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 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Information and Communications looks set to issue a rule preventing local telecom companies from obstructing over-the-top (OTT) services such as Zalo and Viber.

Under a draft circular on the management of internet-based voice and text services, Viber will have to cooperate with Vietnamese telcos and obey the regulations on charges and service quality to be eligible to provide Viber Out in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Mobile network operators, having lost patience in their efforts to join forces with OTT (over-the-top) app developers, are now trying to develop OTT apps on their own.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A new chapter has begun in the history of the OTT (over the top) app market. As some service providers have left, the market is now controlled by the three big guys Zalo, Viber and Line.

The existence of OTT (over-the-top) services has taken the bread of mobile network operators’ mouth. Meanwhile, the network operators still cannot find out what they need to do to retain the bread. Blocking OTT services is not a good idea.

Experts believe that the launching of Viber’s version in Vietnamese language and the version for computers would have direct impacts on the OTTs with the focus on basic communications, rather than on the mobile platforms OTTs.