Theft and robbery of mobile handsets in the country have become a normal case. Illegal import continued. According to the BTRC regulatory body, more than three billion mobile handsets were imported in 2016, and about one quarter of it came on the thieves. As a result, the government has been deprived of revenue of 800 crores. Besides, the use of mobile phones in different types of crime and anti social work, including racket of fake and low-quality sets and militant activities in the market is underway. In order to control the overall situation, BTRC has made a policy decision to set up and operate the National Equipment Identity Registrar (NEER) through third party licenses in the open auction system or to introduce mobile handset registration system. In this case, BTRC coordinates with mobile network operator (MNO), law enforcement agencies, customs and NBR and will serve as the NEIR controller. Recently, a proposal on this subject has been approved in principle by the BTRC.
BTRC secretary Sarwar Alam confirmed the decision of Kaler Kantho, saying that the work is going on with the preparation of the policy.
Prior to this, the BTRC has been instructed to prepare and maintain the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) database of mobile handsets from the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications and Information Technology on January 25 last year. A day after the directive, State Minister for Telecommunication and Telecommunication Tarana Halim told the media, "Within two months, the registration of mobile handsets will begin to register the IMEI number and these numbers will be stored.
No other or fake IMEI number handsets can be used in the country without the number of registered handsets. '
Besides, in the draft of the National Telecommunications Policy published in August last year, it is said, "A national registration system of mobile and related equipment will be introduced to prevent security risks, theft and other issues such as mobile handset reprogramming."
Earlier, the BTRC took an initiative in March 2012 to prevent the use of fake and non-mobile phone numbers of IMEI numbers. During that time, the mobile phone operators were instructed to identify the IMEI number of the fake set within six months. But that direction was not implemented. At that time, the BTRC also took a plan to give the correct IMEI number to the fake set for 50 rupees. It has not been implemented.
In context, the IMEI number is a unique number of 15 digits, which is in a valid mobile phone service. A special cell phone key # p # * # presses the # key immediately after this particular number of identification number floats on the screen, which is not in the fake handset.
According to the documentary, the latest BTRC decision has said that currently, an estimated 15 thousand crore mobile handsets worth more than Tk 15 thousand crore are imported. The government is being deprived of revenue of about 800 crore rupees annually for import of these sets illegally. Illegally imported mobile handsets are being used in various law-enforcing activities, such as militant, terrorist and anti-social activities, and the law enforcement agencies are in a position to identify the terrorists.
The facility of the NEIR has been told that illegal access to mobile handsets in the country will be stopped. Mobile handsets can be stolen. The stolen set will turn into an unnecessary material in the telecommunications and it will be easier to recover. The stolen set will be stored separately in the database and using the EIR (Equipment Identity Registrar) can be used to prevent stolen access through an access control system.
It has been said about the open auction method in the decision making board that it will not require BTRC's fund allocation and additional manpower in the concerned sector.
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