Inside a MobiFone office in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Tuoi Tre In the first three months from November 16, three major mobile network operators in Vietnam – Viettel, VinaPhone and MobiFone – will offer the service to post-paid subscribers to test its impact on the telecoms market. In the first quarter of 2019, the service will be rolled out for prepaid subscribers of the three operators as well as those of Hong Kong-invested Vietnamobile. Meanwhile, Gtel, a mobile network operator owned by Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security, has not announced any plans to offer MNP to its subscribers. Once the service is launched on Friday, mobile users who wish to transfer their phone number to another network can register for the switch at any office of their current operator. The transfer fee is limited to no more than VND60,000 (US$2.60), and customers will receive a blank SIM card after paying for the service. They must then initiate the number porting … [Read more...] about How to port your Vietnamese phone number to another network operator
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First turn of mobile phone number conversion successfully taken
As stated by a representative of the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT), in this first turn, more than one million subscribers possessing the prefix 0124 will have their number changed to 084. Despite its positive result in the experimental phase, along with well-prepared technical solutions, in order to ensure a smooth convert, the company still mobilized nearly 300 technicians in 63 provinces and cities nationwide to cooperate in this task. At the moment, any subscribers with the prefix 0124 (now changed to 084) are able to make phone calls and send messages to others in the same or other networks. These users need neither to change their SIM card nor re-register their personal information. The money in their account remains unchanged, and they do not have to do anything, but let VNPT carry out all necessary actions. To quickly update and synchronize the contact book, customers of VNPT are suggested to wait until after October 7, 2018 when all network providers … [Read more...] about First turn of mobile phone number conversion successfully taken
VNPT to pilot phone number conversion in August
After a piloting process of mobile phone number change in the middle of August, VNPT officially begins its 5-phase conversion for its 5 prefixes from September 15 to September 25. Accordingly, the prefix 0124 will be changed to 084, 0127 to 081, 0129 to 082, 0123 to 083, and 0125 to 085. To guarantee a smooth conversion and minimize potential negative impacts on phone users, VNPT has nearly completed all preparation tasks. It has formed a steering committee since this June and requested its technical units to carefully categorize all concerned prefixes. This is to ensure a precise conversion and to avoid mistake at all cost so that phone subscribers will not feel inconvenient. Until now, the conversion project has been successfully improved. VNPT has also finished the task of declaring new prefixes to technical systems, including the core network, the information technology system, the management system for commerce and manufacturing, the value added service (VAS), and the land-line … [Read more...] about VNPT to pilot phone number conversion in August
Most expensive phone numbers in Vietnam
Vietnamese believe that using good numbers they will be lucky in life and business. Based on this idea, many people pay billions of dong to own special phone numbers to get luck and to show off their "rank". According to some online forums, a man recently paid $200,000 to buy the cell phone number 0903456789 (of MobiFone network). This number is expensive because 090 is the oldest network code and 3456789 is the best chain of forward numbers among ten-digit phone numbers. It is said that the price for this number is much higher now. A SIM shop recently offered this number 01666666666 (of Viettel) at 2.5 billion dong ($132,000). This is a special phone number because 16 means luck in business, nine six numbers mean being luck forever. VinaPhone's number 0916888888 is fixed at 888 million dong ($46,700). It is explained that 091 is among the oldest network code in Vietnam, 168 means getting rich, and 888888 means good fortune. People call this phone number as "Dream of Life". It is … [Read more...] about Most expensive phone numbers in Vietnam
11-digit phone numbers to be cut
All 11-digit mobile phone numbers in Vietnam will be changed to 10-digit numbers in 2018 (Photo ictnews.vn)Hanoi (VNA) - All 11-digit mobile phone numbers in Vietnam will bechanged to 10-digit numbers in 2018, said Pham Hong Hai, Deputy Minister ofInformation and Communications.According to Nguyen Duc Trung, Director of theTelecommunications Authority under the Ministry of Information andCommunications, the change to fixed telephone area codes was completed nationwideon August 31.After completing the change to fixed phone area codes, thereare some surplus codes such as 03, 04, 05, 07 and 08 which will be used for thegrowth in mobile phone subscriptions, the authority said.Accordingly, all 11-digit numbers with prefixes ‘012’ ofVinaPhone and MobiFone, ‘016’ of Viettel, ‘018’ of Vietnamobile and ‘019’ ofGMobile will be converted into 10-digit ones.The last seven numbers of the 11-digit mobile phone numberswill remain the same, … [Read more...] about 11-digit phone numbers to be cut