Taking down the cell network
Taking down the cell network
Posted Oct 6, 2010 20:09 UTC (Wed) by job (guest, #670)In reply to: Taking down the cell network by AlexHudson
Parent article: Newest Google Android Cell Phone Contains Unexpected 'Feature' (New America)
No one would accept a mobile phone operator deciding which phone you could use either, with a few exceptions.
In most parts of the world the mobile networks accept any standard GSM terminals. Operators filtering on IMEI numbers would be no more accepted than operators filtrering on MAC in the IP world.
Customers in countries which are exceptions to this should wield their economic and political powers to remedy this. It is bad for customers and bad for economic development in the long run.