Get the MCC and the MNC of the SIM card and of the network

Question

Hello,
We publish a network speed and quality measurement application used on desktop, tablet and smartphone.
This application is called nPerf. It is available on desktop via a web browser at www.nperf.com, on iOS at ios.nperf.com and Android at android.nperf.com.
We are currently working on porting our solution for Windows Phone / Windows. The project is a universal project using Windows RT 8.1 (Visual Studio 2013 Express Update 4).
However, the project is currently "stuck" because we lack two essential information to identify the operator of the user: the MCC (Mobile Country Code) and MNC (Mobile Network Code), at least those contained in the SIM card.
Ideally, we would also need, in order of priority, the MCC and the MNC of the active connection (in the case of roaming), a DB signal strength of type RSSI or RSRP (more accurate than the number of reception bars displayed on the phone), the id of the cell
on which the connection is established (CellId) and the cell area code (LAC or TAC).
I have reviewed all the Windows RT 8.1 APIs available, particularly the namespace Windows.Networking.Connectivity and none seems to contain this information.
We would understand that it is not possible to access all this information but the SIM MCC and MNC are really needed and are available on other systems such as iOS or Android. It would really be a pity if we are not able to continue the development of this
application simply because these two information is not available ...
Would it be possible to tell us how to retrieve this information or, failing that, to give us the e-mail address or phone of a person likely to talk with us about this and identify possible steps to take to find a solution mutually acceptable?
Thanking you in advance,
FH Sarl company

Answer 1

Hi Usnake,
“Mobile Network code” and “Mobile country code” has not public API to third party apps.
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsapps/en-US/9dbeca88-be45-4708-bd2a-14766182a7eb/how-to-get-mcc-and-mnc-in-window-phone?forum=wpdevelop.
If you are asking for them, I suggest you send a request to
https://wpdev.uservoice.com/forums/110705-dev-platform.
Thank you for understanding.
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