What dictates the moniker for your network?

Ben_Fisher · 11-03-2016, 20:20

For example when I was with EE the phone showed EE.

I moved to BT and it showed BT, I just updated my phone and since then it shows BT-EE.

Is it something the phone has a database of?

Gigabit · 11-03-2016, 22:43

It's a database in the phone somewhere, at least it is on Android.

I know this because I had quite a bit of input on network names in CyanogenMod a year or two ago. Virgin was showed as Orange for example, until I reported it.

On iOS, I'm guessing it's in the carrier profiles.

jonmorris · 11-03-2016, 23:42

In the old days Orange and one2one could send SIM updates which could change things like voicemail numbers, your allocated phone number, network ID and favourites for roaming.

If the SIM didn't have this, it used whatever was on the phone but before the days of OTA updates what your phone had would never change.

Now I assume the phone takes priority over the SIM in all cases, but I assume EE can still push SIM updates for older phones?

11-03-2016, 20:20	#1
Ben_Fisher Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Lincoln Posts: 577	What dictates the moniker for your network? For example when I was with EE the phone showed EE. I moved to BT and it showed BT, I just updated my phone and since then it shows BT-EE. Is it something the phone has a database of?

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Gigabit Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 2,887	It's a database in the phone somewhere, at least it is on Android. I know this because I had quite a bit of input on network names in CyanogenMod a year or two ago. Virgin was showed as Orange for example, until I reported it. On iOS, I'm guessing it's in the carrier profiles.

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jonmorris Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: a land filled with trolls Posts: 12,018	In the old days Orange and one2one could send SIM updates which could change things like voicemail numbers, your allocated phone number, network ID and favourites for roaming. If the SIM didn't have this, it used whatever was on the phone but before the days of OTA updates what your phone had would never change. Now I assume the phone takes priority over the SIM in all cases, but I assume EE can still push SIM updates for older phones?

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What dictates the moniker for your network?