KAIT 한국정보통신진흥협회::Creating an Enabling Environment for Digital Service Use

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Creating an Enabling Environment for Digital Service Use

IMEI Integrated Management Center

About the IMEI Integrated Management Center

Supports policies such as preventing the illegal use of lost or stolen mobile communication devices by sharing the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) among telecommunications service providers and promoting the activation of SIM-free devices.

Program Objective

To support the activation of SIM-free mobile devices and protect user rights by preventing the illegal use of communication devices reported as lost or stolen.

Legal Basis

Article 60-2 (Blocking the Use of Communication Devices Reported Lost or Stolen) of the Telecommunications Business Act
Article 32-17 (Prevention of Export of Lost or Stolen Communication Devices) of the Telecommunications Business Act
Article 51 (Specialized Institution for Sharing Unique Identification Numbers, etc.) of the Enforcement Decree of the Telecommunications Business Act

Program Details

Supports inquiries on whether a mobile phone has been reported lost or stolen and provides information on applicable service charge discounts to protect user rights.

Lost/Stolen Mobile Phone Inquiry

A service that allows users to check whether a mobile phone has been reported lost or stolen by entering the device’s International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) on the website.

Flowchart of the lost device IMEI integrated management service. When a user (with a self-supplied device, second-hand phone, etc.) requests a device USIM replacement from a carrier in Step 1, the carrier requests a lost or stolen information inquiry from the KAIT IMEI Integrated Management Center in Step 2. The IMEI Integrated Management Center provides the lost or stolen inquiry result to the carrier in Step 3, and the carrier notifies the user in Step 4 whether telecommunications service will be applied to the device (Y: approved, N: rejected). The IMEI Integrated Management Center exchanges lost device IMEI information registration and release bidirectionally with SK Telecom, KT, and LG U+.

Service Charge Discount Inquiry

A service that allows users to check eligibility for the 25% service charge discount available instead of the device subsidy, applicable to SIM-free mobile phones purchased directly in Korea or overseas.