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...
11 Feb, 2018, 04.00 PM IST
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 ...
24 Sep, 2017, 05.21 PM IST
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
Government to seek authenticity certificates from GSM handset makersThe move, aimed at checking circulation of unauthorised GSM phones, will affect handset makers such as Samsung, Apple, Sony, Nokia and Blac...
13 May, 2014, 07.42 AM 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
- 3,500 mobile phones without IMEI number seized in Delhi
Delhi Police seized over 3,500 Chinese-made cellphones without unique identity numbers and arrested 23 shopkeepers.
10 Dec, 2009, 06.06 PM 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
- Mass disconnects expected in drive to bell fake mobiles
If a Department of Telecom directive does take its course, mass disconnections will occur in the country on December 1 as the nation attemp...
12 Nov, 2009, 04.10 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
- Fresh lease for Chinese mobiles?
Operators are changing the last six digits of IMEI numbers to circumvent ban in India.
05 Aug, 2009, 01.05 PM IST
- Govt plans to ring in fake-mobile count
The increased emphasis on IMEI number and the drive to track duplicates come in the wake of serial blasts in Jaipur, Bangalore, Ahmedabad a...
30 Sep, 2008, 04.34 AM IST
- Fake handsets posing threat to mobile majors
Mobile makers, including Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Samsung, could be losing a whopping Rs 400 cr to fakes. In Pics: iPhone, BlackBerry Pearl...
26 Sep, 2008, 08.50 AM IST
- Cheap 'China mobiles' or new tools of terror?
The prices of these swanky mobile phone handsets loaded with the latest features are attractively low.
25 Sep, 2008, 03.53 PM IST
- Rivals sing to Nokia blues
Nokia's battery blues seems to have translated in rich pickings for some of its biggest rivals in the Indian handset turf.
06 Sep, 2007, 12.00 AM IST
- Sony Ericsson, Motorola cash in on Nokia battery blues
Nokia’s biggest competitors Sony Ericsson, Motorola and Samsung have all reported a jump in their handset sales in August even though they ...
04 Sep, 2007, 12.27 AM IST
- Forget BL-5C, there are 36 mn fake batteries
Cellular handset makers have warned against a bigger issue of about 36 million fake batteries currently in use in India.
18 Aug, 2007, 02.19 AM IST