Specifications

3GPP

3GPP TS 27.007 V6.3.0 (2003-

06)

Release 6

Test command returns a set of five parameters, each representing an operator present in the network. A set consists of

an integer indicating the availability of the operator <stat>, long and short alphanumeric format of the name of the

operator, numeric format representation of the operator and access technology. Any of the formats may be unavailable

and should then be an empty field. The list of operators shall be in order: home network, networks referenced in SIM or

active application in the UICC (GSM or USIM) in the following order: HPLMN selector, User controlled PLMN

selector, Operator controlled PLMN selector and PLMN selector (in the SIM or GSM application), and other networks.

It is recommended (although optional) that after the operator list TA returns lists of supported <mode>s and

<format>s. These lists shall be delimited from the operator list by two commas.

NOTE: The access technology selected paramters, <AcT>, should only be used in terminals capable to register to

more than one access technology.

Defined values

<mode>:

automatic (<oper> field is ignored)

1 manual (<oper> field shall be present, and <AcT> optionally)

2 deregister from network

3 set only <format> (for read command +COPS?), do not attempt registration/deregistration (<oper> and <

AcT> fields are ignored); this value is not applicable in read command response

4 manual/automatic (<oper> field shall be present); if manual selection fails, automatic mode (<mode>=0) is

entered

<format>:

long format alphanumeric <oper>

1 short format alphanumeric <oper>

2 numeric <oper>

<oper>: string type; <format> indicates if the format is alphanumeric or numeric; long alphanumeric format can

be upto 16 characters long and short format up to 8 characters (refer GSM MoU SE.13 [9]); numeric format is

the GSM Location Area Identification number (refer TS 24.008 [8] subclause 10.5.1.3) which consists of a three

BCD digit country code coded as in ITU-T E.212 Annex A [10], plus a two BCD digit network code, which is

administration specific; returned <oper> shall not be in BCD format, but in IRA characters converted from

BCD; hence the number has structure: (country code digit 3)(country code digit 2)(country code digit 1)(network

code digit 3)(network code digit 2)(network code digit 1)

<stat>:

0 unknown

1 available

2 current

3 forbidden

<AcT> access technology selected:

GSM

1 GSM Compact

2 UTRAN

Implementation

Optional.