What does virtual operator 170 mean?

Virtual operator, whose professional name is mobile communication resale business, refers to purchasing telecom services from basic telecom operators with mobile communication networks, repackaging them into their own brands and selling them to users.

The 170 part of the virtual operator.

The first four digits of 1 1 mobile phone number in the section "170" distinguish the basic operators, where "1700" is the resale number logo of China Telecom, "1705" is China Mobile, and "1709". Moreover, the customer service in virtual operator also continues the numbering rule of basic operators from 10020 to 10039.

Virtual operator pilot project

On 20 13 12.26, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the first batch of approval documents for mobile communication resale business (namely "virtual operator"), and then issued four batches of virtual operation pilot licenses again. A total of 42 private enterprises (including Zhejiang and Guangdong provinces 1) were approved for mobile communication resale business five times.

Zhang Feng, chief engineer of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said that the resale business of mobile communication is one of the core contents of opening up to private capital in the telecommunications field, and it is a hot spot and a rapidly growing field in the communications industry. In the long run, the entry of private capital into the field of mobile communication will further stimulate the vitality of market competition, help optimize the market competition pattern and improve the competition and service level.

In order to encourage the innovation of mobile communication business and improve the overall service level of mobile communication, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued business licenses to the first batch of 15 enterprises that signed contracts with China United Network Communication Group Co., Ltd. on July 23, 1965, and approved them to operate mobile communication resale business.

Licensed enterprises in virtual operator can rent the mobile communication network of basic telecom operators to provide users with communication services based on their own brands. This includes reorganizing SMS, voice, traffic, etc. Turn it into a more flexible package and sell it to users; Mobile virtual operator can own enterprise patent trademarks and sell SIM cards.

Their existing business resources, such as Suning, Gome, Dixintong, Yin Tian, Leyu, Telephone World, and Ai Shide, also meet the requirements of virtual operator and are the fastest, among which Yule fired the first shot.