Getting MSISDN from mobile browser headers

Question

What is the best way to get around this? I need to get MSISDN data from users accessing a mobile device in order to improve the user interface. I understand that not all gateways will fill out the headers completely, but would like MSISDN capture as an option one before dropping from the cookie-based model.

Answer 1

While some operators do this, the presentation and mechanism are entirely operator dependent. There is no standard way to do this.

Answer 2

I know this is an old post, but I would like to contribute.

I work for a mobile operator, and here we have a function that allows you to set some parameters for enriching the headers. We create several filters to match the specific traffic passing through the GGSN (GPRS node), then it opens packets at level 7 (when the HTTP application layer is not SSL protected) and writes msisdn, imsi and other parameters to it.

Therefore, this is a carrier dependent function.

Answer 3

If you are willing to pay for it, try http://Bango.com . They provide api, but you may need to redirect the user to your service.

Answer 4

As others have said, between mobile operators there is no standard way to transmit MSISDN in HTTP headers.

Different operators differ in the value of the header used, some operators do not transmit MSISDN, unless they "authorize" your site, and others have more complex ways to transfer MSISDN (for example, redirect to their network to pick up the header).

Website development for one particular operator is quite simple, development for several is almost impossible if you need to rely on the title.