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RSS imeiCarphone Warehouse launches handset auction site
News According to Carphone Warehouse, this kind of approach has a major advantage over other auction sites as users are asked to provide their phone's unique IMEI number. Wondering what to do with your old mobile? [17 Oct 2006]
Revealed - the gadgets thieves love to steal
News Checks can be carried out to see if a product is stolen by entering an IMEI (for mobiles), a serial number or other ID. A new database has been created to crack down on the selling of stolen gadgets. Users of the... [06 Jul 2006]
3GSM: Social responsibility - mobile's next big challenge
News Vendors Alcatel, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Panasonic, Sagem, Siemens and Sony Ericsson have agreed to make more secure each handset's IMEI tag, which stands for International Mobile Equipment Identity. O2 UK said in a... [25 Feb 2004]
Mobile alliance takes aim at handset theft
News Currently, each phone has comes with its own unique code, called an international mobile equipment identifier (IMEI), which is stored on a central equipment register. Mobile operators and handset manufacturers are... [09 Feb 2004]
Crackdown on mobile phone theft stepped up
News Ministers also secured a guarantee by the mobile industry to reduce to a minimum level existing non-unique IMEI numbers present on their networks by the end of the year. IMEI numbers are the identifying... [17 Jul 2003]
Beating the mobile phone thieves: 'Together we are strong'
Comment Every phone comes with what's known as an IMEI number, the identifying tag used to enforce such bans. BT Cellnet, now O2, and Vodafone pointed out that it's fairly common for more than one phone to have the same... [01 Nov 2002]
Mobile phone theft: Crime-busting database goes live
News The new database - which is shared by all the UK's operators - means stolen phones can now be barred on all networks by reference to the phone's unique identifying code (known as the IMEI number). They believed it would... [01 Nov 2002]
Mobile phone virus: ACE is a hoax
News If you answer the call your phone will be infected by a virus which will erase all IMEI and IMSI information from both your phone and your SIM card, which will make your phone unable to connect with the telephone network. [14 Aug 2002]
Five years in jail - the price of phone theft
News However, because thieves are thought to be able to reprogramme the international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) number assigned to each phone, the power of the operators to act is severely limited. Emergency... [03 May 2002]
Handset theft: BT and Vodafone finally make their move
News Their system is based on the international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) number assigned to each handset. In theory, every phone sold has its own IMEI number and if a user reports the details to their... [08 Feb 2002]
Mobile phone theft: The operators fight back
News The current argument surrounds the value of using international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) numbers as a basis to fight crime. In theory, each handset has its own IMEI number, and if a user reports... [09 Jan 2002]
Phone crime - playing the blame game
Comment All but the traditional big two, BT Cellnet and Vodafone, operate in line with the Home Office's request for tighter security using each handset's International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) code. This serial code... [08 Jan 2002]
