October 09, 2018 | 21:20 (GMT+7)
Viettel completes changing 11-digit mobile numbers into 10-digit ones
PANO - The Military Industry-Telecoms Group Viettel on October 7 completed the process of switching 11-digit mobile numbers to 10-digit ones for all its 52 million mobile subscribers.
As a result, all Viettel’s subscribers with11-digit mobile numbers beginning from 0162 to 0169 have gotten 10-digit numbers beginning from 032 to 039.
Viettel is the last mobile network operator in Vietnam to complete the change of mobile numbers, following VNPT, MobiFone, Vietnamobile and Gmobile.
Until November 14 this year, people can still use both new and old numbers while mobile network operators will continue sending notifications in English and Vietnamese to its subscribers.
After that day, the old numbers will no longer valid but notifications will be maintained until June 30, 2019.
The updating apps of newly-changed mobile numbers are provided freely on the app stores, namely My Viettel, My VNPT, and My MobiFone.
Translated by Mai Huong