NCC to adopt anti-mobile phone theft system

By OFFIONG ENE

Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Ernest Ndukwe disclosed over the weekend that an anti- theft device that would render any stolen mobile phone in the country useless would be introduced before the year runs out.


The device, when in operation shall completely bar stolen phones from being used in any of the phone networks in the country.


Worried about the growing rate of phone theft in the country, Ndukwe at the 47th Consumer Parliament held at Anambra in the Eastern part of Nigeria, explained that  the anti-theft system was developed with collaboration of the mobile phone operators and that a company has been licensed to manage the system.


According to him, “the system will require that both CDMA and GSM networks link their data to the system such that once a theft is reported; it will render the  handset useless”.


If all goes well, mobile phone theft may just be a thing of the past in the country come December this year.

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