Anti-theft program for cell phones

[NewsWhore]

The Dominican Telecommunications Institute (INDOTEL) has announced that it received over 2,000 complaints of stolen cell phones in August 2007 and more than 30,000 for the year. However, as Indotel launches "Phase II" of its anti-theft program, Phase I's effects are already in evidence. According to INDOTEL head Jose Rafael Vargas, cell phone theft is down by 75% and Phase II is designed to eliminate the remaining 25%. Phase II is called "Series Denied". In order to launch the new phase, Vargas met with the chief of police, the Attorney General and the chief of the National Drugs Control Department (DNCD) as well as the National Department of Investigations (DNI) commanding officer. According to Vargas, there was a serious lack of information about pre-paid cellphone calls. Vargas added that there was also a diminished capacity for quick action, and this has been eliminated through programs that will block the activation of stolen phones.

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