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How to find out carrier's name in Android

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How can I find out carrier's name in Android?

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fhucho Avatar asked Oct 01 '10 11:10

fhucho


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Never used it myself, but take a look at TelephonyManager->getNetworkOperatorName().

You could try something as simple as this:

TelephonyManager manager = (TelephonyManager)context.getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE); String carrierName = manager.getNetworkOperatorName(); 
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pableu Avatar answered Oct 04 '22 20:10

pableu


TelephonyManager telephonyManager = ((TelephonyManager) context.getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE)); String operatorName = telephonyManager.getNetworkOperatorName(); 
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fhucho Avatar answered Oct 04 '22 21:10

fhucho