How to Register and Unblock your Phone in Colombia - Homologación de Celulares
If you're living or visiting Colombia for an extended period of time, over three months, and you have a brand new phone with a local network's SIM card inserted, everything seems to be going smoothly. However, you receive a network message stating that your device is not registered. If you can't find your device in the list of registered devices , then this post is for you. Keep reading for more information! Warning message: "Tu celular no ha sido homologado ante la CRC y podría ser bloqueado." So your fight with the governing telecommunications body, the CRC, begins. You are about to join the many other expats and Colombians that have a device that uses radio frequencies (i.e. mobile/cell phones). You are most likely to be in this ordeal if you've brought a newly released phone into the country yourself of imported through Amazon or other sellers (namely on Mercadolibre.). There's an article of the implementation of the rule here (English transl