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How Check If A Mobile Phone's IMEi Number Is Blocked in Australia
How Check If A Mobile Phone's IMEi Number Is Blocked in Australia
If your phone is ever lost or stolen in Australia contact your telecommunications provider and ask them to block your phones IMEI number. They will have this number on record. This will make your phone unusable to others in Australia. If your phone is ever returned, you can reverse the IMEI block by contacting your provider.
The IMEi number stands for International Mobile Equipement Identity.
Australia is the first country to implement IMEI blocking across all digital GSM networks. Some countries have IMEI blocking on individual networks, but not inter-carrier IMEI number blocking. Although GSM is a global system, we have been able to develop inter-carrier IMEI number blocking because we have had access to the messaging platform (Electronic Information Exchange) which is an Australian telecommunications industry initiative developed through the Australian Communications Industry Forum.
Note that you can obtain your IMEI number by pressing *#06# on your mobile phone.
Each every year in Australia more than 200,000 mobile phones are reported lost or stolen. This equates to 4000 each week or one mobile phone handset every three minutes.
WARNING: This IMEI check only provides details of those phones reported and blocked at the time of the inquiry therefore it is not conclusive. If the owner of the phone does not report it lost or stolen prior to your purchase, the resulting IMEI check cannot identify it as a lost or stolen handset.
All buyers of second-hand mobile phones should request proof of ownership at the time of purchase.
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