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IT Help Desk => Telecom Forum => Topic started by: poppy siddiqua on March 14, 2012, 10:13:51 AM

Title: 1 in every 3 mobiles is fake!
Post by: poppy siddiqua on March 14, 2012, 10:13:51 AM

Around one third of the imported mobile phones are fake as importers bringing in cheaper and low quality handsets from China with L/Cs (Letters of Credit) they open to import cell phones of renowned companies.
The logos or stickers are of branded phone sets but the inside, in fact, is of lower quality, traders and regulatory officials say.
A syndicate of traders is collecting billions of taka from the customers every year through cheating, Mobile Phone Businessmen Association president Nizamuddin Jitu has told bdnews24.com.
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Corporation (BTRC) chairman Zia Ahmed has admitted that imports of fake mobile phone sets are happening.
The fake handsets have fake IMIE (International Mobile Equipment Identity) numbers.
The import cost of a fake handset is Tk 1,000-2,500 but they are sold at Tk 5,000-25,000, according to the report of bdnews24.com.

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Post by: tasnuva on March 14, 2012, 02:01:05 PM

We should be careful about this. Thanks for sharing mam.

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Post by: arefin on March 14, 2012, 09:24:41 PM

Very informative post, thanks for sharing.

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Post by: goodboy on March 15, 2012, 07:05:16 PM

Please mam, can you provide us the solution to get rid of this cheats?????

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Post by: poppy siddiqua on March 19, 2012, 01:13:31 PM

I think Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has to play the major role regarding this.
Again, the customs and law enforcing agencies have to be more active,no doubt.

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Post by: Sima on March 19, 2012, 02:32:38 PM

Informative discussion...

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Post by: shahina on March 20, 2012, 10:31:44 AM

helpful post

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Post by: mehnaz on March 20, 2012, 11:36:03 AM

Nice Sharing...

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Post by: nature on March 26, 2012, 11:47:06 PM

Informative post.............thanks mam. If our BTRC are aware about this events then the problem can be solved.

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Post by: nayeemfaruqui on February 21, 2013, 11:00:58 PM

Nice post..