No, but asked T-Mobile when i lost my phone, will it blocked in world wide. They told me "no, the technology is not available yet".

Thats bollocks! when we block phones at work its blocked worldwide

All mobile phone network operators in the UK will disable the phone by reference to the unique IMEI number of the handset. This means that the handset itself (not just the SIM card which can easily be swapped) will be barred and will be unusable on any network, even if a new SIM card is inserted.

http://www.crimereduction.gov.uk/stolengoods5.htm

Government website, notice how it only says "UK"

Heres another


The National Mobile Phone Register is being launched on 12 January 2005, supported by the mobile phone industry, the National Mobile Phone Crime Unit, the Metropolitan Police and other UK Police Forces, and the Home Office.

http://www.immobilise.com/about/index.html

Notice how no other government in the world is mentioned

if you feel like reading a bit more, check out the forum on ebay

http://forums.ebay.co.uk/thread.jspa...=1114825470140

Something strange is going on there....Cause I work for Orange and anyphone that has been barred is blocked worldwide....the only way to unblock it is if you change the IMEI, which is illegal...if thats not the case then we need some major trainging at work

Nothing strange is going on, this is reality. Show me the worldwide system that does it and the international agreement

You think countries in africa have the technology for that?

No

IF you still feel like reading some more

The criminals do have an alternative to changing IMEI's, and this is to send the barred handsets overseas! The blacklist database (or CEIR) is only used by the UK networks. Therefore a handset that is barred in the UK will work fine in a different country! Apparently a large number of UK barred handsets find themselves in Italy, Spain and France etc.. The Barred handset works fine in any country outside the UK!!

http://www.unlockme.co.uk/blacklist.html

Well obvisously Orange need to train us the correct infomation then

Are you sure you work for Orange

Orange, along with all other UK networks, share information on a single database, so once a phone is reported stolen or lost, it is blocked across all UK networks, making it useless even if the SIM Card has been changed.

http://www.orange.co.uk/safety/mobile_theft.html

Yeah, im sure. I think I know who pays my wages cheers. and that I have my Liberate phone...anyway that link on the orange website just backs up what you said about been blocked across the UK networks which I never disputed

Think you'll find that the database referred to is the CEIR, which is accessible to all networks worldwide, the problem is not all networks have their own EIR installed so they can't access information from the CEIR.
Check these out for more info....
http://www.gsmworld.com/using/security/index.shtml
and
http://nation.com.pk/daily/nov-2004/29/bnews4.php

Are you telling me to flog it????

I would be a good samaritan and hand it in....Have Orange sent you out a Jiffy bag?

When I sent out a phone for an Orange customer, Orange never sent me a jiffy bag, they left me to it.

I'm not moaning about the lack of free jiffy bag, they aren't expensive, but just wondering if they actually did this.

Yeah, you know when you fill in the lost and stolen info on Merlin. there is an option to send out a jiffy bag

Can you publish her number on here so we can all have a chance of some nookie?

hey, why dont you download a free nokia code calculator and unlock it to all networks, if it works then you got a new phone lol.

If they blocked the IMEI this won't work and even if it did it would be stealing upon finding.

Don't be tempted, it's just wrong.

yea but still, at the end of the day the person who has lost it would have gotten over it by now. so.... i know its wrong but as the saying goes "another mans loss is another mans gain"