About 68 thousand IMEI codes blocked by AzInTelecom

“AzInTelecom” LLC, one of the AZCON Holding companies, continues to combat the registration of mobile devices imported to Azerbaijan with copied IMEI codes.
As part of the combat measures taken, 67,705 IMEI codes have been blocked by giving them the “clone” status to date. These IMEI codes have appeared on the network with subscriber IDs belonging to 1,612,873 mobile numbers in the last three months. 1,540,604 attempts to connect to the network with these IMEI codes were rejected by the Mobile Device Registration System (MCQS) owned by “AzInTelecom”.
“AzInTelecom” LLC regularly monitors and conducts a detailed investigation of IMEI codes suspected of being copied. The use of copied IMEI codes is restricted by giving them the “clone” status.
It should be noted that, according to the "Regulations on the Registration of Mobile Devices" approved by the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers, in order for mobile devices imported to Azerbaijan from abroad to be used in the country's telecommunications network, their IMEI codes must be registered within 30 days. It is possible to check the originality of the IMEI codes of mobile devices on the mygov portal.