ATIS - Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions
Scope
"The scope of this best practices specification on Mobile Device Theft Prevention (MDTP) is limited to phones and tablets with user interface capabilities (e.g.@ touchscreen) which have an International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI). Machine to Machine (M2M)/Internet of Things (IoT) devices and devices without cellular network capabilities (e.g.@ WiFi only devices) are out of scope. Personal Computers (PCs) and laptops with cellular capabilities are also out of scope. Purpose At the December 4@ 2014 meeting@ the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Technological Advisory Council (TAC) approved the final report of the Mobile Device Theft Prevention (MDTP) working group. [Ref 1] The MDTP working group report contains a recommendation which requires development of standards or best practices within ATIS. Specifically@ Recommendation 1.5 (as quoted below) tasks industry to develop ""standards@ methods and procedures"" to obtain device identifiers from smartphones: ""Recommendation 1.5: The FCC TAC recommends that ATIS in coordination with other appropriate industry groups (e.g.@ GSMA-NA Regional Interest Group) be tasked with developing standards@ methods and procedures to obtain device identifiers from smartphones including those which are locked or rendered inoperable. Note: Device identifiers are typically available on smartphones either through a label on the device (which may be under the back cover or under the battery)@ or available through a menu option on the screen. This recommendation is to define standards@ methods@ and procedures for obtaining such identifiers from the device even if the device is locked or disabled@ and may include a combination of physical and electronic methods for obtaining the identifier."