Dong Nai requires network operators to support people converting 2G to 4G/5G

Previously, the Department of Telecommunications (Ministry of Information and Communications) announced that September 2024 will be the expiration date for mobile telecommunications service business licenses and 2G network radio band licenses for network operators. This is also the time to officially turn off 2G waves in Vietnam.

Deploy multiple solutions

The Provincial People’s Committee requests telecommunications businesses to consider and have solutions and policies to support phone prices for people switching from 2G technology phone subscriptions to 4G/5G smartphones in the locality. Dong Nai table. At the same time, encourage businesses to propagate and support people to switch to smart mobile phones to easily access and use online services.

Businesses carry out procedures to register promotion programs and phone price supports with authorities according to regulations and ensure information security for people when making the switch; proactively coordinate with local authorities and community digital technology groups to carry out propaganda and guidance for people.

The Provincial People’s Committee assigned the Department of Information and Communications to monitor, urge and inspect the implementation status of the units; Deploy newspapers, radio units and related agencies to propagate policies and guidelines on converting 2G technology phones to phones using 4G/5G technology to ensure people improve their skills. Skills and awareness to prevent phone exchanges to lure, defraud, and appropriate information and property.

Telecommunications businesses in the area (Viettel, VNPT, Mobifone, Vietnamobile) urgently inform and report on policies to support people converting from 2G technology phones to using 4G/5G smartphones of unit to the Provincial People’s Committee (through the Department of Information and Communications) before April 30, 2024.

Director of Viettel Dong Nai Ngo Manh Hung shared, to accompany and support more than 250 thousand people in the province who are using 2G mobile subscriptions, converting to 4G connected phones, Viettel Dong Nai Organizing dozens of mobile teams in conjunction with local authorities and community digital technology groups to go door to door, each hamlet, and each commune to support people.

In addition, Viettel Dong Nai has ensured widespread 4G coverage in localities in the province, ensuring communication connection for people. In addition, the unit will also coordinate with localities to guide people to properly standardize subscriber information according to citizen identification to serve VNeID electronic identification; Support people to install and use digital applications on smartphones…

Chairwoman of Trang Bom District People’s Committee Vu Thi Minh Chau emphasized that relevant units and localities in the district need to promote propaganda of the program to convert 2G mobile subscribers to 4G/5G throughout the district on time. level, efficiency, ensuring the proposed plan…

Improve the effectiveness of propaganda and mobilization of people

The Provincial People’s Committee requested the People’s Committees of districts and cities of Bien Hoa and Long Khanh to deploy to affiliated units, localities, grassroots radio systems, and community digital technology groups to know and coordinate to propagate to people about Policy to support conversion from 2G technology phones to 4G/5G smartphones, ensuring information security when making the switch.

Many localities in the province have stepped up and promoted solutions to support people switching from 2G mobile subscriptions to using 4G/5G phones. Thereby, propagating and mobilizing people to carry out the transition process according to the proposed plan and roadmap.

Mr. Nguyen Van Moi (living in Song Trau commune, Trang Bom district) shared: “I work in the fields, so before, I used a “brick” phone just to make calls. Now knowing that 2G signals are about to be blocked, I went to the support point for converting 2G to 4G subscriptions at the Commune People’s Committee. With my children and grandchildren teaching me how to use it, I also gradually got used to using a 4G-connected phone and can even regularly update news and read newspapers every day.”

The Department of Information and Communications has just issued a document to departments, branches and localities on stopping 2G technology and supporting 2G technology mobile subscribers to switch to 4G/5G smartphones. According to the roadmap set out by the Ministry of Information and Communications, 2G mobile technology will stop being provided in September 2024. The Department of Information and Communications recommends that units continue to propagate and disseminate to officials. , civil servants, public employees, workers and people are known to proactively convert 2G devices to 4G/5G smart devices.

Director of the Department of Information and Communications Ta Quang Truong noted that currently, network operators are implementing a campaign to convert 2G mobile subscribers to 4G/5G. This can easily give rise to a new scam scenario through phone swapping. Therefore, telecommunications businesses and localities need to propagate and clearly announce the conversion instructions at the conversion support location announced by the locality, without online or other forms of conversion for people to know. , avoid being scammed.

Navy (Dong Nai Newspaper)