About 3 million mobile phone subscribers whose personal information registration doesn’t match the national population database will have their phone service cut off by the end of this month, the Ministry of Information and Communications has said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The number of mobile phone subscribers in Vietnam has dropped significantly as registrations for pre-paid service have been tightened, but there are still around 127 million subscribers

VietNamNet Bridge – A new regulation requires mobile operators in Viet Nam to ensure at least 92 per cent success rate for short messaging services (SMS) with delivery time not exceeding 20 seconds. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Hanoi Department of Information and Communications has recently discovered a private IT company spying on 14,140 mobile phone subscribers, using the Ptracker software.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese military telecommunication group (Viettel) has chosen IBM Smarter Computing solutions to build its 3G infrastructures Cameroon.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Department of Information and Communications will inspect all telecom companies operating in the city to check their management of prepaid mobile phone subscribers.