US Carriers Finally Doing Something About Cellphone Theft

Posted by timothy on Tuesday April 10, 2012 @05:06AM from the att-still-has-my-resentment dept.

New submitter zarmanto writes "In a move that is so long overdue that it boggles the mind, the FCC and the four largest cellular providers in the U.S. state that they will be joining forces to combat cell phone theft. From the article: 'Over the next six months, each of the four operators is expected to put in place a program to disable phones reported as stolen and within 18 months the FCC plans to help merge them into a central database in order to prevent a phone from being used on another carrier's network.'"

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Fun prank of the week! by Kenja · 2012-04-10 05:08 · Score: 5, Funny

Report your friends phone as stolen! Hilarity ensues.

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Re:Aircraft Carriers??? by maroberts · 2012-04-10 05:32 · Score: 3, Funny

I was hoping that a squadron of F-18s were on Combat Air Patrol just waiting to drop a laser guided bomb on the miscreant who had your stolen phone.

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