1. A terminal device control server for collecting, storing and providing information relating to a plurality of terminal devices in a mobile communication network, each terminal device having an associated equipment identifier, the terminal device control server comprising: a device control interface for receiving a terminal device authorization request, containing an equipment identifier and optionally containing any of: a subscriber identifier, a directory number, and a location, and for providing a terminal device authorization response; a device intelligence database for storing a plurality of authorization lists each containing a plurality of equipment identifiers and for collecting and storing additional information associated with each equipment identifier including any one or more of: a subscriber identifier, a subscriber type, a directory number, a location in the mobile communication network, a service package subscription, a network membership, a device capability set, and one or more timestamps each associated with one of the other additional information; a network information access interface providing for the terminal device control server to request and receive from other equipment platforms in the mobile communication network any of the additional information associated with each equipment identifier; and a control policy database for storing and applying a plurality of control policies to determine which of the plurality of authorization lists will be applied and in what order the authorization lists will be applied in generating the terminal device authorization response containing a favorable device status based on a result of searching the applied authorization lists for a match to a criterion containing the equipment identifier and optionally any of the subscriber identifier, the directory number and the location received in the terminal device authorization request, the terminal device authorization response optionally containing any one or more of a subscriber type associated with the subscriber identifier, and a service package subscription associated with the subscriber identifier; wherein a receiver of the terminal device authorization response can, based on the response, either allow or deny access to the mobile communication network and to services in the network to the terminal device having the equipment identifier contained in the terminal device authorization request.