The Government of India has issued a strict notice to all mobile Operators in the country to block the services to all those mobiles in the country that doesn’t have a valid IMEI number or the duplicate IMEI no in mobiles. Most of those mobiles that doesn’t have an IMEI number are the one’s that are made in China they are using same IMEI no in lot of mobile and that cuase problem for Govt.. Some phones that are imported from China pretend to have an IMEI number but that’s only to fool you not the original one that should be in the mobile phones.

On November 30, 2009 was the last day you’d receive a call and from the next day all the calls to your mobile number may be blocked by your Operator. That is if your mobile doesn’t have or have a valid International Mobile Equipment Identity number. So be careful about this message.

To check your mobile IMEI number you have to dial *#06# and that will display your unique 15 digit IMEI number.

To know whether your IMEI number is genuine number or not you can check online on the website : www.numberingplans.com

As soon as you send the SMS, you should get a reply as ‘Success’, if your IMEI number is Valid, otherwise the reply would be indicated as ‘Invalid IMEI’ no then you need to get a new IMEI no in your mobile phones to make it working.

In which case you either have to purchase a new mobile phone having a valid IMEI number or approach an Authorized Genuine IMEI Implant (GII) centers to install an IMEI number to your mobile phone. So that your mobile can work on the networks.

The actual cost for this process should be Rs.199 but it may vary depending on the closeness to deadline.