2G phones disappearing

Head of the Ministry of Information and Communication’s (MIC) Authority of Telecommunications (AOT) Nguyen Thanh Phuc said since March 1, telecom carriers have not allowed mobile phones not included in the list of 2G phones with Certificate Regulation (CR) announced by MIC.

According to AOT, 1,500 units have been granted CR for mobile phones supported only by 2G technology.

Phuc explained that the 2G mobile phones without CR that joined the networks prior to March 1 can operate as usual.

AOT said that from September 2024 to September 2026, the 2G system will be reserved for voice and messaging services using 3G and 4G mobile phones with no support in VoLTE technology.

As such, subscribers using 2G mobile phones won’t be able to use the 2G system on the 900MHz bandwidth. From September 2026, the 2G system will be stopped.

MPS calls for Gtel Mobile services

On March 1, Minister of Public Security To Lam called on the entire police force to use the mobile telecommunications network run by Gtel Mobile to promote internal resources and develop the business of the police force.

Lam said that Gtel has made great strides, becoming the leading technology and telecommunication group under the Ministry of Public Security’s (MPS) governance. It provides technological products and software that serve national digital transformation.

Lam requested the Department of Cyber Security and Hi-tech Crime Prevention, Gtel Corporation, and Gtel Mobile Company to focus on managing the company with reasonable business strategies, turning it into a powerful telecommunications company serving the police sector and as a national standby resource to serve the Party and States communications in emergency cases.

Make in Vietnam AI in world’s top 4

Surpassing more than 130 leading technology companies and research institutes globally, the technology on face searching and recognition developed by Viettel AI has been included in the world’s top 10 in five out of eight categories as reported by NIST (the US National Institute of Standards and Technology) in January 2024.

Among the five categories, Viettel’s AI technology is in the world’s top 4 and Vietnam’s top 1 in the Mugshot-Profile 90o.

The achievement marked a new record for Vietnam's automatic facial recognition and search technology in the international market.

“FRTE 1:N Identification” published by NIST is considered a “blue tick” for the performance of facial recognition and search technology solutions. 

Trong Dat