Sounds illegal to me to make this information public. But anyone with SS7 access can do lookup and instantly tell the MNC+MCC of operator. If there's enough interest, we might offer such public service with HTTP interface and instant results.. Just my 2c.
On Mon, 2003-08-11 at 17:42, Alex Kinch wrote: > Steve, > > I've been following this thread with interest. > > We're planning to collect information on a user's mobile operator via our > soon-to-be-launched reverse billing operation. We also operate a bulk SMS > and business messaging site, so this sort of information would be useful for > least cost routing. I appreciate it'd take a rather long time to build up a > profile of even a small chunk of UK mobile users, but it's a start. > > I haven't looked into the legal / data protection implications, but could a > few of us get together to put information into a central database? > > Alex > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve Kennedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 4:15 PM > Subject: Re: [RFC] Number portability hooks > > > > On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 05:01:50PM +0200, Nisan Bloch wrote: > > > > > I would prefer to see some sort of lookup interface.. Something like a > > > "HLR" box. > > > Of more importance is how to implement the lookup and when (as this will > > > incur a msg cost)? Use some third party? Do some SS7 integration? > Booktrout > > > have some nice APIs with their SS7 cards. > > > Also of course if we keep the numbers in a hash table, when does one > > > refresh? > > > > Od course this begs the question, how does one query an HLR using SS7, > > the UK networks are extremely unlikely to allow any 3rd party that > > hasn't signed roaming agreements/whatever. > > > > Maybe a nice friendly foreign operator could be persuaded to offer such > > a service, and maybe someone would like to sit a box somewhere to allow > > 3rd party queries ? hmmmm ... You'd need to implement MAP/SS7, but hey. > > > > > > Steve > > > > -- > > NetTek Ltd Phone/Fax +44-(0)20 7483 2455 > > SMS steve-pager (at) gbnet.net [body] gpg 1024D/468952DB 2001-09-19 > > > > > > > >
