Seminar discusses on Mobile Security threats

Kolkata, Feb 1: With the explosion in mobile industry, thefts and misplacement of cellular phones are becoming a common occurrence not only affecting the consumer financially but also exposing their personal data, videos and official presentations for misuse.

This was stated at a national Telecom seminar here today where for the first time, the mobile majors, government officials and legal experts across the industry came together to discuss the issues related to mobile theft.

Sponsored by Samsung Telecommunications India and organized by Bharat Exhibitions in association with the Indian Cellular Association, the seminar brought forth the critical issues and challenges faced by the Indian mobile industry and discussed the legal and technical ways to retrieve the lost phones.

Samsung Telecommunications India Managing Director H.C.Ryn delivered the key note address at the inaugural session.Other panellists in the inaugural session were Mr S D Saxena, Director-Finance, BSNL, Mr Jagbir Singh, CTO-Mobility, Bharti Airtel Limited, Mr D P S Seth-Former Member, TRAI and Mr T R Dua, Senior Director,Cellular Operators Association of India.

According to Mr Ryn, close to Rs 500 crores worth of mobiles were lost or stolen annually.To compound matters, he said, it was difficult for the users 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 feaures." Over 100 delegates from 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.

UNI