The Commectivity Manager has a method called getNetworkInfo which will give
you a list of different types of networks and their current state. However,
these are not carrier dependent, rather device dependent you can say. Almost
all devices have all these types of networks.

On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Rob Franz <[email protected]> wrote:

> If I have something like:
>
> mConnectivityManager= (ConnectivityManager)
> getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);
> NetworkInfo mActiveNetworkInfo=
> mConnectivityManager.getActiveNetworkInfo();
> Log.d(TAG, "network info -> subtype name: " +
> mActiveNetworkInfo.getSubtypeName());
>
> I would get this in the logs:
>
> "network info -> subtype name: HSDPA"
>
> I am assuming this is something that is network-provided (here I'm on
> T-Mobile US) and each carrier could have different technology types
> and subsequently different values, i.e. Verizon or Sprint would have
> different values altogether as they're CDMA.
>
> Assuming the above is true, would there be a list somewhere of what
> different carriers report for the subtype?  The documentation seems to
> be a little sparse for this.
>
> Thanks
> Rob
>
>
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