How did Alibaba Communications respond to the interview questions from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology?

Alibaba Communications responded to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology’s interview: shutting down users who send spam text messages and harassing phone calls.

In response to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology’s interview on spam management, Alibaba Communications Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. issued a statement on January 24, saying that the company launched four major 170 business initiatives that day, including targeting the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and Basic Information. The operator has made it clear that users who send spam text messages and harassing calls will be punished with immediate shutdown.

According to news released on the website of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on January 24, on January 23, the Information and Communications Administration Bureau of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology interviewed the main person in charge of Alibaba Communications and provided guidance, pointing out that Alibaba Communications had been garbage for three consecutive quarters. The number of reports of text messages and harassing phone calls ranks high and continues to rise, requiring them to pay attention and take measures to strengthen management of related issues.

It is worth noting that Alibaba Communications’ investigation is very intensive this time, and the associated Alibaba Communications 170 numbers under the same ID of the illegal users will be shut down simultaneously.

Alibaba obtained a virtual operator pilot license in 2014, and subsequently launched "Alibaba Small Account", "Qinxin 170", "Traffic Wallet" and other businesses.

Coincidentally, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced to the public the "Notice on the Official Commercialization of Mobile Communications Resale Business (Draft for Comment)" on the 24th, which means that after more than four years of pilot work, virtual operators will be officially Commercial licenses and competition in the telecommunications market will also become more abundant.

The following is the full text of Alibaba Communications' response:

According to data released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology that day, as of the end of 2017, 42 private companies had launched pilot mobile resale services in 29 provinces. The total number of users exceeded 60 million, and it directly attracted more than 3.2 billion yuan in private investment.