Mobile phones: Unregistered mobile sets are being stopped, it is important to know the rules

Illegal mobile phones will not be allowed in Bangladesh from October 1.

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has said that illegal or unregistered handsets will not be used in Bangladesh from October 1.

BTRC set this deadline several times before, but the decision could not be implemented in a final way.

However, Brigadier General Shahidul Alam, director general of BTRC’s Spectrum Division, confirmed that the decision would be implemented from October 1.

মি. “The last three months have been a testing time for illegal handsets,” Alam said. After verifying those sets, texts have been sent to those numbers for so long that they are invalid. “

However, with effect from October 1, the BTRC will take more time to verify and take steps to shut down the unregistered phone sets so that people can get used to the issue.

The BTRC said there was a “trial period” for illegal phone sets from July 1 to September 30.

The sets that have been marked illegal till September 30 will be marked illegal. The decision on what to do about these sets will be communicated later via message. “

The sets of mobile phones that have been imported without BTRC approval or have not been registered after being assembled inside Bangladesh will be considered illegal.

According to BTRC sources, about 10.8 million mobile phones were sold in Bangladesh from July 1 to September 30, of which about 31.5 million sets have been identified as illegal.

BTRC will start the process of ‘deactivating’ or disassembling these illegal sets step by step from October 1.

Rules for verifying the validity of a mobile phone set.

How to close an invalid set

BTRC official Shahidul Alam said they have started the process of shutting down the illegal sets from October 1, but they also plan to implement the activities of this process step by step for the benefit of the users.

Telecom operators will work with the BTRC to carry out these activities.

“” “We will start sending text messages to illegal phones from tomorrow (October 1).” “” But many people may see the message a few days later, or not notice it at all. We will also do this activity on a trial basis so that users can gradually get used to the subject. “

During this time, along with sending text messages, the operation to shut down illegal sets on an experimental basis will also continue, Mr. Alam.

If there is a non-registered set, as soon as the SIM is inserted in it, the message will be sent that the set is unregistered. In that message, instructions will be given to register the set within a certain time. If the set is not registered within the specified time, it will be closed. “

No final decision has been taken on how long or in how many days a set will be closed after warning about illegal sets, he said. Alam. The BTRC plans to shut down a set after taking enough time to verify whether it is actually unregistered or not before shutting it down.

The BTRC said if the rule is implemented, the buying and selling of the snatched sets will be stopped and the safety of the users will be ensured in using the sets.

BTRC says that if this rule is implemented, the buying and selling of snatched sets will be stopped

What happens to the set that is used?

BTRC official Shahidul Alam said that once a user registers a set, if he wants to sell it to someone else, he has to ‘de-register’ it.

“If this rule is implemented, people will not be able to buy stolen sets even if they buy used sets. A registered set must be purchased. But when a user sells his set of use, he has to ‘de-register’ that set from his SIM. “

BTRC plans to implement this rule gradually so that people can get used to this system.

Since a set can be used by a particular SIM, it is necessary to ‘de-register’ the set to sell it to someone else.

If ‘de-registered’, it will be possible to re-register the new SIM after inserting it and a new user can use the set legally.

Once a user registers the set, if he wants to sell it to someone else, he has to ‘de-register’ it and sell it.

What about sets brought in person from abroad?