Government website that helps track, recover lost mobile phones is going ‘national’ – Times of India
Sanchar Saathi portal is a citizen centric initiative of the Department of Telecommunications to empower mobile subscribers and strengthen their security. The website helps people track and find their lost mobile phones. Presently, this website caters only to Delhi and Mumbai circles. The portal will be available throughout the country and cater to lost or stolen mobile phones connected to all telecom circles.
What all mobile users can do on sancharsaathi.gov.in
With the help of this website users can also access their SIM card number and block it if anybody is found using the SIM through the owner’s ID. “Sanchar Saathi empowers citizens by allowing them to know the mobile connections issued in their name, get disconnected the connections not required by them, block/trace lost mobile phones and check genuineness of devices while buying a new/old mobile phone. Sanchar Saathi contains various modules like CEIR, TAFCOP etc,” says the description on the website.
TAFCOP helps a mobile subscriber to check the number of mobile connections taken in his/her name. It also facilitates reporting the mobile connection(s) which are either not required or not taken by the subscriber.
So far, with the help of this portal, 4,70,000 lost or stolen mobile phones have reportedly been blocked. Also, more than 2,40,000 mobile phones have been tracked through this website, as per official sources. Around 8,000 phones have also been recovered through the portal.
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