Stolen mobile phones

In the United Kingdom if a mobile phone is lost or stolen and the matter is reported to the mobile phone service provider, the SIM of the lost mobile phone is deactivated. The mobile phone itself is locked and cannot be reused by any other person. In Bangladesh scores of mobile phone are lost or snatched away by muggers every day. It has taken an epidemic form.
Mobile phone service providers are as much aware of the daily reports of lost or stolen mobile phones. Sometimes last year the former Chairman of Bangladesh Telephone Regulatory Commission (BTRC) had mentioned in a conference that the system of locking stolen mobile phones would be introduced in Bangladesh to deter crime in this sector.
As a corporate social responsibility, it is the duty of the multinational mobile phone service providers in Bangladesh to come forward with the solution like locking stolen phones and help curtail street crimes. I am sure the subscribers will have no objection paying some extra amount to ensure that their lost mobile phones are totally disabled in case it falls into wrong hands. The technology is available, so why wait?