!!! Overview
[{$pagename}] is a [number] [Unique Identifier] that indicates the [GSMA]-approved [organization|Organizational Entity] that registered (or, before 2002, approved) a given [Mobile Device].[{$pagename}] numbers are loosely based on the telephone [Country Code] (CC) of the [organization|Organizational Entity] identified, as most approving nations used a single approval body endorsed by their national [GSM] Association chapter. However, not all [{$pagename}]s follow this tendency.[{$pagename}] is also known as the "Regional Code" in the [CDMA] context. The [International Mobile Station Equipment Identity] ([IMEI]) use first two digits [MUST] be [decimal] and [Mobile Equipment Identifier] ([MEID]) [MUST] be [hexadecimal] 

In [3GPP]2 terms the [GSMA] is the [Global Decimal Administrator] while the [Telecommunications Industry Association] ([TIA]) is the [Global Hexadecimal Administrator].

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