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NCC Debunks Rumours of IMEI Submission by July

By Hillary Asemota

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) ON Friday said it attention has been drawn  to the rumours as published in several media outlets to the effect that the Commission will require Nigerians to submit the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) of their phones to it from July, 2021.

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The Commission, while debunking the rumour, said at no time did it issue a statement regarding the registration of IMEI by subscribers and it has no plans to do so.

According to the Commission the reports in question emanated from a section of the revised national identity policy for SIM card registration recently launched by President Muhammadu Buhari and which has been uploaded on the Commission’s website.

“It is pertinent to state that the Commission is in the process of deploying a Device Management System (DMS). The DMS will essentially protect subscribers against phone theft and will identify and enable the elimination of fake devices from the networks.

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“The system will capture IMEI automatically without any requirement for subscribers to submit same.  The general public is advised to disregard the said publications, which have created the erroneous impression that telephone subscribers will be required to register their IMEI with their networks.”  NCC said.

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