Smartphone Makers Face Existential Threat Amid Government's Database Snafu

... devices' international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) is already full, less than ... and importers to register the IMEI number of all mobile devices ... becoming unusable when the government IMEI blocking becomes effective. "As a ...

Indonesian Smartphone Market Takes Huge Hit From Pandemic

... -digit international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) is already having a positive ... reducing illegal smartphone imports. The IMEI requirement means more smartphones will ...

By April Next Year, Your Black Market Phone Won't Work in Indonesia

... international mobile equipment identity, or IMEI, registered to a government database ... their device has a registered IMEI or not. Beginning last year ...

Only New Mobile Phones Will Be Registered With ID Numbers: Government

... international mobile equipment identity, or IMEI, number on each mobile phone ... the plan to register the IMEI number on all mobile ... will not apply retroactively. Only [IMEI numbers] on new mobile phones ... also keep a database of IMEI numbers linked to their ...

Gov't to Issue Regulation Blocking Illegal Mobile Phones

... -digit international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) number, assigned to every mobile ... for Mobile Communications Association. All IMEI numbers will be registered on ...

One in Five Smartphones in Indonesia Is Illegal

... -digit International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) codes for smartphones circulated in ... percent of the devices use IMEI codes from old phones. The ... find a way to contain IMEI cloning. Indonesia is seeing a ...