About time such moved were undertaken. High-end smartphones are highly desirable and easily stolen, or misplaced, then stolen. This whole system ought to be rolled out worldwide, imho.

CTIA and participating wireless companies today announced the “Smartphone Anti-Theft Voluntary Commitment,” which is the most recent effort by the industry to deter smartphone thefts in the U.S. CTIA Smartphone Anti-Theft Voluntary Commitment By US Carriers and Apple, Google, Motorola, Microsoft, Nokia [ctia.org]