IMEI

What is IMEI? IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) is the identification number assigned to a device within a mobile network.

What is IMEI?  

IMEI stands for:  

International Mobile Equipment Identity 

Definition:  

IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) is the identification number assigned to a device within a mobile network.  

IMEI’s are how mobile carriers keep track of every device on their network. If a device is stolen or lost, carriers use the device’s IMEI to block it from making/receiving calls and connecting to a cellular network, even if the device has a new SIM card. 

IMEI used in a sentence:  

One of our buildings was broken into and a few employee cell phones were stolen. Luckily our mobile carrier could blacklist the phones from future use based on their IMEI’s! 

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