Beijing spearheads real-name telecom campaign   

北京要率先實(shí)行手機(jī)實(shí)名制 正研究起草管理規(guī)定

為加強(qiáng)以移動(dòng)電話為終端的網(wǎng)絡(luò)活動(dòng)的規(guī)范和網(wǎng)絡(luò)社會(huì)的管理，北京很可能要在全國(guó)率先實(shí)行手機(jī)用戶登記實(shí)名制——用戶辦理移動(dòng)電話入網(wǎng)、過(guò)戶、變更等業(yè)務(wù)時(shí)，需要與電信業(yè)務(wù)經(jīng)營(yíng)者簽訂協(xié)議，并進(jìn)行真實(shí)身份登記；否則，運(yùn)營(yíng)商可以限制、暫停、終止服務(wù)。這是中新網(wǎng)記者從今天下午在京舉行的有關(guān)座談會(huì)上獲悉的。

(Ecns.cn) -- Beijing will likely take the lead in adopting a system that requires all mobile phone users to give their real names, reporters learned at a conference held Sunday by the Publicity Department of the Beijing Municipal CPC Committee.

A regulation being drafted here will require users to sign contracts with their real names when they set up service, transfer service or change service types. Mobile telecom operators will have the right to restrict, suspend or terminate service if users do not comply.

Senior executives from China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom said at the conference that the number of registered mobile phone users in Beijing has surpassed 60 million, and that several millions of new users sign up each year. False messages, spam, rumors and fraud are common problems, they all agreed.

Wang Zhenmin, dean of the School of Law at Tsinghua University, said the regulation will hopefully protect the freedom and privacy of citizens during communication via mobile phones.

However, it is important to investigate which departments check the personal information of old users and how they go about it, said Li Yuan, a law professor at Renmin University of China.

China implemented a system requiring new mobile phone users to provide their real names when buying numbers on September 1, 2010, a move reportedly to combat spam and fraud.

The top legislature last Friday approved rules requiring Internet users to use real names to identify themselves when signing web access agreements.