IT News
Imphal, Oct 8:
With the aim to curtail the counterfeit mobile phone market and discourage mobile phone theft, protect consumer interest, and facilitate law enforcement authorities; DoT implemented the Central Equipment Identity Registry (CEIR) that connects to the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment number) database of all the mobile Operators. CEIR acts as a central system for all network Operators to share blacklisted mobile devices so that devices blacklisted in one network will not work on other networks even if the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) car in the device is changed, informed Sr DDG DoT NE LSA at Shillong, today.
Through the extension of the project to the six states in the North Eastern region i.e. Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Tripura; a mobile consumer can now file Mobile handset theft information only on www.ceir.gov.in by uploading Police station complain of lost mobile and ID proof to block his/her Mobile handset use in all Indian mobile network across the country. The facility was launched on Dussehra day for the users of NER (6 States) as a mark of fight against evil. Substantial checks and balances have been incorporated in the system so that only the authorized user of the lost mobile can register the information and no one else, stated Sr DDG.
Later, police authorities can track (with location details) the usage of this blocked handset if anyone tries to use it, said Ravi Goel, Sr DDG, NE Shillong. The system will help Police authorities to recover this lost handset also and discourage its theft. The facility is being extended to LEAs shortly and progressively in each of the six states to register such information directly from respective police stations also.
With this, NE state becomes the first few states who are able to use such facility, besides Maharashtra, Goa, Delhi, and Karnataka. The facility is slated to be extended to all Licensed Service Area of Country progressively.
