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The Indian government is planning the pan-India rollout of a tracking system for lost and stolen mobile phones..
Telecoms operators will be able to view an IMEI a 15-digit unique identifier on all Indian mobiles to trace the device or block it should it be cloned..
According to a senior government official, the Indian government is set to rollout a tracking system for lost/stolen mobile phones across the country...
Telecom operators and CEIR system will have visibility into IMEI number of the device and mobile number linked to it, and the information is being used in some states to track your lost or stolen mobiles through CEIR...
The government body aims to discourage the theft of mobile phones, enable the tracing of the stolen and lost mobiles to the police, detection of cloned or counterfeit mobiles, restrict the use of such cloned mobiles, as well as protect the interest of the consumers by making them aware of the information related to fake and cloned mobile phones.. Recently, Karnataka Police recovered and handed over more than 2,500 lost mobile phones to their owners using the CEIR system...
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