What are regulations on terrestrial mobile network porting in Vietnam?
As a retired official currently living in Vung Tau, I have recently learned that the telecommunications networks have undertaken the conversion of phone numbers from 11 digits to 10 digits. What are regulations on terrestrial mobile network porting in Vietnam?
What are regulations on terrestrial mobile network porting in Vietnam? - image from internet
Pursuant to Article 4 of the Circular 35/2017/TT-BTTTT on terrestrial mobile network porting, which is issued by the Minister of Information and Communications, terrestrial mobile network porting in Vietnam is as follows:
- Terrestrial mobile network porting (mobile network porting) means the mobile subscriber of one terrestrial mobile information service provider is changed to the one of another terrestrial mobile information service provider while retaining the number (including network code and subscriber number).
- Terrestrial mobile network porting service (mobile network porting services) means a commercial activity between the mobile subscriber and the recipient operator in cooperation with another terrestrial mobile information service provider and Network Development and Service Center - the Department of Telecommunications.
- Requesting subscriber means a mobile subscriber that has completed procedures for registering mobile network porting service but has yet to be provided with terrestrial mobile network services by the recipient operator.
- Ported subscriber means a mobile subscriber that has successfully ported the number to the desired network.
- Donor operator means a provider that is providing terrestrial mobile information services for the requesting subscriber by the time the service is deactivated.
- Recipient operator means a provider that will be providing terrestrial mobile information services for the requesting subscriber from the date on which the service is activated.
- Ported subscriber's original provider means a provider which provides terrestrial mobile network services and to which the number block containing the ported subscriber number is allocated.
- Porting schedule means a plan for deactivating services provided by the donor operator and activating services provided by the recipient operator for the requesting subscriber.
- Ported subscriber database means a collection of relevant information about all mobile subscribers using the mobile network porting services, which is stored at the porting center.
- Mobile network porting center (hereinafter referred to as “porting center”) means a system of equipment that is managed, operated and used by the Network Development and Service Center affiliated to the Department of Telecommunications for following mobile network porting procedures.
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