MOSCOW, 28 APR – RIA Novosti. Check smartphones on the factory number (IMEI) will allow citizens in need to block a lost or stolen phone, and to learn about the location of the child and family, told RIA Novosti the General Director of ANO “Digital platform” Arseny Weltzin.
the Newspaper “Kommersant” on Tuesday with reference to the revised bill of the group of senators said that mandatory registration of mobile devices on the factory number (IMEI) can be introduced in Russia from 1 July 2021. In March, the head of Rossvyaz Oleg Dukhovnitsky told RIA Novosti that the registration of smart phones by IMEI you can run “fast enough”.
“Absolutely correct measure. Surprisingly the now-standard model when it gets lost or stolen phone – a statement to the police, and the police, in turn, can track the phone. But no one block will not. In the case of possible lock the phone it is pointless to steal or not to return to the owner”, – said the expert.
“Operators, and manufacturers of the most popular applications somehow already know what we have, how we use it where we use it. With the advent of the unified register this information can be applied for the benefit of citizens in various cases. At first, you can block your lost or stolen phone, and subsequently it can be a tool to solve some complex custom tasks, for example, to find the child, to give information on the relative and so on. That is, the tools can be used to power, will become available for the citizens”, – said Weltzin.
the Bill has been discussed since January of 2019. It is assumed that to register a smartphone by the IMEI will oblige importers (including citizens who have independently bought the device abroad). According to the newspaper, the new version of the bill suggests that the procedure and the fee for the registration will be set by the government, although in the first version of the fee was limited to $ 100. It is planned that the fee to register will only need a new device.
the Equipment will not be registered or will be coincident with a different IMEI may be blocked by the mobile operator. From 1 January 2024, they can also begin to block the lost or stolen device.
