Team Blitz India

NEW DELHI: People will be able to block and track their lost or stolen mobile phones across India with the rollout of a tracking system by the government this week.

Technology development body Centre for Department of Telematics (CDoT) has been running the pilot of the CEIR system in some of the telecom circles, including Delhi, Maharashtra, Karnataka, and North East region.

The system is now ready for pan-India deployment, a DoT official said on May 14.

CDoT has been able to add features to check the use of cloned mobile phones across all telecom networks.

The government has made it mandatory to disclose IMEI -- a 15-digit unique numeric identifier -- of mobile devices before their sale in India.