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3 unusual facts about International Mobile Station Equipment Identity


International Mobile Station Equipment Identity

The remainder of the IMEI is manufacturer-defined, with a Luhn check digit at the end.

Since that date, IMEIs have been allocated by BABT (or one of several other regional administrators acting on behalf of the GSM Association) to legitimate GSM terminal manufacturers without the need to provide evidence of approval.

Mehmet Baransu

The Gendarmerie had obtained warrants for the phone taps by falsely representing the IMEI code numbers of the Baransus' phones as belonging to fictional Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) suspects.



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