No more gifted foreign smartphones to Cuba?

I thought that this was a measure against phones which had been reported stolen.

I have just entered the IMEIs from my UK and Panamanian phones in http://www.etecsa.cu/telefonia_movil/compruebe_imei/ and both said Su Código IMEI: ... puede operar en la Red de ETECSA

Sure will be interesting to find out what ETECSA considers an "invalid IMEI".

Not even a slight est clue what this means but to date we have only gifted:;: Nutella, dog food and traded sandals and a large picture dictionary. Never a snart phone! Lol!!

Ya, it's primarily designed to restrict phones that have been reported stolen.

Thanks guys. If it's only to control stolen phones, no worries. It would a huge shame though if it affected unlocked phones brought in from abroad.

Hope everything is cool with everyone.

Cheers,
Terry

gres - but what it is designed for and what it actually does could be two different things.

They already have everyone's IMEI, that uses their network, including phones sold through them.

It just looks like they're integrating a list of reported stolen ones into their system to block them. If a problem, you show up at an Etecsa office and plead your case.

All the Canadian carriers have integrated their lists into one, so that a phone stolen, that worked with one carrier, can't be used on another.

As far as i know, the Canadian and U.S. Telecoms have yet to cooperate, hence, phones stolen in Canada get sold in the U.S. And vice versa.

I'm sure there could be'other uses.

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