{"id":74202,"date":"2020-12-24T15:24:02","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T09:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=74202"},"modified":"2020-12-24T15:24:35","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T09:54:35","slug":"central-equipment-identity-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/central-equipment-identity-register\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Equipment Identity Register"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong>\u00a0The government has launched a web portal, \u2018Central Equipment Identity Register (CEIR)\u2019 in Delhi.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>About CEIR<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a database of the International Mobile Equipment (IMEI) numbers of blacklisted handsets.<\/li>\n<li>All network Operators can share blacklisted mobile devices on CEIR. Devices blacklisted in one network will not work on other networks even if the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card in the device is changed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00b7 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<strong>Objectives of CEIR:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>o \u00a0 Curtail the counterfeit mobile phone market<\/p>\n<p>o \u00a0 Blocking of lost\/theft mobiles thus discouraging mobile phone theft<\/p>\n<p>o \u00a0 Protect consumer interest by informing about fake and cloned mobiles<\/p>\n<p>o \u00a0 Facilitate IMEI based lawful interception<\/p>\n<p>o \u00a0 Maintain database of all valid mobile equipment.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Implementation:<\/strong>\u00a0It is implemented by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) under the Ministry of Communications.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Background:<\/strong>\u00a0The idea of CEIR was first conceived in the National Telecom Policy, 2012.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Additional Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>International Mobile Equipment (IMEI) numbers<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a 15 digit unique identification code for each mobile phone.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0It is used to improve operations and deter theft and counterfeit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:\u00a0The government has launched a web portal, \u2018Central Equipment Identity Register (CEIR)\u2019 in Delhi. Facts: About CEIR It is a database of the International Mobile Equipment (IMEI) numbers of blacklisted handsets. All network Operators can share blacklisted mobile devices on CEIR. Devices blacklisted in one network will not work on other networks even if the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/central-equipment-identity-register\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Central Equipment Identity Register<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1351,1310],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news","category-daily-news-updates","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704786263},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74202\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}