The Department of Electromechanical Services announces that the mobile phone deactivation system in the Central Prison has been installed since 2020 and has been operating until today, deactivating within the fenced area of the prison, among others, 3G and 4G technologies.
With the evolution of technology and the implementation of 5G by mobile phone companies, the Department of Electromechanical Services proceeded to conclude a contract with the Contractor for the upgrade of the existing system, in order to additionally disable 5G technology within the fenced area of the prisons.
At this stage, the Contractor has installed the necessary equipment and is in the final stage of upgrading the system and carrying out the necessary specialised specific adjustments, which include, in some places, the existing functions of deactivating 3G and 4G technologies.
On Friday, 2 December 2022, the acceptance committee during an on-site inspection identified sections within the fenced area of the Central Prison where the new adjustments made affected, in some places, the system and made specific notices to the Contractor to proceed with additional new adjustments so that the committee could repeat the inspection on 16 December 2022.
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