DoT mandates IMEI registry before 1st sale or import

New Delhi: The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has mandated smartphone manufacturers and importers to register the IMEI number of smartphones before the first sale or before the import of the device on a new portal in operation from 2020.

In a gazette notification, the DoT on Monday, amended the prevention of tampering of the Mobile Device Equipment Identification Number, Rules, 2017 to enforce smartphone manufacturers to register the IMEI number of every mobile manufactured in India with the Indian Counterfeited Device Restriction Portal (ICDR) maintained by the DoT.