Saturday, February 6, 2010

SMS codes of bulk SMS (AX-Citibank,VM-HSBC etc)

In order to protect interests of consumers receiving unsolicited commercial SMSes, 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 SMSes which would reveal the name of the service provider and location where the SMS originated along with the name of the company sending the SMS.

The alphanumeric identifier should be of the form XY-Name of the company where X stands for code allocated for the service provider while Y stands for the service area where the SMS is originating from.

For example, AT Citibank would mean that the SMS is sent through Airtel mobile network from Tamil Nadu by Citibank company.
Similarly VX stands for Vodafone -Karnataka, TA for Tata Teleservices-Andhra Pradesh, TM for Tata Teleservices-Mumbai, AM for Airtel-Mumbai, AX for Airtel-Karnataka, DT for Dishnet Wireless-Tamilnadu etc.

To answer the second part of your question, it is not possible to comprehend how did TRAI derive this as there can be no logical explaination.
For example in the first prefix, C stands for Datacom Solutions, D for Aircel, E for Reliance Telecom, P for Spice Telecom etc.
That's precisely why BPL Mobile Communications Ltd. decide to adopt a new name Loop Telecom Pvt. Ltd. as the symbol allocated to it by TRAI was L instead of B.

Similarly in the second prefix, Z stands for Maharashtra, X for Karnataka, Y for Madhya Pradesh, V for West Bengal, L for Kerala, I for Himachal Pradesh, S for Assam etc.
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26 comments:

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    I got a message that my Application is cleared via swipe payment of amount 1000 . i have not done any payments so far.

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  4. ArunimaJuly 27, 2016 at 12:56 AM

    I got an sms from VN-BNDNBK that my mobile number is updated as 8016...... but I dont have any account in this bank or whatever is ..is my mobile hacked or any other risk to my existing bank accounts?

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    1. yesOctober 9, 2017 at 12:58 AM

      Same messages I too got...may be same mobile number linked with someone

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  6. UnknownNovember 24, 2016 at 12:02 AM

    I received a message today morning saying that amount of 20k is credited in my account. I dont have account in this bank and keep getting some or other messages. i don't understand how do they get mobile numbers.

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  7. UnknownNovember 24, 2016 at 10:58 PM

    i too recieved two messages BNDNBK, one of 30k credit another of 30k debit, in to different accounts at same time, but i hold no ac in this bank.

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