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MUMBAI: For the first time, the mobile majors, government officials
and legal experts across the telecom industry, came together at
Mobile Security India 2007 seminar, to discuss the issues related
to mobile theft. Supported by Indian Cellular Association, sponsored
by Samsung Telecommunications India and organized by Bharat Exhibitions,
this seminar brought forth the critical issues and challenges faced
by Indian mobile industry and discussed the legal and technical
ways to retrieve the lost phones.
Mr. H.C.Ryu, Managing Director, Samsung Telecommunications India
delivered the key note address at the inaugural session. Other panellists
in the inaugural session were Shri S.D.Saxena, Director - Finance,
BSNL; Mr. Jagbir Singh, CTO - Mobility, Bharti Airtel Ltd; Mr. D.P.S.
Seth - Former Member, TRAI and Mr. T.R. Dua, Sr. Director, Cellular
Operators Association of India. Vote of thanks was delivered by
Mr. Pankaj Mohindroo, National President, Indian Cellular Association.
With the explosion in mobile industry, the Mobile thefts and misplacement
are becoming a very common occurrence. This not only affects the
consumer financially but also exposes their personal data, videos
and official presentations for misuse.
Speaking on this occasion Mr. Ryu Managing Director Samsung Telecommunication
India said, "Close to Rs. 500 crores worth of Mobile phones
are lost or stolen annually. To compound matters, it is next to
impossible for general consumers to locate or retrieve their stolen
handsets. Samsung identifies this as a significant issue in mobile
phone usage and believes that mobile phone consumers rightfully
deserve security and tracking of the handsets through associated
features."
Elaborating the work undertaken by Samsung on mobile security,
Mr. Ryu said "Secured mobile phone is the right of every consumer.
Through Samsung's secured feature phones, we tried to address three
larger issues of mobile security i.e., securing your mobile phones
and preventing any untoward usage or incident through that phone,
securing the safety of near and dear ones through emergency SOS
and securing the confidential data's that are stored in that phone."
Addressing the gathering Mr. Pankaj Mohindroo, National President
of Indian Cellular Association, said, "ICA has always supported
consumer welfare and will continue doing so. We have recommended
registry of stolen / lost mobile phone in closed cooperation with
police stations , police headquarter & mobile careers. I'm happy
to note that companies are coming up with innovative applications
which will make consumers feel more secure and will also help companies
to track their misplaced handsets."
Mr. Sudhir Gupta, Advisor - Mobile Networks TRAI chaired the technical
session titled "Identifying and Mitigating Threats to Mobile
Handset Security" which was attended by Mr. Rajat Mukarji,
Vice President - Corporate Affairs, Idea Cellular Limited; Mr. Pavan
Duggal, Advocate - Supreme Court of India & Cyberlaw Consultant
and Mr. Mohan Rao, Head Protocol, Samsung India Software Operations.
Over 100 delegates comprising of Reliance communications, Nortel,
Airtel, BSNL, Delhi Police, Hutch, Idea, Ministry of Communications
and IT, MTNL, Tata Teleservices, Telecommunication Engineering Centre,
TRAI, ICA, Samsung Telecommunications India and leading media houses
attended the event.
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