Network database (PLMN) browser

Browse the in-phone GSM network database


Every GSM phone includes a large database of GSM network information. This is because the operator name displayed on the phone display is a phone feature, not a network feature. The GSM network provides the phone only the MCC (Mobile Country Code) and MNC (Mobile Network Code) of the network. If the phone wants to display the operator name to the user, it must know the names and MCC/MNC codes of all compatible GSM networks in the world.

The data is inside your phone but have been inaccessible to the user — so far.

This NokiX application allows browsing the network database (called "PLMN" in Nokia DCT-3 phones) directly with the phone itself. Because all the network and country information is already present in your phone, the size of the application is rather small compared to the amount of data it displays.


Download Network Database 1.0.1
Compiled to work with NokiX Scripts snapshot 6.10.2006. Recompiling requires the NokiX SDK V2. Includes the full source code published under GNU Public License.

The displayed network data is naturally as old as the PLMN database on your phone. It is as old as your phone software. To dump out all the network information and update it, use the Write Network List script by NuukiaWorld.

  
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