The government has made it mandatory to disclose the IMEI, a 15-digit unique numerical identifier, of mobile devices before they are sold in India. (Credits: Reuters)
Telecom operators and the CEIR system will have visibility into the IMEI number of the device and the mobile phone number linked to it, and the information is being used in some states to track their lost or stolen mobile phones through CEIR.
People will be able to lock and track their lost or stolen mobile phones in India with the launch of a tracking system by the government this week, a senior government official said.
Technology development body Center for Department of Telematics (CDoT) has been piloting the CEIR system in some of the telecommunication circles including Delhi, Maharashtra, Karnataka and North East region and the system is now ready for deployment. all over India. a DoT official, who did not want to be named, told PTI.
“CEIR system is scheduled for pan-India launch on May 17,” the official said.
When contacted, CDoT CEO and Project Board Chairman Rajkumar Upadhyay would not confirm the date, but did confirm that the technology is ready for rollout across India.
“The system is ready and will now be rolled out in India this quarter. This will allow people to lock and track their lost mobile phones,” Upadhyay said.
CDoT has been able to add functions to verify the use of cloned mobile phones in all telecommunication networks.
The government has made it mandatory to disclose the IMEI, a 15-digit unique numerical identifier, of mobile devices before they are sold in India.
Mobile networks will have access to the list of approved IMEI numbers that will verify the entry of any unauthorized mobile phones into their network.
Telecom operators and the CEIR system will have visibility into the IMEI number of the device and the mobile phone number linked to it, and the information is used in some states to track their lost or stolen mobile phones through CEIR.
“One of the common practices is that criminals change the IMEI number of stolen mobile phones, which makes it impossible to track and block those phones. It was a national security problem. CEIR will be able to block any cloned mobile phones on the network with the help of various databases,” Upadhyay said.
The basic purpose of CEIR is to facilitate the reporting of lost and stolen mobile phones and to block the use of mobile phones throughout the country. This will discourage the theft of mobile phones, enable police to track down stolen and lost mobile phones, detect cloned or counterfeit mobile phones, restrict the use of such cloned mobile phones, and protect the interests of consumers by making them aware of information related to fake and counterfeit mobile phones. cloned.
More than 2,500 lost mobile phones were recently recovered and returned to their owners by the Karnataka Police using the CEIR system.
Apple already has a system to track lost mobile phones with the help of Apple ID, but there have been major problems with Android mobile phones.
With the new system implemented, it will be useless to use stolen mobile phones.
“The system has a built-in mechanism that will also control phone smuggling and will also help the government avoid loss of revenue for the treasury,” Upadhyay added.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed)
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