Stolen
Cellular Phones Will Be Blocked
One of the benefits of the changeover to the
Ericsson cellular network is the ability of
ICE to block stolen or lost telephones with
a simple call to 193 or a visit to any ICE
agency.
On Sunday the Instituto Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE) will have completely cut
off its relationship with the French
telecommunications firm, Alcatel, and moved
all the Alcatel customers to the Ericsson
cellular network.
That moves allows ICE to activate a security
system inherent in the network that would
allow the institution to block the use of
any cellular phone by blocking the unit's
particular identification number called an
IMEI.
How does it work?
User can link the IMEI of a cellular
telephone unit to a particular telephone
number. To install the security, a visit to
any ICE agency is all that is required if it
was not done at the time of subscription.
If the telephone unit is lost or stolen, a
simple call to the 193 - the unit will be
blocked and cannot be connected to the ICE
network without the approval of the
registered owner of the cellular telephone
unit.
This is addition to the unit's internal
security code, like the Nokia E71 that not
only allows the user to lock the phone with
a code, but can be done also remotely by
simply sending a text message to the unit
instructing to lock itself.
All cellular telephones numbers currently on
the Ericsson network have had the service,
although ICE has never promoted or explained
the service. This was done at the time of
subscription unless requested otherwise.
On Sunday all those with telephone numbers
beginning between 8801 and 8850 and 8950 and
8951 will also have the service available.
The security is only available for GSM
cellular phones.
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