Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Canceling the location of mobile phone numbers will increase the risk of telecommunications fraud

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Can the location of mobile phone numbers be cancelled? According to People's Daily Online, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology recently gave an authoritative answer saying that canceling the location of mobile phone numbers will increase the risk of telecommunications fraud. Currently, no relevant policies have been issued to cancel the location of mobile phone numbers.

Cancelling roaming charges, canceling traffic reset, implementing number portability, launching traffic transfer services, etc. In recent years, my country's network speed-up and fee-reduction work has been steadily advancing. At the same time, a netizen of People's Daily Online expressed on the "Leaders' Message Board" that it is recommended to refer to the practice of canceling provincial highway toll stations and cancel the restrictions on the location of mobile phone numbers.

The netizen believes that nowadays, people are highly mobile and many services are bound to mobile phone numbers. If you change your number after changing your permanent residence, it will affect the bound services; if you do not change your number, you will not be able to enjoy local business discounts and activities.

In response, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said that the location of a mobile phone number is a network technology concept based on the home location register, and its change is closely related to the network architecture and facilities. Changing the location of a mobile phone number requires large-scale adjustments to existing network facilities, and has a significant impact on the location display function of mobile terminals, and will affect user perception.

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology also pointed out that canceling the location of mobile phone numbers will increase the risk of telecommunications fraud.

It is understood that the three major operators have launched measures such as number portability, non-local account cancellation, and multiple cards for one person, so that users can enjoy more favorable tariff packages in other places.

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said that it has not yet issued any relevant policies to cancel the location of mobile phone numbers. In the future, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will make overall considerations and conduct further research on this proposal.