Indian goverment plans to cut off 25Mn mobile phone lines (India)

The Indian government plans to cut off 25 million mobile phone in the country which according to the telecoms ministry are having fake IMEI numbers or none at all. The move is seen as a part of security purpose, especially after the Mumbai terror attack.
An official letter to phone providers said: “In the interest of national security, all providers are hereby directed to make provisions so that calls without IMEI or with IMEI consisting of all zeroes are not processed or [are] rejected.”
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