Get a ppc phone number

[Yan]

Hi,

I am using the SmsGetPhoneNumber function in order to get the phone
number associated to a SIM card in a Pocket PC device.
According to msdn "This function queries for the available subscriber
numbers, and returns the first available entry with a service type of
VOICE." but it seems it never returns a consistent value : I have tried
several sim cards from different operators with no success (no value,
incorrect value ou specific format).

In my understanding, phone number is not supposed to be stored in a sim
card, IMSI being the unique subscriber identifier used by mobile
networks. So does someone know exactly what the behaviour of
SmsGetPhoneNumber is ? why does it sometimes work (according to some
posts in this group) and why it often does not ? And what does the Msdn
"Use this function to get the phone number of the device associated
with the SMS bearer." really mean ?

Thanks !

 

[Alex Feinman [MVP]]

As an option, this is done using TAPI. Here is a code sample:
http://www.alexfeinman.com/download.asp?doc=MyPhoneNumber.zip

It uses my tapi library as a precompiled assembly.

 

[Roland Dick]

Hi Yan,

Hi,

I am using the SmsGetPhoneNumber function in order to get the phone

to my knowledge, the phone number is not stored on the SIM card in the
GSM standard; but it is in CDMA(?) networks which are commonly used in
the US.

Kind Regards,

Roland