How Mobile Device Communication with Cellular Towers Can Help Your Case

Every mobile device that uses a cellular signal for communication or data / internet, needs to connect to a cellular tower or BTS (Base Transceiver Station). When the mobile device connects to a tower to conduct an outgoing call or receive an incoming call, the cellular provider (Sprint, AT&T, Verizon, etc..) maintains a record of that event in the Call Detail Records (CDR). Location Data of the mobile device is kept within the CDR.

Benefits of Attending:

• Gain an understanding of what is collected within a CDR.
• Learn how to request CDR information from the carriers.
• Understand what other applications collect your location data.
• Receive examples of different types of cases that can benefit from location data.

Attendees Will Learn:

Through a forensic analysis of the CDRs you can determine where, when and how, a mobile device was used. Depending on the type of case you have, you can answer the following questions:

• Was the mobile device in the area, when the event took place? How close or how far?
• Historically, what locations does this mobile device frequent?
• Who was called or were text messages being used?
• Was the mobile device actively being used at the time of the accident / event?
• Was the group of mobile devices moving together to a location?
• What numbers does this mobile device connect with most?