The Department of Telecommunications has now made it obligatory for cell phone producers to register the International Mobile Equipment Identity to place a full cease to cell phone theft incidents. In addition, importers will now must mandatorily register with the federal government the IMEI quantity earlier than importing the cellphone.

The authorities has ordered all cell phone producers to register the IMEI  variety of all cellphones. It has additionally issued an order making it obligatory for the producers to register the IMEI quantity for every cellphone made for the Indian market with the Indian Counterfeit Device Restriction portal. 

According to the federal government’s new rule, all domestically or imported telephones have to be registered and issued IMEI licensed by the Department of Telecommunications’ Indian Counterfeit Device Restriction portal.

This step controls the rising instances of black advertising, faux IMEI numbers, cellphone thefts and cellphone tampering. The official assertion issued by the federal government reads, “The worldwide cellular tools identification variety of the cell phone imported in India on the market, testing, analysis or every other function shall be registered by the importer with the Indian Counterfeited Device Restriction portal  of the Government of India within the Department of Telecommunications previous to import of cell phone into the nation.”

IMEI quantity is a 15-digit quantity issued to each cellphone to establish GSM, WCDMA and iDEN cellphones. It is sort of a distinctive ID utilized by the service supplier which helps the police to establish the cellphone in instances of theft.

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