Now people will be able to block and track their lost or stolen mobile phones. across India with the rollout of a tracking system by the government this week, a senior government official said.
Technology development body Centre for Department of Telematics (CDoT) has been running the pilot of the CEIR system in some of the telecom circles, including Delhi, Maharashtra, Karnataka, and North East region and the system is now ready for pan-India deployment, a DoT official, who did not wish to be identified, “CEIR system is uled for pan-India launch on May 17,” the official said. When contacted, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman Project Board at CDOT Rajkumar Upadhyay did not confirm the date but confirmed that the technology is ready for pan-India deployments .
“The system is ready ar now it will be deployed acro India in this quarter. Th will enable people to blo and track their lost mobi phones,” Upadhyay said.
CDOT has been able to a features to check the use cloned mobile phones acro all telecom networks. TH government has made it mandatory to disclose IMEI 15-digit unique numeric identifier of mobile devic ebefore their sale in India.