Vietnam: Guiding the process of receiving applications for license for telecommunications services

According to Circular No. 12/2013/TT-BTTTT of the Ministry of Information and Communications of Vietnam, receiving applications for license for telecommunications services is carried out as follows:

- Enterprises shall submit applications for the license for telecommunications services and additional documents (if any) to the Vietnam Telecommunications Authority directly, by post or online.

- The Vietnam Telecommunications Authority shall notify enterprises in writing of the receipt of applications for licenses for telecommunications services.

- For applications directly submitted, the date of receipt is the day on which personnel of the Vietnam Telecommunications Authority receives the application submitted directly by the enterprise.

- For applications sent by post, the date of receipt is the day on which personnel of the Vietnam Telecommunications Authority receives the application sent by the postal service provider.

- The Vietnam Telecommunications Authority shall provide guidance on online submission if it is technically possible.

The Minister of Information and Communications shall license the establishment of public telecommunications networks using radio frequencies and provision of telecommunications services on the public telecommunications network using radio frequencies based on the assessment record submitted by the Vietnam Telecommunications Authority.

The Vietnam Telecommunications Authority shall license the establishment of public telecommunications networks, except for the cases prescribed by the Minister of Information and Communications in Clause 1 of this Article.

View more details at the Circular No. 12/2013/TT-BTTTT of the Ministry of Information and Communications of Vietnam, effective from July 01, 2013.

Thu Ba

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