Govt launches Citizen Centric Portal, Sanchar Saathi to block and trace lost mobile phones

New Delhi: Union Minister for Communications Ashwini Vaishnaw launched a Citizen Centric Portal named Sanchar Saathi Portal at a function in New Delhi on Tuesday through which mobile users can now track and block their lost mobile phones. 

The Sanchar Saathi Portal is an initiative of Department of Telecommunications. It empowers the citizens by allowing them to know the mobile connections issued in their names, get the connections not required by them disconnected and to block and trace the lost mobile phones.

 

Speaking on the occasion, the Union Minister said, three important modules have been added in the portal to secure the mobile users from fraudulent activities.

He said, the first module, Central Equipment Identity



Register has been introduced for blocking stolen or lost mobiles, the second module is Know your mobile connections and the third module - Artificial Intelligence and Facial Recognition powered Solution for Telecom SIM Subscriber Verification, will identify fraudulent subscribers.

He informed that through the use of Sanchar Saathi portal, more than 40 Lakh fraudulent connections have been identified and more than 36 Lakh such connections have been disconnected so far. Mr Vaishnaw said, a series of reforms have taken place in the telecom sector due to which the telecom industry has become a robust and investment-oriented industry. Secretary in the Department of Telecommunications K Rajaraman was also present on the occasion.