Re: mobile-broadband-provider-info: Request for msisdn-query tag to be added

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Sat, 2011-11-05 at 09:30 +0200, Graham Inggs wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 6:55 PM, Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2011-11-04 at 09:35 +0200, Graham Inggs wrote:
> >> There is often a need to query the MSISDN (mobile telephone number)
> >> associated with a GSM SIM card, for example when doing a pre-paid
> >> top-up over the internet or when calling the network operator's
> >> technical support.  Because this number can change, the only reliable
> >> way of obtaining it is directly from the network operator.
> >>
> >> Most Vodafone network operators and all of the network operators in
> >> South Africa support querying the MSISDN by USSD, for example sending
> >> '*111*501#' for Vodacom South Africa.
> >>
> >> Would it be possible to extend the mobile-broadband-provider-info
> >> database to include a msisdn-query tag please?
> >
> > Sure, care to post patches for it?  Seems useful.
> >
> > Dan
> >
> >
> 
> Thanks, Dan.  Please see patch attached.

Pushed, thanks!

Da