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Strategies to Deal with Illegal Cellphones

Of the 45 million cellphones distributed in Indonesia last year, around 9 million were illegal cellphones brought into the country through unofficial channels.

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Mobile phones without an official guarantee are sold at a cellphone outlet at the Roxy Mas ITC shopping center, Jakarta, Thursday (15/8/2019). Cellphones without warranties have entered Indonesia illegally.

JAKARTA, KOMPASOf the 45 million cellphones distributed in Indonesia last year, around 9 million were illegal cellphones brought into the country through unofficial channels. In addition to causing trillions of rupiah per year in economic losses, the circulation of black market cellphones also threatens the domestic mobile industry.

A journalistic investigation in August 2019 by the Kompas daily reveals the intricacies of the illegal mobile phone trade in Indonesia, the channels used to smuggle mobile phone and how traders deal with the government’s plans to block illegal mobile phones through the international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) number.

Editor:
Nasru Alam Aziz
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