{"id":46247,"date":"2018-10-14T17:34:57","date_gmt":"2018-10-14T12:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/?p=46247"},"modified":"2019-12-27T06:48:09","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T01:48:09","slug":"what-is-pta-compliant-non-compliant-mobile-how-to-register-imei-and-get-approved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/what-is-pta-compliant-non-compliant-mobile-how-to-register-imei-and-get-approved\/","title":{"rendered":"What is PTA Compliant \/ Non-Compliant Mobile? How to Register IMEI and Get Approved!"},"content":{"rendered":"

PTA has started a new project called DIRBS (Device Identification, Registration and Blocking System). The project main objective is to provide a health mobile phone ecosystem in Pakistan. What is a PTA compliant\/non-compliant mobile phone? In this article, I will list down all of the important details you should know and how to register your IMEI.<\/p>\n

What is PTA Compliant \/ Non-Compliant Mobile<\/h2>\n

Many people have been receiving messages that if their cell phones are not IMEI compliant their phones will be shut down after 20th October. Let’s first talk about the PTA compliant\/non-compliant phones. The phones which have valid IMEI numbers and are legally bought in Pakistan can be called PTA compliant mobile phones. If you have bought the phone legally from the market, your phone is or, should be PTA compliant. If you have bought or using a cell phone which you got for a\u00a0really cheap price. There could be many possible meanings of this, either you got a legitimate cellphone or either you are using a stolen cellphone sold by someone or the phone has a fake IMEI number. Then the phone you have is PTA non-compliant mobile. There is a higher possibility of a fake IEMI number phone if you got the phone for a relatively cheap price or it was used by the 1st party who sold you the phone.<\/p>\n

There is another type of devices on which the tax has not been paid. You will get those devices for a very cheap price and it could mean that the phone is smuggled. It doesn’t matter if the device has a valid IMEI number because in this type of scenario the number is not registered to PTA.<\/p>\n

Problems with non-compliant mobile phones<\/h3>\n

Now the problem here is that the phones with fake IMEI numbers can be duplicated and people use an IMEI number of one phone to multiple mobile phones\u00a0which when tracked shows multiple locations of a single IMEI location resulting in unable to track. This results in terrorist organizations or people who do illegal stuff like drug selling, smuggling etc can do whatever they like without having to worry about being tracked. The government of Pakistan has finally taken a step to stop this illegal use of IEMI numbers.<\/p>\n

What is the IEMI number?<\/h3>\n

The GSMA is the global administrator of\u00a0Type Allocation Code\u00a0(TAC), which is used to create the International Mobile Station Equipment Identity number that can uniquely identify wireless devices.\u00a0It allocates official IMEI number ranges to all manufacturers of\u00a03GPP\u00a0compliant devices and records these ranges and device model information in a database. It offers a device look up and identification service based on this database that allows authorized third-party organizations to identify the manufacturer and model of a mobile device using the IMEI.<\/p>\n

It can be used to identify if your device is legal or not and using the number the phone can be tracked most of the time used by government officials to track any type of crime.<\/p>\n

Most of the time this problem arises in the mobile phones which have multiple-SIM support. You can witness multiple IMEI numbers for each SIM card the phone supports. Despite this, any device that supports SIM card must have an IMEI number allocated to it doesn’t matter if it is a smartwatch, tablet or anything.<\/p>\n

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How to check if the phone I am using is PTA compliant?<\/h3>\n

PTA has provided the facility of checking whether your phone is compliant or not. There are 3 different ways to check.<\/p>\n

1. Through Website<\/h4>\n