The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said President Muhammadu Buhari has directed it to deploy a Device Management System, which entails keeping a repository of all mobile phones’ International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) and owners of such devices in the country.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the NCC made this known in the Revised National Identity Policy for SIM Card Registration, stressing that President Buhari had directed that the Device Management System be implemented by July.
According to the NCC, this is with the aim to curtail the counterfeit mobile phone market, discourage mobile phone theft, enhance National Security, protect consumer interest, increase revenue generation for the government, reduce rate of kidnapping, mitigate the use of stolen phones for crime, and facilitate blocking or tracing of stolen mobile phones and other smart devices.
The NCC stated that one of the means to achieve the aim is through the deployment of Device Management System (DMS), but was yet to reveal the modality to collect the IMEI of every phone in the country.
When implemented, the NCC stated that mobile phone technicians will be required to check phones’ IMEIs and ensure they have not been reported as stolen or illegal before they render their technical services.
“The implementation of a Centralized Equipment Identity Register (CEIR) otherwise known as Device Management System (DMS) will serve as a repository for keeping records of all registered mobile phones’ International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) and owners of such devices.
“IMEIs that have been reported as either stolen or illegal will be shared through the DMS to all the operators and service providers. The purpose is to ensure that such devices do not work even if different SIM Cards are inserted in those devices.
“DMS will also provide access to all operators to cross-check the IMEIs and their status before allowing a device to become active on their network.
“Furthermore, registered mobile phone technicians will also be provided with an interface to check IMEIs and ensure it has not been reported as stolen or illegal before they render their technical services.
“To achieve this, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) would be responsible for the implementation and management of the DMS to achieve the policy objectives.
“Accordingly, His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR has directed that the Device Management System should be implemented within three months,” the NCC stated in the Revised National Identity Policy for SIM Card Registration that was published on 11 May 2021.
The objectives of implementing the DMS, the NCC stated, include: to register and capture the IMEIs of all mobile phones and other smart devices on the DMS which will serve as a repository for sharing data of stolen devices across all networks; to ensure all un-registered devices do not work in any of the Networks in Nigeria; and to ensure every reported IMEIs for stolen and illegal mobile phones and other smart devices are blacklisted and shared with all operators across all networks.
Other objectives of implementing the DMS are to mitigate Mobile Phone theft and protect Nigerians from been attacked to snatch their mobile phones and other smart devices; to blacklist and render all stolen Mobile Phones and other Smart Devices valueless in the Nigerian Mobile Phones Market; to ease the use of mobile phones and other smart devices in all public places without fear of been attacked by mobile phone snatchers; to facilitate the use of digital technology solutions to address key issues bothering Nigerians in the Tele communication Sector; and to facilitate the implementation of Device Management System in Nigeria in accordance with best global practice.
Meanwhile, the NCC also stated in the Revised National Identity Policy for SIM Card Registration that uniform Software Application, Software Development Kit (SDK) with device location tracking capabilities would be deployed on all SIM Reg Terminals.
The NCC stated this as part of a robust SIM Identity Management Solution that would be deployed for effective implementation of the Federal Government Directive on Mandatory Use of National Identification Number (NIN) and to reduce incidence of fraudulently registered SIMs (pre-registered SIMs) to the barest minimum.
Some other key features of the proposed SIM Identity Management Solution are real time monitoring and authorization of SIM Registration and SIM Replacement transactions in accordance with the NIN policy; collation and linkage of registered SIMs on all networks to users NIN; and monitoring and Management of data capture devices (including identities of SIM Registration Agents) with capabilities to disable and blacklist devices as well as Dealers/Agents found to be carrying out spurious SIM Registration and SIM Swap transactions.
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