GSM cell towers have a SID?

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JoshIII - 19 Feb 2005 02:52 GMT

I've been unable to find a GSM System IDentification (SID) cross reference
on the web anywhere.

The cross reference at www.mountainwireless.com

http://www.mountainwireless.com/sid.htm

does not include any GSM carriers. Only CDMA and TDMA.

I'm beginning to wonder if a "SID List" even exists for the GSM networks?
It might be called something else?

My Nokia 1100 (GSM) has a identifier at memory location 03 listed as
ICCID.

To get there select Menu, then Prepaid, then Code entry mode, then enter
*#0 03

What is a ICCID? All I know is on my phone its a looooong number. Its
either one 19 digits long number or two rows of numbers (one 13 digits over
another 6 digits long). I am not sure how to read them.

Any help would be appreciated!

JoshIII
josh3i@hotmail.com
upstate south carolina

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John Henderson - 19 Feb 2005 03:22 GMT

> I've been unable to find a GSM System IDentification (SID)
> cross reference on the web anywhere.
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> I'm beginning to wonder if a "SID List" even exists for the
> GSM networks? It might be called something else?

Even after looking at the above sites, I have no clear idea what
a SID is.

> My Nokia 1100 (GSM) has a identifier at memory location 03
> listed as ICCID.
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> numbers (one 13 digits over another 6 digits long). I am not
> sure how to read them.

That's the Integrated Circuit Card ID, read from the EF-CCID
file on the SIM. Note that it's different again from the
International Mobile Subscriber ID (IMSI) of the SIM card.

John

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