As of December 2017, there were approximately 9.26 million cell phone devices blocked in Brazil. This figure represents the accumulated number of devices blocked since the register was implemented in 2000. These blocks are a result of device loss or theft, and can be requested directly by the user or through police reports filed in the country's states.
Number of mobile phones blocked in Brazil as of December 2016 and 2017
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Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações (Brazil). (January 29, 2018). Number of mobile phones blocked in Brazil as of December 2016 and 2017 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1027789/brazil-number-blocked-mobile-phones/
Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações (Brazil). "Number of mobile phones blocked in Brazil as of December 2016 and 2017 (in millions)." Chart. January 29, 2018. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1027789/brazil-number-blocked-mobile-phones/
Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações (Brazil). (2018). Number of mobile phones blocked in Brazil as of December 2016 and 2017 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1027789/brazil-number-blocked-mobile-phones/
Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações (Brazil). "Number of Mobile Phones Blocked in Brazil as of December 2016 and 2017 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Jan 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1027789/brazil-number-blocked-mobile-phones/
Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações (Brazil), Number of mobile phones blocked in Brazil as of December 2016 and 2017 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1027789/brazil-number-blocked-mobile-phones/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Number of mobile phones blocked in Brazil as of December 2016 and 2017 (in millions) [Graph], Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações (Brazil), January 29, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1027789/brazil-number-blocked-mobile-phones/