The International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) is a unique serial number alloted to every GSM mobile phone and is used by networks to identify valid phones and block stolen or blacklisted phones.

The arrested men include thieves, mobile phone shop owners and engineers at Gaffar Market who used to change the IMEI number of the phones. The gang targeted people carrying high-end smart phones.

1) What is an IMEI number? An IMEI is a unique number used to identify phones on a network. Every smartphone, be they an iPhone or Android device, is assigned one when they are built. Think of it as ...

ollowing the government's decision to curb the distribution of black market phones, the Industry Ministry has set up a database of international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) numbers of devices ...

The Centre is coming out with a new system that will allow the common man to block and track their lost mobile phones. Technology development body Centre for Department of Telematics (CDoT) has been ...

Mumbai: A police team conducted a raid at Sara Market in Musafirkhana on October 25 and arrested a man for illegally changing IMEI numbers of stolen cell phones using high-tech devices. The accused, ...

Getting to know the IMEI of your iPhone is a useful trick – and quite possibly essential, if you’re unlocking your iPhone – but it became slightly more difficult a few years ago when Apple stopped ...

Here's a hypothetical situation for you: let's say you leave your Android smartphone somewhere in public, or someone snatches it from you. If someone is able to crack your PIN, they could use your ...