorrect information willreceive a notification from the mobile carriers.
Mobile phone providers will send messages tocustomers for five days at least once a day to ask subscribers to update theirinformation as requested.
According to the decree, all mobilesubscriptions need to provide accurate personal information of owners,including name, identification number and profile picture.
The regulation aims to help protect the interests of customers using theservice and limit the number of junk SIMs in the market.
In 2022, the Government ordered that every active mobile phone number must belinked to the national population database./.
