news agency PTI AccordingInaugurating the portal, Union Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnav has said that Sanchar Saathi Portal Through this, people will be able to block, track and verify the authenticity of a used device before buying it. He said, “The first step of the Sanchar Saathi portal is the CEIR (Central Equipment Identity Register). If you lose your mobile phone, you can go to this portal. Some ID verification, undertaking will be required and soon after that the portal Will start liaising with law enforcement agencies and telecom providers to block the lost mobile phone.”
The Union Minister said that Sanchar Saathi has a ‘Know your mobile’ feature, which will help users verify the genuineness of old mobile phones before buying them.
Not only this, the report says that when asked about the measures being taken by the government to check frauds being done through calls on WhatsApp, the Union Minister said that the Meta-owned app will track any mobile phone involved in fraudulent activities. Has agreed to deactivate the services linked to the phone number.
He said that 36 lakh mobile connections have been disconnected for fraud and also their WhatsApp accounts have been blocked.