EOW files case on DoT complaint as firm refuses to hand over IMEI data

New Delhi: Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police on Wednesday registered a case on the complaint of Department of Telecommunications (DoT) against Mobile Standard Alliance of India (MSAI) for allegedly not providing data related to international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) certificates to the government.

Additional commissioner of police (EOW) R K Singh said a case had been registered. According to police, to prohibit the import of mobile phones with duplicate, fake and non-genuine IMEI, DoT issued a standard operating procedure (SOP) in 2015. It was implemented by the government through the IMEI cloning and duplication restriction (ICDR) system that was operated by MSAI, erstwhile reporting body of London-based GSMA.