U.S. and Mexican communications agencies signed a new bilateral agreement to...
U.S. and Mexican communications agencies signed a new bilateral agreement to combat cross-border trafficking of stolen mobile devices, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said Tuesday. The agreement, signed by Genachowski and Mexican Communications Under-Secretary Hector Olavarria Tapia, builds on the FCC’s…
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PROTECTS Initiative and U.S.-Mexico participation in an international stolen device database. That database is meant to prevent mobile devices stolen in the U.S. and Mexico from being reactivated across the border, the FCC said. The agreement also commits the FCC and Mexico’s Secretariat of Communications and Transport to extend interagency cooperation on the trafficking crackdown through new technology and transparency-based actions. Both agencies will also compile a semi-annual report that will provide data and information on their progress, including compliance with carrier commitments, which will be released to the public. “Today’s announcement cracks down on the growing trend of stolen mobile devices,” Genachowski said in a news release.