| The international telecommunication charge card | |
 Payphone for use of card | |
| Status | In force |
|---|---|
| Year started | 1988 |
| Latest version | 05/06 May 2006 |
| Organization | ITU-T |
| Committee | Study Group 1 |
| Website | https://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-E.118 |
E.118 is an international standard that defines the international telecommunication charge card, for use in payphones.[1] It also defines the Integrated Circuit Card Identifier (ICCID), which is used in Subscriber Identity Modules (SIMs, including SIM cards and eSIMs.[2] The standard was first developed in 1988 by what became the Standardization Sector of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU-T) with several revisions having been published since then.
History
[edit]The E.118 standard was first developed by the precursor to the ITU-T, International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (CCITT, in the French acronym)[3] and it was adopted by its governing body the World Telecommunication Standardization Conference (WTSC), as its 1988 meeting.[1] Since then it has been revised several times by Study Group 1, most recently in 1996.
ICCID
[edit]The Integrated Circuit Card Identifier (ICCID) is a number to international identify callers, called a 'Primary Account Number', used i.a. in SIM cards including eSIM cards. Its layout is based on ISO/IEC 7812.[4] The ICCID is made up of:
Issuer identification number (IIN)
Maximum of seven digits:
- Major industry identifier (MII), 2 fixed digits, 89 for telecommunication purposes.
- Country calling code, 1 to 3 digits, as defined by ITU-T recommendation E.164.
- North American Numbering Plan countries use 1
- Russia uses 7
- Kazakhstan uses 997, even though it also uses the calling code +7
- Issuer identifier, 1–4 digits (together Country calling code and Issuer Identifier is no more than 5 digits).
- Often identical to the Mobile Network Code (MNC).
Individual account identification
- Individual account identification number. Its length is variable, but every number under one IIN has the same length.
- Often identical to the Mobile Subscription Identification Number (MSIN).
Check digit
- Single digit calculated from the other digits using the Luhn algorithm.
E.118 stipulates that the ITU-T updates a list of all current internationally assigned IIN codes in its Operational Bulletins which are published twice a month.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "E.118 : The international telecommunication charge card". www.itu.int. Archived from the original on 2019-06-07. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
- ^ Bartolomeo, Giovanni; Kovacikova, Tatiana (2016-04-19). Identification and Management of Distributed Data: NGN, Content-Centric Networks and the Web. CRC Press. p. 161. ISBN 9781439879085.
- ^ "CCITT - 50 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE - 1956-2006" (PDF). International Telecommunication Union. p. 8. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
- ^ "What is ICCID? - IMEI.info". www.imei.info. Archived from the original on 2019-11-09. Retrieved 2019-11-09.
- ^ "Boletín de Explotación N.º 1183 (1.XI.2019)". www.itu.int. Retrieved 2019-11-09.
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