Central Equipment Identity Register (CEIR)

Telecom Ministry announced on 8 July that it would launch the Central Equipment Identity Register (CEIR) next month.

  • The National Telecom Policy of 2012 calls for the establishment of a National Mobile Property Registry to address the issue of “security, theft, and other concerns including reprogramming of mobile handsets”
  • Based on this, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) initiated a CEIR for mobile service providers. In January 2018, this project was handed over to the Centre for Development of Telematics (CDoT) which is set to be launched next month.

Benefits of a CEIR

  • Checking Phone Theft: Such centralised databases are meant to identify ....
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