CTIA said a 4G/LTE database was created to help...
CTIA said a 4G/LTE database was created to help prevent smartphone theft. The deadline, as set by a coalition of CTIA, police chiefs and the FCC in April 2012, for the creation of the database was Saturday. “We encourage consumers…
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to use currently available apps and features that would remotely wipe, track and lock their devices in case they are lost or stolen, and our members are continuing to explore and offer new technologies,” said CTIA President Steve Largent in a statement Wednesday (http://bit.ly/1cDV48A). “We also strongly support and need Senator [Chuck] Schumer’s legislation to pass that would impose tough penalties on those who steal devices or modify them illegally since it would help dry up the market for those who traffic in stolen devices.” Schumer, a New York Democrat, reintroduced in May the Mobile Device Theft Deterrence Act of 2013. S-1070 has three Democratic co-sponsors and was referred to the Judiciary Committee. The database is a “global, multi-carrier, common database” that “has been finalized and implemented,” Largent said. He also asked “more foreign countries and carriers to participate in the global stolen phone database to prevent criminals from selling stolen devices internationally."