Cell Broadcast codes and usesWhile Short Message Service (SMS) can be configured as a personal service, Cell
Broadcast is a general service which is designed for subscribers of a specific cell or
topic. For example, a subscriber to cell 050 in England will receive information on
the GSM tower currently being used by their phone. This new concept brings a
whole new meaning to the term mobile communications as the phone is now able to
receive information such as share prices or weather updates without the need of
data cards and computers. At present the following message types exist (note: this
may vary from carrier to carrier and some carriers may charge for this service):
Code Title
000 Index
010 Flashes
020 Hospitals
022 Doctors
024 Pharmacy
030 Long Distant Road Reports
032 Local Road Reports
034 Taxis
040 Weather
050 District
052 Network Information
054 Operator Services
056 Directory Inquiries (national)
057 Directory Inquiries (international)
058 Customer Care (national)
059 Customer Care (international)
In the future one will be able to control each individual call by use of the following
service codes. To do this the user has to insert the service code in front of the last #
in the MMI command above.