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		drinian on May 1, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: India Bans Chinese Telecom Equipment Last year the government banned imports of Chinese handsets without the International Mobile Equipment Identity, or IMEI, number, again citing security reasons such as the use of stolen handsets to make terror or hoax calls. Chinese manufacturers cloning IMEIs? Never! The big question is, can India's government really enforce this?

stcredzero on May 1, 2010 [–]

The big question is, can India's government really enforce this?

From what I know, the answer would be: Yes, whenever they want to.

jasim on May 1, 2010 | [–]

Yes, they already have done that. It was made a law, and cheap Chinese phones now comes with a govt. approved IMEI.

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