Prepaid subscriber influence subscriber development

The Ministry of Post and Telematics has just submitted a draft regulation on management of prepaid subscribers to mobile information service providers. There were a lot of opinions from the mobile information business for this project.

According to Deputy General Director of Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) Bui Thien Minh, the management of prepaid mobile subscribers will have a direct impact on the rate of subscriber development of telecommunications businesses. Mr. Minh said that this is a long and complicated job, so when issuing a decision, it is necessary to have time for enterprises to build a system of data management, propaganda, training .

The management of prepaid subscribers will have to agree on the database on the same unified network. Therefore, in order to connect the subscriber information database of the enterprise to the state management agency for telecommunications and security, it is necessary to specify the form of network connection and the scope of accessing the database to ensure network safety and ensure confidentiality of subscriber information in accordance with law.

The next time customers are prepaid subscribers of mobile networks must go to "declare" the procedure as in service centers like this.Photo: TN

And Viettel Mobile, which is currently the No. 1 mobile network operator, said that in fact, there are also retail points that offer prepaid SIM cards or prepaid mobile terminals (no use SIM card) directly to customers. These retail outlets are not agents of the business. Currently, the number of these retail outlets is very large (there are about 20,000 retail outlets nationwide providing Viettel prepaid SIM cards and 80% of Viettel's prepaid SIM cards sold to consumers through the This retail point).

How is Viettel posing to manage these retailers? In case of not placing retail points into the target group of the Draft, there will be no legal basis for state agencies and enterprises to bind their responsibilities in subscribing subscriber information. as well as handling violations against them.

Draft management of prepaid mobile subscribers also stipulates quite a strict registration procedures. Service users must register personal information based on identity cards or passports. However, according to Viettel, in addition to these two papers, military identity cards and police certificates are also legally valid papers and equivalent verification of common identity cards. Therefore, in fact, there are many customers belonging to the military force, the police only have military identity cards, police certificates without people's identity cards. Viettel has proposed that the Draft should supplement provisions that customers can use military identity cards and police certificates to register for services, ensuring the principles of reasonable and simple registration procedures.

Then there are cases where agencies and organizations register their prepaid subscribers on their own behalf. Prepaid SIM cards or prepaid mobile terminals are not fixed by the agency or organization for one person in their unit but are used for all individuals to perform a certain type of work. . In this case, of course, it is impossible to apply for the registration of personal subscriber information but the Draft does not seem to be taken into account, so there is no regulation on whether these agencies or organizations have to register information. Private subscription or not?

With this view, VNPT said that it is necessary to add more information about subscribers in the name of agencies and businesses. In addition, when buying a SIM card . the customer must present one of the valid identification documents (ID card or passport) and must provide the subscription number . and prove the ownership of the subscription to business or mobile information agency. VNPT also proposed to add specific types of documents that can be replaced in case there is no identity card or passport, it can be replaced by driving license .

Thuy Nguyen