Mobile Phones without IMEI To Become Useless From November 30

Submitted by Pankaj Lakhotia on Mon, 11/30/2009 - 22:08

mobile phoneIt is a reported fact that there are many mobile phones, almost more than a million, which do not have an exclusive identification number. All mobile handsets are required to have an individual 15 - digit number called the IMEI or the International Mobile Equipment Identity as it helps the security agencies to trace the calls from one phone to another.

It has been reported that all phones which don't have the IMEI number will be rendered useless from November 30. The operators have been instructed not to complete the calls or allow calls to be made from such handsets from tomorrow.

From the reports gathered, it could be concluded that there are about 25 million handsets which don't possess the necessary IMEI number and is expected to become useless. The way to find the IMEI number of any handset is to follow a certain number.

All Nokia and Samsung handsets can use *#06# to know the IMEI number and for the iPhone, all you need to do is to access the 'about' icon. If the handset does not have an IMEI number all that is necessary to be done is to contact the mobile operator and ask for the number to be implanted in the handset.


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