Know about IMEI for GSM and MEID for CDMA for your mobile phone security and validation
All over the world the most common technology used for the mobile handsets is the GSM technology, because there are the international players like Vodafone, Orange, Airtel, etc spread in many countries and continents and they use the standard SIM cards that work for GSM enabled handsets only. Though not as largely spread as GSM networks, the CDMA networks are also equally popular in countries like India with the players like TATA and Reliance . Now we need to know two terms – GSM and CDMA. GSM mobile handsets GSM is the acronym for Global System for Mobile communications (originally from Groupe Spécial Mobile) and is the most popular standard for mobile phones in the world. The GSM Association acts as the promoter of this network and according to their estimates 80% of the global mobile market uses the GSM standard.