Mobile monitoring system CEIR set for pan-India launch: All you have to know

CEIR system, which permits folks to dam and monitor their misplaced or stolen cell phones, is ready for pan-India launch, and the Union authorities will roll it out throughout the nation within the coming week, in accordance with PTI.

“The system is ready for pan-India deployment and is scheduled for launch on May 17,” a Department of Telecommunications (DoT) official informed PTI.

Rajkumar Upadhyay, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Project Board, on the Centre for Development of Telematics (CDoT), a know-how growth physique, confirmed CEIR was prepared for a pan-India deployment. Chaudhary, nevertheless, didn’t give any particular date, saying will probably be deployed ‘in this quarter.’

What is CEIR?

CEIR goals to ease the reporting of stolen and misplaced cell phones, and block such units from getting used, throughout the nation. Also, residents can examine the standing of their request to dam a misplaced/stolen telephone, and so they also can unblock the gadget, as soon as it has been discovered.

How will the system work?

In current days, CDoT, an autonomous telecom analysis and growth (R&D) centre of the DoT, Government of India, has been working a pilot of the CEIR system in telecom circles corresponding to Delhi, Maharashtra, Karnataka, and the North-East. To the system, CDoT added options to examine using cloned cell phones, doing so for all telecom operators.

Then, to examine the entry of any unauthorised gadget on their community, operators can have the record of authorised IMEI numbers. This is as a result of the Centre has made it necessary to reveal IMEI – a 15-digit distinctive numeric identifier – of cell phones earlier than these are bought.

Finally, with the assistance of CEIR system, operators will use this IMEI info to trace the misplaced or stolen gadget.

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