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Understanding Commercial SMS Sender’s code

Earlier we were receiving SMSs from banks, insurance companies or any other service provider from 10 digit mobile number but off-late we are receiving SMSs indicating some codes like TM-ICICIBNK, LM-Fortis etc. Do you know what all they stand for?

In order to protect consumer interest receiving unsolicited commercial SMSs, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has mandated all mobile operators in India to prefix an identification tag before all application-to-peer (A2P) commercial bulk SMSs which would reveal the name of the service provider along with location where the SMS originated along with the name of the company sending the SMS.

The alphanumeric identifier would be of the form XY-NAME, where X stands for code allocated for the service provider while Y stands for the service area where the SMS originated and NAME is the name of the company sending the SMS.

Take an example of TM-ICICIBNK, this code means that SMS is sent through Tata Teleservices from Mumbai by ICICI Bank.

So from now onwards whenever you receive the SMS of the form XY-NAME, you can easily decode it and know what’s the service provider, location and company name sending the SMS.

The standard prefixed finalized by TRAI are listed below –

Service Provider Code Listing

Service Provider	Code
Bharti Airtel	A
BSNL	B
Datacom Solutions	C
Aircel, Dishnet Wireless	D
Reliance Telecom	E
HFCL Infotel	H
Idea Cellular	I
BPL Mobile/Loop Telecom	L
MTNL	M
Spice Telecom	P
Reliance Communications	R
S tel	S
Tata Teleservices	T
Unitech Group	U
Vodafone Group	V
Swan Telecom	W
Shyam Telecom	Y

Service Area Code Listing

Service Area	Code
Andhra Pradesh	A
Bihar	B
Delhi	D
UP-East	E
Gujarat	G
Haryana	H
Himachal Pradesh	I
Jammu & Kashmir	J
Kolkata	K
Kerala	L
Mumbai	M
North East	N
Orissa	O
Punjab	P
Rajasthan	R
Tamil Nadu	T
West Bengal	V
UP-West	W
Karnataka	X
Madhya Pradesh	Y
Maharashtra	Z

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51315 – Wisync Technologies
51515 – AOL Mobile
51516 – AOL Mobile

52121 – Future Telecom
52272 – Mobile2Win India
52424 – Living Media / Aaj Tak / India Today
52455 – Activemedia
52525 – Sony Entertainment Television
52580 – Verity Marketing
52622 – Television Eighteen
52626 – Nei Technologies
52727 – Elation Softnet
52742 – Cricinfo / Cricinfi India
52919 – Radio Indigo / Indigo Mass Communications

53003 – Cellcast / BID2WIN
53030 – One97 / Positive Comsol
53040 – Mumbai Traffic Police
53131 – Unisys Info
53366 – Onyx Mobile
53434 – Webdunia.com
53456 – Mobile Teleshoppe
53536 – ACube Promotion
53636 – Activemedia
53650 – Mid Day
53776 – ESPN
53999 – A & M Communications (JustDial?)
53999 – Just Dial

54242 – Hindustan Times
54321 – Sakal Papers
54545 – Sify
54555 – TechShastra
54567 – DNA Networks
54646 – Hungama / Virtual Marketing
54664 – Google
54684 – Netxcell
54767 – Nano Wicore Labs
54848 – Deccan Herald
54959 – Net 4 Nuts
54999 – Tanla Solutions

55040 – J Four Source
55050 – Bharat Matrimony
55352 – Voicegate Technology
55435 – IndiaGames
55454 – BIG FM 92.7
55555 – Nokia India
55599 – Mkhoj
55627 – Inter Solutions
55678 – Handygo
55858 – SUN TV Ltd

56006 – WIFI Network
56060 – Techzone / 6060
56070 – ValueFirst
56161 – Air2Web India
56262 – Air2Web India
56263 – IMI Mobile
56300 – Cellebrum
56363 – Nazara Technology
56365 – Sybase 365
56388 – NDTV (Lifetree)
56397 – Hindu Publications
56545 – Suvidha
56555 – Orkut
56566 – Pyro Mobile
56569 – Anand Bazar Patrika
56633 – Tata Sky
56636 – ADCC Research & Computing Center
56644 – Cellcast / (Bid2Win)
56677 – Cellnext Solutions
56767 – ACL Wireless
5676744 – All India Radio
56776 – Malayala Manorama
56858 – Flight Raja / Via
56882 – MTV
56886 – Ebay (Lifetree)
56969 – Rajasthan Patrika

57007 – Mauj / People Infocomm
57070 – Verseas Marketing
57245 – IRCTC Ltd.
57272 – J9 Mobile / Jagran Prakashan
57333 – Rediff.com India
57337 – MAA Television
57474 – MSN
57575 – Cornershop Entertainment (ZeeTV & PLAY TV)
57777 – Symbiotic
57827 – STAR India
57886 – PhoneyTunes.com

58243 – Yahoo Web Services
58558 – Mobile2Win
58888 – Times Internet Ltd (Indiatimes)
58989 – Four Interactive / AskLaila
58990 – Neo Sports

59595 – GoBindas
59898 – MPOWER
59994 – blowurmind
59995 – UTV