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New Delhi : Union Minister for Communications, Law & Justice and Electronics & Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad on December 30, 2019, said that the Mobile Security should be our National Priority because the mobile handset has become an important tool for all online activities.
He was addressing a gathering, here after launching a Web Portal called ‘Central Equipment Identity Register (CEIR)’ for the customers of Delhi to facilitate blocking and tracing of Stolen/Lost Mobile Phones in Delhi. The Lt. Governor of NCT of Delhi Anil Baijal, Secretary, Telecom and Chairman, Digital Communications Commission, Anshu Prakash, Commissioner of Delhi Police Amulya Patnaik, Member (Technology), Digital Communications Commission, S K Gupta were also present on the occasion.
Prasad said that Government has decided to give 5G Spectrum for trial to all operators in the country. This may take few years to launch it fully all over the country, he added. UPI Payments interface has become primary means for all online money transactions in the country and we need to make it a Global beacon for making Indian rupee much stronger. He said that this is the age of communication and communication is power and this is the age of technology and the technology is power.
Prasad said that Aadhar is a digital identity to confirm our physical identity and the digital India is for digital inclusion. Digital India is empowering ordinary Indian to the power of technology which is leading to digital inclusion, he said.
Lt. Governor of NCT of Delhi Anil Baijal said that in the NCR Delhi itself the mobile theft cases are increasing to the tune of 40,000 cases per year and there should be a mechanism to address this problem. He requested the Minister for Communication to consider the integration of Zonal Integrated Police Network (ZIPNET) with the CEIR for better functioning.
Secretary, Telecom and Chairman, Digital Communications Commission, Anshu Prakash, said that the Tele-density in the country has increased to 242 mobiles for 100 populations and the mobile handset has become a means to fulfil all day-to-day requirements. Therefore, securing mobile with a system is the need of the hour.
International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) is supposed to be a unique identity of a mobile phone device. A phone with one/two slots of SIM Card is programmed with one/two IMEI number as the case may be. IMEI number being programmable, some miscreants do reprogramme the IMEI number, which results in cloning of IMEI causing multiple devices with same IMEI number. As on date, there are many cases of clones/duplicated IMEI handsets in the network.
If such IMEI is blocked, a large number of mobile phones will get blocked being handsets with same IMEI causing inconvenience to many genuine customers. Thus, there is a need to eliminate duplicate/fake IMEI mobile phones from the network. Accordingly, this project called Central Equipment Identity Register (CEIR) system has been undertaken by the DoT for addressing security, theft, and other concerns including reprogramming of mobile handsets.
The launch of Project in Delhi will facilitate request for blocking of stolen or lost mobile phone by customers; blocking of such mobile phones across mobile networks; allowing services to other existing customers having mobile phones with same IMEI number; sharing of traceability date with Police Authorities; and unblocking of recovered/found stolen or lost mobile phones.
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