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As many as 128,970 mobile subscriptions that delivered spam calls and messages have been deactivated since last July, according to the Vietnam Telecommunications Authority under the Ministry of Information and Communications.
Local mobile carriers are not yet able to block spam calls due to the absence of clear regulations and a detailed definition of “spam calls.”
Mobile network operators say they do not support the Ministry of Information and Communication’s (MIC) proposal to set limits on the numbers of SMS messages because they fear that customers will fall into OTT service providers’ hands.
VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese computer users lost VND8.5 trillion in 2014 due to viruses, according to BKAV, the largest internet security firm in Vietnam.
Since the lunar New Year, many people have become victims of mobile phone spam with sexual contents. This is not the first time mobile subscribers complaining with their service providers about spam.