Now monitor, block misplaced cell telephones by the use of Sanchar Saathi Portal
6 min readBy PTI
NEW DELHI: People shall be now able to dam and monitor their misplaced or stolen cell telephones all through India by the use of the Sanchar Saathi portal launched by the Department of Telecom on Tuesday.
Union telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that by Sanchar Saathi Portal, people can have the power to dam, monitor and confirm the genuineness of a used system sooner than searching for them.
“First leg of Sanchar Saathi portal is CEIR (Central Equipment Identity Register). If you lose your mobile phone, then you can visit this portal. There will be some identity verification, requirement of undertaking and immediately after this the portal will interact with law enforcement agencies and telecom service providers and block your lost mobile phone,” Vaishnaw said.
He said that Prime Minister has a clear imaginative and prescient that a great deal of consideration have to be paid to particular person safety and the facilities beneath Sanchar Saathi portal are aligned to his imaginative and prescient.
When requested about measures that the federal authorities is taking to confirm fraud by calls on WhatsApp, the minister said that Meta owned app has agreed to deactivate corporations linked to any mobile phone amount engaged in fraudulent actions.
“We have actively engaged with WhatsApp and they have agreed that customer safety is most important. All the OTT platforms are actively cooperating to deregister the users which have been detected as fraud users,” Vaishnaw said.
He said that 36 lakh cell connections have been disconnected for fraud and concurrently their WhatsApp account has been blocked.
The minister said that there is Know Your Mobile facility Sanchar Saathi which help clients affirm genuineness of second-hand mobile phone sooner than searching for them.
“We feel confident that at least with these reforms, at least the rising trends in cyber frauds will be seriously controlled and we will be able to bring them down,” Vaishnaw said.
Today Hon’ble Union Minister for Communications, Electronics & IT and Railways Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw has launched a citizen centric portal ‘SANCHAR SAATHI’…(1/3)
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He said that there is TAFCOP facility on Sanchar Saathi to help people confirm if there are totally different cell numbers working of their title with out their permission or info.
The Sanchar Saathi facilities have been developed by C-DoT.The know-how enchancment arm beneath the Department of Telecom has been able in order so as to add attribute to confirm use of cloned cell telephones all through all telecom networks.
The authorities has made it compulsory to disclose IMEI– a 15-digit distinctive numeric identifier of cell items sooner than their sale in India. The cell networks may have entry to the itemizing of accepted IMEI numbers which is ready to confirm the entry of any unauthorised cell telephones on their group.
Telecom operators and CEIR system may have visibility into IMEI number of the system and cell amount linked to it and the information is being utilized in some states to hint your misplaced or stolen mobiles by CEIR. One of the frequent practices is that miscreants after stealing mobile phone change IMEI number of the system which prevents monitoring and blocking of such handsets.
The CEIR can have the power to dam any cloned cell telephones on the group with the help of different databases. C-DOT has been working the pilot of the know-how in a lot of the telecom circles along with Delhi, Maharashtra, Karnataka and North East.
Recently, Karnataka Police recovered and handed over 2,500 misplaced cell telephones to their householders using the CEIR system.
Apple already has a system to hint misplaced cell telephones with the help of Apple id nonetheless details have been spherical Android cell telephones.
With the model new system in place, will most likely be futile to utilize stolen cell telephones. The system developed beneath Sanchar Saathi may even help in curbing the smuggling of telephones.
NEW DELHI: People shall be now able to dam and monitor their misplaced or stolen cell telephones all through India by the use of the Sanchar Saathi portal launched by the Department of Telecom on Tuesday.
Union telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that by Sanchar Saathi Portal, people can have the power to dam, monitor and confirm the genuineness of a used system sooner than searching for them.
“First leg of Sanchar Saathi portal is CEIR (Central Equipment Identity Register). If you lose your mobile phone, then you can visit this portal. There will be some identity verification, requirement of undertaking and immediately after this the portal will interact with law enforcement agencies and telecom service providers and block your lost mobile phone,” Vaishnaw said.googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
He said that Prime Minister has a clear imaginative and prescient that a great deal of consideration have to be paid to particular person safety and the facilities beneath Sanchar Saathi portal are aligned to his imaginative and prescient.
When requested about measures that the federal authorities is taking to confirm fraud by calls on WhatsApp, the minister said that Meta owned app has agreed to deactivate corporations linked to any mobile phone amount engaged in fraudulent actions.
“We have actively engaged with WhatsApp and they have agreed that customer safety is most important. All the OTT platforms are actively cooperating to deregister the users which have been detected as fraud users,” Vaishnaw said.
He said that 36 lakh cell connections have been disconnected for fraud and concurrently their WhatsApp account has been blocked.
The minister said that there is Know Your Mobile facility Sanchar Saathi which help clients affirm genuineness of second-hand mobile phone sooner than searching for them.
“We feel confident that at least with these reforms, at least the rising trends in cyber frauds will be seriously controlled and we will be able to bring them down,” Vaishnaw said.
Today Hon’ble Union Minister for Communications, Electronics & IT and Railways Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw has launched a citizen centric portal ‘SANCHAR SAATHI’…(1/3)https://t.co/ucurwdT8Cm#SancharSaathi@AshwiniVaishnaw @devusinh pic.twitter.com/hPAIdFIUYo
— DoT India (@DoT_India) May 16, 2023
He said that there is TAFCOP facility on Sanchar Saathi to help people confirm if there are totally different cell numbers working of their title with out their permission or info.
The Sanchar Saathi facilities have been developed by C-DoT.The know-how enchancment arm beneath the Department of Telecom has been able in order so as to add attribute to confirm use of cloned cell telephones all through all telecom networks.
The authorities has made it compulsory to disclose IMEI– a 15-digit distinctive numeric identifier of cell items sooner than their sale in India. The cell networks may have entry to the itemizing of accepted IMEI numbers which is ready to confirm the entry of any unauthorised cell telephones on their group.
Telecom operators and CEIR system may have visibility into IMEI number of the system and cell amount linked to it and the information is being utilized in some states to hint your misplaced or stolen mobiles by CEIR. One of the frequent practices is that miscreants after stealing mobile phone change IMEI number of the system which prevents monitoring and blocking of such handsets.
The CEIR can have the power to dam any cloned cell telephones on the group with the help of different databases. C-DOT has been working the pilot of the know-how in a lot of the telecom circles along with Delhi, Maharashtra, Karnataka and North East.
Recently, Karnataka Police recovered and handed over 2,500 misplaced cell telephones to their householders using the CEIR system.
Apple already has a system to hint misplaced cell telephones with the help of Apple id nonetheless details have been spherical Android cell telephones.
With the model new system in place, will most likely be futile to utilize stolen cell telephones. The system developed beneath Sanchar Saathi may even help in curbing the smuggling of telephones.
