New Delhi : No problem if your mobile phone is lost or stolen. You don’t need to worry about this. The Department of Telecom has launched a portal on Tuesday, through which you can not only monitor your mobile phone, but you can also block your phone number if needed. The most important thing is that whether your lost or stolen mobile phone is near you or in any corner of India, you can keep a close watch on it through this new portal. The name of this portal is ‘Sanchar Sathi’.
Can also check old equipment
According to media reports, the Department of Telecom launched the Sanchar Saathi portal on Tuesday. Through this, people can now track their lost or stolen mobile phones across India. The phone can also be blocked from this portal. Union Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said that through the Sanchar Saathi portal, people will be able to check the authenticity of old equipment before buying it.
Portal will contact enforcement agency and telecom company
Union Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said that the first phase of Sanchar Saathi portal is CEIR (Central Equipment Identity Register). If you lose your mobile phone, you can visit this portal. Some identity verification will have to be done and soon after that the portal will contact the law enforcement agencies and the telecom company. Your lost phone will be blocked.
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36 lakh mobile connections closed
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi thinks that a lot of attention should be paid to user security and the Sanchar Saathi portal is a step taken in this direction. Asked about probing cases of fraud through calls on WhatsApp, the minister said the Meta-owned app has agreed to deactivate services linked to any mobile phone number involved in the fraud. He said that 36 lakh mobile connections have been disconnected due to fraud and their WhatsApp accounts have also been blocked.
