{"id":8540,"date":"2014-03-28T15:10:54","date_gmt":"2014-03-28T15:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/?p=8540"},"modified":"2014-04-25T15:13:32","modified_gmt":"2014-04-25T15:13:32","slug":"the-president-of-honduras-conatel-tigo-claro-hondutel-and-the-gsma-signed-an-agreement-to-tackle-devices-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/the-president-of-honduras-conatel-tigo-claro-hondutel-and-the-gsma-signed-an-agreement-to-tackle-devices-theft\/","title":{"rendered":"The President of Honduras, Conatel, Tigo, Claro, Hondutel and the GSMA signed an agreement to tackle devices theft"},"content":{"rendered":"

The president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hern\u00e1ndez, have signed a memorandum of understanding with the GSMA Latin America, Honduras\u2019 National Telecommunications Commission (Conatel) and the three mobile network operators of the country. Following this agreement, stolen mobile devices will be reported and black listed in GSMA\u2019s IMEI database.<\/p>\n

\"imeihonduras1\"<\/a>Mobile network operators have committed to voluntarily exchange IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) information of devices reported as stolen. The goal is to reduce crimes related to devices theft that have recently spread across the country. Similar measures have been taken throughout the region making hard to register a stolen device in another country where mobile operators are connected to the GSMA IMEI\u2019s database.<\/p>\n

The agreement has been signed on March 27th in Sand Pedro Sula where the President of Honduras, along with Sebasti\u00e1n Cabello (GSMA LA Director), Otto Pineda (Tigo\u2019s General Manager), Froylan Ay\u00f3n (Claro Honduras\u2019 Manager), Ricardo Cardona (Conatel\u2019s President), and Jes\u00fas Mej\u00eda (Hondutel\u2019s General Manager) took part of the event.<\/p>\n

During the ceremony, Mr Hern\u00e1ndez pointed: \u201cSadly, in many occasions the life of a human being has been threatened because of mobile phone theft. However, with this agreement there will be no incentive for stealing or taking someone\u00b4s life for a mobile. Now the people need to know where to call in order to block stolen mobile devices and protect Hondurans life\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n

For his part, GSMA Latin America director said: \u201cMobile services growth and devices sophistication have become a major security issue for users \u2013some of which have a tragic outcome\u2013 and has served for setting up criminal actions. That is why this agreement celebrated in Honduras has been a very significant development.\u201d After the agreement, Cabello stressed out that these measures will require 1) rising people awareness on reporting stolen devices; 2) developing clear sanction\u2019s rules for those who altered devices\u2019 IMEI; and 3) involving mobile phones manufacturers to make less vulnerable devices.<\/p>\n

\"videoseba1\"<\/a>Froylan Ay\u00f3n, General Manager of Claro Honduras, highlighted: \u201cIn Claro we have a genuine commitment with Honduras. We support these initiatives because they are aligned with our principles. They are, indeed, good news for Honduran people.\u201d <\/p>\n

At the same time, Tigo\u2019s General Manager, stated: \u201cwe already know the impact of criminal acts committed against mobile phone owners in our country. That\u2019s why we encourage the efforts made by the government to protect the people. For that reason, we are constantly investing in technology to monitor and control that black listed mobile phones are kept away from our network.\u201d<\/p>\n

The main Latin America mobile network operators have agreed to collaborate with governments among the region in order to reduce crimes related to mobile phones theft. Countries like Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador, and M\u00e9xico where NMOs have agreed to connect their IMEI databases have experienced a reduction on devices theft\u2019s figures. At the moment, there are 48 MNOs connected to IMEI black list of 16 countries around the continent. Around the world there are, in total, 111 NMOs connected on 41 countries.<\/p>\n

The GSMA\u2019s IMEI database is a unique system that allocates basic information on the serial number (IMEI) ranges of millions of mobile devices (e.g. mobile phones, laptop data cards, etc.) that are in use across the world\u2019s mobile networks. By sharing black listed IMEIs information connected MNOs are able to prevent stolen mobile devices to work on another networks. This initiative seeks to protect mobile phone users and no personal details \u2013like phone numbers or addresses\u2013 are held on the database. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hern\u00e1ndez, have signed a memorandum of understanding with the GSMA Latin America, Honduras\u2019 National Telecommunications Commission (Conatel) and the three mobile network operators of the country. Following this agreement, stolen mobile devices will be reported and black listed in GSMA\u2019s IMEI database. 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