Mobile Device Management System (MDMS) to be implemented by Nepal Government

Nepal government has initiated a plan to regulate smartphones operating inside the country in the national budget for the fiscal year 2078-79. With the introduction of a mobile device management system, Nepal government hopes to nullify the grey market of smartphones. After the complete implementation of the MDMS, mobile phones brought illegally cannot be operated inside the country.

Mobile Device Management System is a government system which keeps a record of all the smartphone operated inside the country. It is the centralized system which records the unique ID of smartphones i.e IMEI numbers. After the implementation of MDMS, official distributors and importers must register device IMEI to the system before the sale of smartphones. Devices registered on the government’s system are only eligible to access the national telecom operator’s network. The system will be able to trace and disable non-registered devices ultimately preventing unauthorized import of mobile phones in the country.