Bali - Registration IMEI of phone hardware

[albatross710]

When I arrive in Bali in August I will purchase a local SIM for lower cost connectivity. Seems there is some network protection about foreign phones and local SIMs

I see various articles about a new process for registering phone IMEI upon arrival into Bali. Register IMEI number in Indonesia

One article has updated Rule for Registering IMEI in Indonesia? » SAME SAME Hangout & Bungalows says it will work for 90 days.

Can anyone point me to the current situation?

 

[theblank]

I dunno the situation but in CGK last week in the baggage collection area before exit customs there is a little roped of space next to oversize collection set aside for foreigners to register IMEI. I didnt need it myself so nothing more to add.

 

[albatross710]

As a data point I purchased a Telkomsel prepaid SIM for Rp150,000 about $15 with 8Gb of data good for a month. It worked in my phone for the duration of my stay 10 days.

 

[Daver6]

Sure going to attract tourists when you make it more difficult to do basic stuff like use your phone. Talk about an own goal.

 

[asterix]

I think I read somewhere you only need to register your IMEI if you are spending 90 days there.

 

[theblank]

Sure going to attract tourists when you make it more difficult to do basic stuff like use your phone. Talk about an own goal.

Making it harder for criminals and terrorists to use phones anomonously is a good thing.

And the process is not difficult.

 

[Daver6]

Making it harder for criminals and terrorists to use phones anomonously is a good thing.

And the process is not difficult.

How many terrorists and criminals fall into the category of entering Indonesia with a foreign owned/purchased phone and spent more than 90 days and then committed a crime that would have been somehow prevented had the authorities had prior knowledge who owned the phone?

 

[albatross710]

How many terrorists and criminals fall into the category of entering Indonesia with a foreign owned/purchased phone and spent more than 90 days and then committed a crime that would have been somehow prevented had the authorities had prior knowledge who owned the phone?

maybe the 2002 attacks. Source Cell phones used to detonate Bali bombs

“We used cell-phone detonators. In the Paddy’s we used the detonator, it was in the vest of Iqbal or Issa. For the Sari Club bomb, it was inside the car and detonated using cell phone buttons. It went as scripted,” said Imron, who is yet to be brought on trial himself.

 

[Daver6]

maybe the 2002 attacks. Source Cell phones used to detonate Bali bombs

I haven't read the article. Were the cell phones used purchased overseas and brought into Bali for more than 90 days? Ie, would the current change have prevented the attack?

 

[albatross710]

I haven't read the article. Were the cell phones used purchased overseas and brought into Bali for more than 90 days? Ie, would the current change have prevented the attack?

who knows..as an international traveller I roll with the sovereign right of our host countries to introduce whatever laws they choose. next visit for sure it will have changed to something different again.

 

[theblank]

Upcoming Flights to indonesia are booked solid and not cheap. Having to go through a process to put a SiM card in a phone doesnt appear to be stopping people from going there.