India blocked for security reasons the connections of 25 million Chinese mobile phones after finding they did not have the necessary IMEI identification number for tracking calls, announced Tuesday the Indian Ministry of Telecommunications.
The inability to "crawl" the 'phones without IMEI number is a security threat, "the Ministry of Telecommunications.
These low quality phones manufactured in China do not have the 15 issues of international portable Identification (IMEI), so the connections have been cut, told AFP a ministry official.
The IMEI can identify incoming and outgoing calls from a mobile phone and provides information on the manufacturer and type of appliance.
"All mobile operators were ordered to block the services of these 25 million handsets," said the source.
The owners of these phones will get their operators the IMEI number by paying $ 4.
With 500 million subscribers, India is the second largest mobile market, behind China.
Recently, the Indian intelligence services had warned of the possibility that Chinese products may have contained equipment designed to launch a cyberattack or prevent the operation of appliances.
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