The newly launched National Equipment Identity Register (NEIR) has uncovered a disturbing scale of clone and counterfeit ...

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The government anticipated the widespread use of "cloned and fake phones", but it did not realise the severity would be "so deep", Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb, special assistant to the chief adviser for Posts, ...

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Bengaluru is grappling with an alarming surge in mobile phone thefts, with 1.79 lakh devices stolen in eight months.

Officially, NEIR is described as a regulatory system, not a surveillance mechanism. Yet, since its announcement, a persistent ...

While the use of IMEI blacklists is a global practice, mandatory registration of all phones and linking them to an NID is rare. These systems can create massive honeypots of sensitive data that, if ...

Samsung’s BIS listings for the Galaxy S26 series have sparked confusion around a possible Galaxy S26 Edge return, but ...

Vijayawada: Bapatla district police have handed over 373 recovered mobile phones, valued at approximately Rs 74.6 lakh, to ...

Noida: About four months ago, on her way to work, Pooja from Sector 93 had lost her mobile phone. She filed a complaint at ...