A new bill has been submitted to the Presidency of the Turkish Grand National Assembly. Within the scope of this offer, there is also a regulation that will restrict the clone IMEI application. Here are the details of that arrangement…
of the Turkish Grand National Assembly While it was wondered whether his move on smuggled phones would become law, the question marks disappeared when the law was published in the Official Gazette.
Proposal for Amendment of the Law on the Regulation of the Tobacco Products and Alcohol Market and Some Laws the regulation proposal within the scope of clone IMEI issue expected to be fully resolved.
The proposal passed the parliament!
According to the regulation passed by the Turkish Grand National Assembly, it was 7 years earlier.Deletion from the IMEI pool” time has now decreased to 1 year. To be more clear, until now, the IMEI code of a mobile phone was deleted from the IMEI pool if there was no signal for 7 years.
Since the said regulation became law, this period reduced to 1 year. Thus, it is aimed that the problem of making illegal phones usable by registering the IMEIs of old phones on new but illegal phones is a thing of the past.
Why was this needed?
In the regulation proposal within the scope of the Law on the Regulation of the Tobacco Products and Alcohol Market and the Law on the Amendment of Some Laws, the IMEI application why is it needed It is described in the following sentences:
“We are talking about mobile phones that are brought into the country illegally with passengers in amounts exceeding the exemption right from abroad, and that are tried to be integrated into the system through IMEI cloning for their illegal use in the country. disrupting the structure of the industry causing an effect. In our country, old/unused mobile phones suitable for IMEI cloning, found in almost every citizen’s home, are included in the IMEI pool and pose a risk. In this respect, in addition to the prevention of smuggling acts, it is our citizens’ responsibility to prevent matters that constitute irregularities. in order not to suffer is also of great importance. As a matter of fact, factors such as the ease of cloning and the large IMEI pool to be cloned to mobile phones in order to enable the use of mobile phones illegally brought into the country. continuing smuggling activities. has an important role. For this reason, it is necessary to reduce the IMEI pool used in unregistered mobile phones and increase deterrence by preventing its illegal use. current meeting the needs changes were needed.”
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How many clone phones are there in Turkey?
President of Mobile Communication Tools and Information Technologies Businessmen Association (MOBISAD) Mustafa Kemal Turnacı made a statement a few months ago and How many clone phones are there in Turkey? had explained. According to the statement made in Around 3.5 million pieces clone phone. This figure represents Turkey’s annual smart phone market. to 35 percent it corresponds.
What are the authorities saying?
The name that made statements about the arrangement is MOBISAD President Mustafa Kemal Turnaci it happened. Speaking to BloombergHT Turner said:
“We have brought this situation to the agenda frequently. Lastly, we conveyed our demands to the ministry. Reducing the IMEI signal period from 7 to 1 year. It will eliminate the cloning problem in Turkey. Those who want to clone with this application will not be able to apply for this process or will experience constant signal interruption even if they clone. Those whose IMEI number has been cloned will also be able to notice this situation early and file a complaint. Therefore, for our industry very positive and good development…”