US carriers join forces on stolen phones database, play catch up to rest of world

Verizon Wireless, Sprint, AT&T and T-Mobile join forces with FCC to work on curbing phone thefts. Operators will disable and block further use of a device once it is reported stolen, reports say. GSM Association has allowed operators to do that since 1996. U.S. operators have been using the IMEI Database to exchange stolen handset data since 2002. Research analyst says it is surprising operators haven’t come around to sharing stolen phone data with each other before.”]

Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2131438/us-carriers-join-forces-on-stolen-phones-database–play-catch-up-to-rest-of-world.html