Sanchar Saathi Portal launched to track Lost or Stolen Mobile Phones across India

The Minister of Communications, Railways and Electronics & IT Ashwini Vaishnaw launched ,Sanchar Saathi portal, the portal been developed to prevent frauds such as identity theft, forged KYC, banking frauds can take place by misusing mobile phones

The Sanchar Saathi portal has 3 modules that include  CEIR (Central Equipment Identity Register) – for blocking stolen/lost mobiles, Know your mobile connections – to know mobile connections registered in your name and ASTR (Artificial Intelligence and Facial Recognition powered Solution for Telecom SIM Subscriber Verification) – to identify fraudulent subscribers

In case any mobile device is stolen or lost, a user can submit the IMEI numbers on the Sanchar Saathi portal,

Information submitted by the user in the Sanchar Saathi portal along with a copy of police complaint is then verified, Once the information is being verified, the Sanchar Saathi portal system blocks the stolen mobile phones from being used in Indian networks, When the stolen device is recovered, the user can unlock the device on the Sanchar Saathi portal

The Second module facilitates the citizens to check the genuineness of IMEI of their mobile device, It facilitates a user to check the number of mobile connections taken in her/him name using paper-based document, User enters her mobile number on the portal and authenticates using OTP, It also allows users to block the connections which are not required, for more details CLICK HERE