Overview#
Reporting Body Identifier is a
number Unique Identifier that indicates the
GSMA-approved
organization that registered (or, before 2002, approved) a given
Mobile Device.Reporting Body Identifier numbers are loosely based on the telephone
Country Code (CC) of the
organization identified, as most approving nations used a single approval body endorsed by their national
GSM Association chapter. However, not all Reporting Body Identifiers follow this tendency.Reporting Body Identifier 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 3GPP2 terms the GSMA is the Global Decimal Administrator while the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) is the Global Hexadecimal Administrator.
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