iosnetwork-programmingcore-telephonycarrier

Retrieving Carrier Name from iPhone programmatically

Is there a way to know the cell carrier on an iPhone programmatically?

I am looking for the carrier name which the iPhone is connected to.

Solution

  • In iOS 4, the CoreTelephony framework is useable, here's a snippet to get the carrier name:

    CTTelephonyNetworkInfo *netinfo = [[CTTelephonyNetworkInfo alloc] init];
CTCarrier *carrier = [netinfo subscriberCellularProvider];
NSLog(@"Carrier Name: %@", [carrier carrierName]);
[netinfo release];

    Link against CoreTelephony and include in your headers:

    #import <CoreTelephony/CTTelephonyNetworkInfo.h>
#import <CoreTelephony/CTCarrier.h>