Phone lost or stolen? Now, track or block the device using IMEI numberWith the new technology, finding or blocking your lost phone without internet or GPS no longer remains an impossible task.
DoT likely to start tracking system for lost mobiles next monthNew tracking system would make detection of stolen phones possible even if IMEI number is changed.
Department of Telecom assigns mobile tracking project to C-DoTThe CEIR system will block all services on stolen or lost mobile phones on any network even if the SIM card is removed or IMEI number of th...
Tampering mobile IMEI number to attract up to 3 years jail, fineWhenever a user makes a call, the call record shows phone number of the caller and IMEI number of the handset from which the call has been ...
Why tracking your stolen mobile phone may be tougher than everMobile phone's IMEI number that could help police trace your stolen device can now be altered using tools available in the grey market.
- Over 1,300 cases of IMEI number cloning reported in 2009-12
'The number of cases reported where the same IMEIs have been used in more than 100 cell phones during the last three years (2009, 2010, 201...
- 18,000 mobile phones using same IMEI number found
Two cases of more than 18,000 mobile phones having the same 15-digit unique code, IMEI, on telecom network have been detected.
- IMEI No.: Govt plans crackdown
National security, consumer interests are being compromised with the government discovering poor compliance from telecom service providers ...
- Three arrested, four detained in fake IMEI number racket
Police have arrested three persons, including a shopowner, here for alloting fake IMEI numbers in Chinese made mobile phones.
- COAI warns mobile users of unauthorised embedding of IMEI No
GSM operators lobby Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) today said it has stopped its IMEI number embedding programme and advise...
- 3,500 mobiles without IMEI number seized
The anti-extortion cell of Delhi Police has seized over 3,500 mobile phones without unique identification numbers, mostly imported from Chi...
- China mobiles: Beware of illegal IMEI implants
If you have a Chinese mobile handset and plan to get a genuine IMEI number implanted to make it work, beware. It may work initially, but wi...
- Fake IMEI numbers worry DoT, asks telcos not to carry calls
The government has asked mobile operators to comply with national security norms by not carrying calls from fake mobile equipment identific...
- COAI in talks with govt to legalise handsets without IMEI numbers
The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), positive that the government would give a green signal for using software to generate I...
- 25m mobiles to be disconnected on January 6
Concerned over terrorist attacks and other security threats, DoT has asked telcos to disconnect handsets that do not have IMEI number.Slimm...
- DoT asks cellcos to cut off handsets without IMEI code
Concerned over terrorist attacks and other security threats, DoT has asked telcos to disconnect handsets that do not have IMEI number.
- Govt may bar mobiles without identity code
The Department of Telecom (DoT) is planning to block cellphones which do not bear the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number.