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How to get info on cell location

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ID Creation date March 15, 2007
Platform S60 1st Edition, S60 2nd Edition, S60 3rd Edition Tested on devices Nokia N95, Nokia E90
Category Python Subcategory Location Based Services


Keywords (APIs, classes, methods, functions): location

Overview

This code snippet shows how to retrieve information such as MCC, MNC, LAC and Cell ID in Python.

Preconditions

Note: The location module requires capabilities ReadDeviceData, ReadUserData and Location starting with S60 3rd Edition.

Source code

import location
 
 
mcc, mnc, lac, cellid = location.gsm_location()
 
print "Mobile Country Code:", mcc
print "Mobile Network Code:", mnc
print "Location Area Code:", lac
print "Cell ID:", cellid

Postconditions

The information is displayed.

Observations

Starting with S60 3rd Edition the Script Shell must be signed with the Location, ReadDeviceData and ReadUserData capabilities to be able to run the code.

Additional information

More information about the items described above:

  • Mobile Country Code - defines the country where you are
  • Mobile Network Code - defines the network within the country
  • Location Area Code - defines an area covered by a group of radio cells
  • Cell ID - defines a single transmitter. In many cases, especially in heavily populated areas, there are 3 cells on a single base-station, each covering 120 degrees.

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