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Comments: Plans to block illegal cell phones unfeasible
June 29, p1The government is preparing to allow telecoms operators to block the use of illegally imported mobile phones, a move which is expected to encourage mobile phone manufacturers to open factories in Indonesia
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The government is preparing to allow telecoms operators to block the use of illegally imported mobile phones, a move which is expected to encourage mobile phone manufacturers to open factories in Indonesia.
Mobile phone operators themselves are skeptical about the plan, saying that the measure will be costly, requiring expensive technology to block the use of the so-called illegal phones.
Your comments:
Attempts to block the phones will meet with as much success as you have had with the porn blocking.
Exbrit
What about tourists?
Many have Chinese mobiles using local SIM cards.
Papu Mame
It would allow a new 'private stream of income' for personnel in telecoms companies or the Trade Ministry, such as accepting bribes to register illegal phones in their 'allow' list of the filter. In Indonesia, the more rules the better for certain officials to offer some 'help'.
H Cahyadi
