In the last 9 days, a total of 10 lakh 90 thousand handsets have been brought under the National Equipment Identity Register (NEIR) system by the regulatory body BTRC. Of these, 7 lakh 10 thousand handsets have got validity in registration. The remaining 3 lakh 80 thousand handsets have been identified as illegal.
Invalid SIMs used in these handsets have already been sent a message to register through valid paper. Ongoing ‘token off’ activities. BTRC Commissioner AKM Shahiduzzaman said that thousands of sets are being locked every day in the process of closing these tokens to reduce the suffering of the customers.
The BTRC commissioner said that the sellers have also started taking back the ‘illegal’ phones given to the customers as this has raised awareness among the buyers.
He also warned that those who are not aware of this will soon fall into misery.
The implementation of NEI started from October 1 after the completion of 3 months of experimental activities. The regulator BTRC has advised those who receive ‘invalid’ messages on the set during the operation to return the mobile phone to the seller and collect a valid phone.
The connection of the illegally identified phones is being disconnected one by one, said Brigadier General Md. Shahidul Alam; if a mobile seller does not return, exchange or refund the phone with an illegal message, you can call the BTRC call center, 100. BTRC is providing legal assistance to the customer in this regard.
Meanwhile, as all the legal and illegal sets used in the mobile network of Bangladesh have been registered till June 30, a special feature has been included in the National Equipment Identification Register for transferring ownership or identifying stolen phones. BTRC will launch this feature in due course. However, before that, if the customer wants, he can go to the web link neir.btrc.gov.bd and take the opportunity to transfer the ownership of the mobile set from the existing Citizen Portal. Only the ‘legitimacy’ of stolen or lost phones will have to wait longer, he said.