Blocking tens of thousands of subscribers from spreading spam calls

According to the Telecommunications Department (Ministry of Information and Communications), in March 2021, carriers blocked more than 17,000 subscribers from spreading spam calls, double the previous February.

Spam calls have plummeted The Telecommunications Department said that 17,276 subscribers who distributed spam calls were handled in March 2021. This is 2.3 times the figure recorded in February of this year. Thus, since the operators started the “campaign” to clean up telecommunications trash (July 2020), 128,970 subscribers spreading spam calls have been successfully filtered. In particular, only in the first quarter of 2021, there were more than 39,000 subscribers distributing spam calls handled by the operators, showing the determination of the Ministry of Information and Communications and carriers in blocking calls. junk consumer harassment. Before that, in the last 6 months of 2020, on average, each month, operators successfully blocked about 15,000 subscribers from spreading spam calls. According to the majority of consumers, over the past time, spam calls have decreased sharply. However, many advertising calls and service introduction still arise but are done more sophisticatedly. Ms. Bui Hang (Thanh Xuan – Hanoi) said: “For a long time there have been no spam calls to my phone, but since the day I applied for stock account registration, advertising calls appear thick. Special, 2-3 days. There was a conversation I had, the other end said that I knew I had submitted the application, but it was a stock trading profile in the domestic market. That employee invited me to join international stocks for more benefits. Why do they know my information so well? “. According to the reflection of Mr. Le Manh Dung (Long Bien-Hanoi), recently, this customer is often tapped. When calling back, there are also introductory content, advertising services. According to the Telecommunications Department, next time, the Department will continue to promote measures to manage and handle violations related to telecommunications waste (spam sim, spam calls, spam messages); At the same time, there are solutions to prevent fake phone calls, prevent the sale of pre-activated sims … contributing to ensuring security and order.