Sanchar Saathi Portal (sancharsaathi.gov.in) - Block Your Lost or Stolen Mobile | Know Your Mobile Connections

Sanchar Saathi Portal has been launched by central government as an integrated citizen centric web portal. At sancharsaathi.gov.in portal, you can track your lost or stolen mobile device, know your mobile connections and your awareness quotient. People can visit Sanchar Sathi portal to get mobile safety, security and assurance through features like TAFCOP, CEIR etc. Read this article till the end to get complete details about the new संचार साथी पोर्टल.

About Sanchar Saathi Portal

Sanchar Saathi portal can be accessed using the link - https://sancharsaathi.gov.in/. It is a citizen centric initiative of Department of Telecommunications to empower mobile subscribers, strengthen their security and increase awareness about citizen centric initiatives of the Government. 

Features of sancharsaathi.gov.in Portal

Sanchar Saathi empowers citizens by allowing them to 

• know the mobile connections issued in their name, 
• get disconnected the connections not required by them, 
• block/trace lost mobile phones
• check genuineness of devices while buying a new/old mobile phone. 

Sanchar Saathi contains various modules like CEIR, TAFCOP etc.

Block Your Lost or Stolen Device (CEIR) 

Central Equipment Identity Register module facilitates tracing of the lost/stolen mobile devices. It also facilitates blocking of lost/stolen mobile devices in network of all telecom operators so that lost/stolen devices cannot be used in India. Access CEIR service through the link - https://ceir.sancharsaathi.gov.in/Home/index.jsp

If anyone tries to use the blocked mobile phone, its traceability is generated. Once mobile phone is found it may be unblocked on the portal for its normal use by the citizens. 

Know Your Mobile Connections (TAFCOP)

TAFCOP module facilitates a mobile subscriber to check the number of mobile connections taken in his/her name. It also facilitates to report the mobile connection(s) which are either not required or not taken by the subscriber. Link to access TAFCOP portal is https://tafcop.sancharsaathi.gov.in/telecomUser/. You can Know the number of connections issued in your name by logging in using your mobile number.

Keep Yourself Aware Facility

Keep Yourself Aware facility provides latest updates and awareness material on different aspects related to end user security, telecom and information security.

KYM App / Verify IMEI to Know Your Mobile is Genuine or Not

• Through KYM, you can check the validity of your mobile device even before buying it with the use of International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI). You can get IMEI of a mobile device through any of following means:-
  1. Written on the box of the mobile device.
  2. Dialling *#06# on your phone.
  3. By going in Settings > About > IMEI of the mobile device.
• If the status of the mobile is shown as Black-listed, duplicate or already in use, please avoid buying the mobile device. KYM could be used through any of the following 2 methods.
  1. SMS: Type KYM <15 digit IMEI number> from your mobile and send the SMS to 14422.
  2. KYM App: Download KYM App from Play Store (for Android) or from App Store (for iOS). 
     

For more information, please click https://www.ceir.gov.in/Home/index.jsp link.