IMEI

(International Mobile Equipment Identity) A unique number assigned to a GSM, UMTS or IDEN cellphone. The IMEI identifies the phone model and serial number, whereas the IMSI (international mobile subscriber identity) number identifies the user. The equivalent of IMEI in a CDMA cellphone is the electronic serial number (see ESN) or mobile equipment ID (see MEID). See IMSI.

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After he picked up a job in Tamil Nadu, he restarted using the phone and police located him there using the device's IMEI (international mobile equipment identity) number.

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For this you need your mobile's IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) number.

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Note its details: each phone has a unique IMEI number (International Mobile Equipment Identity).

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He/she then will get a message giving the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) number of his phone.

Consumer Forum: Is your mobile genuine or fake?

White-box handsets often are illegal despite sporting a logo because they use smuggled chips, lack official certification from China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), use fake International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) codes and usually are trafficked through Hong Kong to avoid valued-added taxes from being imposed on the devices.

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The project, which was launched by the Cabinet in late 2012, will bar access to the touch and Alfa networks for smuggled phones and would only allow phones with International Mobile Equipment Identity numbers registered at the Customs department to access the network.

Telecoms to lock smuggled phones

For example, *#06# is an almost universal code for displaying an Android device's IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) number.

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SAR value information display on the mobile handsets like IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) display.

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It is worth mentioning that device tracking will be implemented through the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) number, which is linked specifically to one mobile phone just like a fingerprint to distinguish it from all the other devices.

Experts Warn Retroactive Effect of Disconnecting Teleservices to Counterfeit Mobile Phones

Dubai-based telecommunication company, du, will commence the gradual blockage of all unauthorised mobile devices with false International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) effective January 1, 2012.

Du to start false IMEI blockage

For validation, Etisalat's customers can send the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) of their mobile phones to a specially created short code 8877.

UAE regulator to switch-off fake mobiles