The Telecom Ministry is ready to roll out a Central Equipment Identity Register (CEIR) in a bid to curtail the rampant cloning and theft of mobile phones across the country.
About:
What is it? Central Equipment Identity Register (CEIR) is a database of International Mobile Equipment Identities (IMEIs), the 15-digit numbers that uniquely identify each mobile device.
Objective: It is being launched to curtail the rampant cloning and theft of mobile phones across the country.
Objectives of India’s CEIR: Curtailment of counterfeit mobiles, blocking of lost or stolen mobiles across networks thus discouraging theft of mobile phones, maintaining a registry of all equipment identity to facilitate database of valid devices, and facilitate IMEI-based lawful interception.
Lists: It will be a database of IMEI numbers that will consist of three lists – white, grey and black.
Mobile phones with IMEI numbers in the white list will be permitted for use.
Those in the blacklist will be the ones that are reported stolen or lost and will not be allowed to access the network.
Those in the greylist will be the ones that do not conform to standards but will be permitted to connect under supervision.
Background:
In India, the plan to prepare the registry of mobile identification numbers was first conceived in the National Telecom Policy-2012.
In the interim budget for 2019-20, the government allocated Rs 15 crore to the DoT for the CEIR project.
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