Department of Telecom working on stricter rules for tracking lost cell phonesThe International Mobile Equipment Identity Number (IMEI) helps security agencies in tracking mobile phones as well as calls made from them.
26 Jun, 2017, 06.03 PM IST
Government bans mobile handsets with fake, duplicate identity numbersGovernment has prohibited imports of all kind of mobile handsets with fake or duplicate unique identity numbers, a move that will help secu...
19 Jan, 2015, 10.09 PM IST
- 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...
19 Dec, 2012, 04.08 PM IST
- 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.
07 Sep, 2012, 04.51 PM IST
- Trai to ask CommerceMin to ban import of phones with fake IMEI
Telecom regulator Trai is planning to approach the Commerce and Industry Ministry to ban imports of mobile phones carrying unauthentic uniq...
05 Aug, 2012, 08.15 PM IST
- IMEI No.: Govt plans crackdown
National security, consumer interests are being compromised with the government discovering poor compliance from telecom service providers ...
04 Aug, 2010, 03.34 AM IST
- 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...
05 Dec, 2009, 01.06 PM IST
- Non-IMEI Chinese handsets pushed to no-network zone
About 15-million cellular handsets, most of which are cheap imports from China, will go off air from Tuesday. BSNL's video calls at 30p/min...
01 Dec, 2009, 12.52 AM IST
- ICA guns for regulation on used handsets sale
Indian Cellular Association (ICA) is planning to mobilise the industry for regulating the sale of used mobile handsets after curbing the pr...
24 Nov, 2009, 07.37 PM IST
- No IMEI? Your cell firm may hang up on you
In view of the threats to national security, especially MTNL and BSNL, have started identifying handsets without IMEI numbers and are block...
05 Oct, 2009, 12.29 PM IST
- 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...
14 Sep, 2009, 04.29 PM IST
- China-made handsets to get global ID code
The government has given the go-ahead to GSM operators to provide a new unique identification number to over 16-million China-made mobile p...
05 May, 2009, 12.00 AM IST
- 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...
22 Jan, 2009, 02.23 PM IST
- Telcos in talks with IB for security concerns
Telecom companies are in talks with the Intelligence Bureau (IB) to address security concerns over the software they have developed to prov...
21 Jan, 2009, 03.54 PM IST
- Cut off mobile handsets without security codes: DoT to Telcos
Concerned over security lapses in the use of cell phones without proper security codes, the government has asked mobile operators to strict...
12 Oct, 2008, 02.38 PM IST
- DoT cracks down on Chinese mobile sets
The department of telecom (DoT) has directed all service providers to ensure that mobile handsets are authenticated in their networks to en...
11 Oct, 2008, 12.00 AM IST
- DoT calls for mobile handset authentication
DoT has directed all service providers to ensure that mobile handsets are authenticated in their networks to enable security agencies to tr...
10 Oct, 2008, 08.44 PM IST