iPhone: Roaming MCC

Question

Is there a possibility to retrieve the "actual" Mobile Country Code of the iPhone?

If I use the conventional method over the CTCarrier I only receive the MCC of the SIM-Card, but I want the Mobile Country Code of the Roaming Provider.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 06 '13 at 15:36

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No this is not possible in the current iOS SDK.

answered Feb 06 '13 at 15:36

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Is it maybe possible using functions of a private API? (The app will not be published into the App-Store) – ElPatzo Feb 06 '13 at 15:39
Receiving the current country (ID) the user is located, would be also sufficient.. – ElPatzo Feb 06 '13 at 15:47

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 06 '14 at 21:11

I don't believe this is possible with a private API, but you can use a third party service such as http://ipinfo.io, which I built. Here's the standard API response, which will include carrier details in the org field:

$ curl ipinfo.io/24.32.148.1 
{
    "ip": "24.32.148.1",
    "hostname": "doc-24-32-148-1.pecos.tx.cebridge.net",
    "city": "Pecos",
    "region": "Texas",
    "country": "US",
    "loc": "31.3086,-103.5892",
    "org": "AS7018 AT&T Services, Inc.",
    "postal": "79772"
}

Custom packages are available that also include the full mnc/mcc details for mobile IPs though. See http://ipinfo.io/developers for details.

while on wireless or proxied connection the information is not correct at all — Claudiu, Aug 24 '15 at 22:19

iPhone: Roaming MCC

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