MNC/MCC as string?

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Le jeudi 11 juin 2009 22:18:02 Marcel Holtmann, vous avez écrit :
> Hi Aki,
>
> > >> For geolocation help, sure, but there are other places where MNC/MCC
> > >> are used as keys to databases containing operator-specific
> > >> information, like default Internet APN names and such.
> > >
> > > shouldn't we just integrate that database into oFono directly or as
> > > something like ofono-info.git that will be installed along with (for
> > > easier updates).
> >
> > This particular database of default APN names, maybe, although I think
> > it's really oFono users like Connman that should integrate with that
> > information.
> >
> > However, this wouldn't be the only database ever, so we would still need
> > a way to reliably identify a specific operator.
>
> if we are unclear about the format and the users at this moment, I
> prefer we remove that interface and just keep it around as a TODO item
> to add it later.

I don't see any lack of clarity. It is a series of two or three digits.

Anyway, if the database has a hole, we probably will have to return the 
MNC/MCC anyway (ever tried scanning for network with an old phone in a foreign 
country?). Then there is also the uniqueness problem. MNC/MCC pair solves 
that.

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