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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content mw-content-ltr" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><p><b>TADIG code</b> is a number uniquely identifying network operators in a <a href="GSM" title="GSM">GSM</a> mobile network. The <a href="Acronym" title="Acronym">acronym</a> TADIG expands to "<i>Transferred Account Data Interchange Group</i>". According to the GSM specification, the codes are used as "primary identifiers within file contents and file names" in multiple file formats defined by the <a href="GSMA" title="GSMA">GSMA</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Network operators are required to register new codes and limit themselves to using code already registered with the GSMA.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>TADIG codes are generally used by bilateral agreement for the purposes of billing <a href="Roaming" title="Roaming">roaming</a> telephone calls.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Format">Format</h2></div>
<p>A TADIG code is 5 characters long, consisting of
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<ol><li>Three-character country code. This is usually the <a href="ISO_3166-1_alpha-3" title="ISO 3166-1 alpha-3">ISO 3166-1 alpha-3</a> code for terrestrial operators. Non-terrestrial operators have the first two characters as AA. <a href="Wi-Fi" title="Wi-Fi">Wi-Fi</a> operators have the first two characters as WW.</li>
<li>Two-character operator/ company identifier</li></ol>
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<p>TADIG code: CANGW (for Freedom Mobile, formerly WIND Mobile)
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<th>Operator/ Company identifier
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<td>CAN (for Canada)</td>
<td>GW (for Globalive Wireless, the original parent company of Freedom)
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<p>TADIG code: SWE01 (for the Sweden1 bilateral Roaming Hub)
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<th>Operator/ Company identifier
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<td>SWE (for Sweden)</td>
<td>01
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<p>TADIG code: USAHI (for <a href="Mobi_(company)" title="Mobi (company)">Mobi</a>)
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<td>USA (for the United States)</td>
<td>HI (unofficially for Hawaiʻi, where Mobi is a regional wireless carrier)
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_exceptions">Notable exceptions</h2></div>
<p>The GSMA specification lists the following in their list of "known issues" as discrepancies between codes registered with them against ones actually being used
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<ul><li><a href="Territories_of_the_United_States" title="Territories of the United States">US territories</a> are not always represented in the <a href="United_States" title="United States">USA</a></li>
<li>YUG continues to be used as country code by operators in <a href="Montenegro" title="Montenegro">Montenegro</a> and <a href="Serbia" title="Serbia">Serbia</a>. Each now has its own ISO code, MNE and SRB respectively</li>
<li><a href="Kosovo" title="Kosovo">Kosovo</a> is not recognised as a country within the <a href="International_Telecommunication_Union" title="International Telecommunication Union">ITU</a>. As a placeholder, the value K00 is used to represent the country</li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gsma.com/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/TD-13-v10-3.pdf">GSMA TADIG Code Naming Conventions. Version 10.3 Dt 23 May 2013</a></span>
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