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The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) intends to take the control of wireless value-added service providers (SP) back from mobile operators, reports China Communications. According to an MIIT insider, government departments will utilize technology-based methods to interface with SPs. Previously entrusting operators with the regulatory role, the MIIT has already called upon a portion of its own local communication management bureaus to manage SPs via corporate instant messaging (IM) services, said the report.