In a bid to curb rampant spam and growing fraud conducted over mobile services, China will require all mobile phone subscribers to register using their real names next year, the official Xinhua news agency said. Such registration has sparked protests from operators such as China Mobile and China Unicom who complain the shift will require a mountain of extra paperwork. Others say it will impose on individuals’ privacy. The move is aimed at curtailing a burgeoning tide of cell phone-related fraud and spam, most conducted over cell phones using text messaging, Xinhua quoted Wang Xudong, head of China’s Ministry of Information Industry, as saying.