The government emphasizes the rules for eradicating illegal cell phones or black market (BM) in Indonesia. The Minister of Communication and Information Technology (Menkominfo), Johnny G Plate also believes in regulations International Mobile Equipment Indonesia (IMEI) is ready to take effect on 18 April.
Kominfo is also working with the Ministry of Trade and the Ministry of Industry to block the circulation of BM cell phones. In addition, Kominfo also discusses consumer protection and rights in the IMEI rules.
“The protection of consumer rights is our concern. Therefore we have discussed how the blacklist or whitelist mechanism is,” said the Minister of Communication and Information, Johnny G Plate, at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Central Jakarta.
Currently checking the IMEI number is in the SIBINa system which is managed by the Ministry of Industry. Meanwhile, Kominfo prepares a mechanism blacklist or whitelist to solve the problem of unregistered IMEI.
“The mechanisms are different, but both aim to prevent illegal cell phones from entering,” said Plate.
In blocking sorting blacklist and whitelist, Kominfo will also use a tool called Equipment Identity Registration (EIR), which is equipped with data in the form of MSISDN (mobile subscriber integrated services digital network number), IMSI (International Mobile Subscriber Identity) and user identities stored by the mobile operator. Both of these are used by the government to carry out verification before blocking.
EIR is used so that the government can detect users accurately to avoid duplicate IMEIs. This double IMEI occurs due to the IMEI phenomenon zombies or IMEI cloning. This phenomenon causes one IMEI number to be active at the same time.
However, this method certainly has implications, so it is necessary to discuss consumer protection, given that some cellphone prices tend to be not cheap. “In the next two weeks it will be resolved. After that, we will decide whether to use whitelist or blacklist. ”
This regulation, which functions to combat illegal cellphones, which are sold at lower prices and are not subject to tax, was also made so that Indonesians would avoid failed products. With this regulation, people who buy cellphones from abroad, both online and offline, are required to register the IMEI of the cellphone purchased and pay taxes.
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