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India bans mobile handsets with fake, duplicate IMEI
India bans mobile handsets with fake, duplicate IMEI

alcatelGovernment has prohibited imports of all kind of mobile handsets with fake or duplicate unique identity numbers, a move that will help security agencies in tracking callers using different SIM cards.

“GSM mobile handsets with duplicate IMEI or fake IMEI & ‘CDMA mobile handsets’ with duplicate ESN (Electronic Serial Number)/MEID (Mobile Equipment Identifier) or fake ESN/MEID are added to the list of ‘Prohibited’ items for import,” Director General of Foreign Trade said in a notification.

An IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) number — a 15-17 digit number unique to mobile phones that use the global system for mobile communications (GSM) technology platform — is used to identify a device on a cellphone network.

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