The ban is applicable only on new mobile phones being imported into the country.
Thursday, June 18,2009: The Indian Government on Wednesday banned import of all handsets that do not support the International Mobile Equipment Identify (IMEI) number. The use of mobile phones without proper IMEI numbers is now seen by the government as a threat to the country's security, as terrorists have been found to use mobile phones extensively. The ban may hit a number of chinese and taiwanese manufacturers that were flooding India with cheap handsets via the qrey market.
Markets sources say that the country currently has around 250 lakh handsets operating on the mobile networks without the IMEI number. Most of these phones are smuggled from markets like china and are sold at a very low cost.
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