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Annexes

Glossary

  • 2G: Second Generation (of the GSM technology) - 2G was launched in the 1990s. It’s more efficient than the first-generation of the GSM technology because it uses digital signalling to compress the information being sent over the radio spectrum. 2G also enabled the SMS, MMS and GPRS services.
  • 3G: Third Generation (of the GSM technology) - 3G offers far more capacity than 2G (i.e., higher download speeds). 3G is around ten times faster than GPRS. See also UMTS.
  • 4G: Fourth Generation (of the GSM technology) - 4G delivers significantly faster download speeds than 3G. 4G is a data-only network. Voice calls are transmitted using a specific VoIP technology. See also LTE.
  • API: Application Programming Interface - Specification of how software components should interact with each other (e.g., CoSwitched control panel and a customer’s system).
  • APN: Access Point Name - Name of the data access gateway between the mobile device and the public internet or a private network. CDR: Call Detail Record - Data record created by a communications network that contains attributes that are specific to a phone call or other communication transaction that was handled by the network.
  • CSV: Comma Separated Values - Tabular data (numbers and text) format in plain-text form separated by some character or string, most commonly a literal comma or tab.
  • Download: Data transferred onto a computer (or other device) from another computer or the internet.
  • EDGE: Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution - Technology that enhances GPRS to improve data transmission rates. EDGE is considered a pre-3G technology.
  • GPRS: General Packet Radio Service - GPRS is a standard that describes how data is transferred over the mobile network to and from the devices on 2G networks.
  • GPS: Global Positioning System - Space-based satellite navigation system that provides location and time information anywhere on or near the Earth where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites.
  • GSM: Global System for Mobile Communications - GSM is a set of technologies and standards that provide the blueprints that telecoms operators use to build mobile networks. GSM is the dominant technology for mobile communications in most parts of the world.
  • HSPA: High Speed Packet Access - Technology that extends and improves the performance of existing Third Generation of the GSM technology.
  • ICCID: Integrated Circuit Card IDentifier - Each SIM card is internationally identified by its ICCID. ICCIDs are stored in the SIM cards and are also engraved or printed on the SIM card.
  • IMEI: International Mobile Station Equipment Identity - An identification, usually unique, to identify mobile network devices, as well as some satellite phones.
  • IMSI: International Mobile Subscriber Identity - Identifies the user of a mobile network. Each SIM card has one or more IMSI. SIM cards with multiple IMSIs are known as Multi-IMSI SIM cards.
  • IP: Internet Protocol - Principal communications protocol in the Internet protocol suite for relaying data across network boundaries. Its routing function enables internetworking, and essentially establishes the Internet.
  • IP Address: Identification assigned to each device (e.g., computer or mobile phone) participating in a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication. IP Addresses can be private or public, and dynamic or static.
  • LTE: Long Term Evolution - Key technology of the Fourth Generation of the GSM technology
  • M2M: Machine-to-Machine - Communications between machines using fixed or mobile networks.
  • MCC: Mobile Country Code - Used in combination with MNC, identifies mobile network operators and some satellite mobile networks.
  • MMS: Multimedia Messaging Service - Technology to send messages that include multimedia content to and from mobile devices.
  • MNC: Mobile Network Code - Used in combination with MCC, identifies mobile network operators and some satellite mobile networks.
  • MNO: Mobile Network Operator - Provider of wireless communications services that owns or controls the elements necessary to sell and deliver services to an end user, including radio spectrum allocation.
  • MO: Mobile Originated - Call or message being sent in from a mobile device (i.e., outgoing call or message).
  • MSISDN: Mobile Subscriber ISDN Number - A number uniquely identifying a subscription in a GSM or a UMTS mobile network.
  • MT: Mobile Terminated - Call or message being sent to a mobile device (i.e., incoming call or message).
  • MVNO: Mobile Virtual Network Operator - Network provider that does not own radio access network and spectrum license and may also not own some core network elements.
  • PIN: Personal Identification Number - Numeric password shared between a user and a system that can be used to authenticate the user to the system (e.g., SIM card).
  • PUK: PIN Unlock Key - Code to reset a PIN that has been lost or forgotten.
  • SIM: Subscriber Identity Module - Integrated circuit that securely stores the IMSI and the related key used to identify and authenticate subscription on mobile devices.
  • SMS: Short Message Service - Text messaging service component of phone, Web, or mobile communication systems.
  • SMS-C: SMS-Center - Name of a network element that stores, forwards, converts and delivers SMS messages.
  • UMTS: Universal Mobile Telecommunications System - Key technology of the Third Generation of the GSM technology. Upload: Data transferred from a computer (or other device) to another computer or the Internet.
  • USSD: Unstructured Supplementary Service Data - Technology used by GSM mobile phones to communicate with the network operator’s system (e.g., balance enquiry).
  • VPN: Virtual Private Network - Virtual point-to-point connection across a public network as if it is directly connected to a private network. Source: 4G Americas, ETSI and Wikipedia

Exports

Some of the data stored by the platform, such as CDRs, can be exported as files by the user (e.g., as CSV files).

Export Format

The platform supports the following export formats:

  • Comma-separated Values (CSV) - Tabular data (numbers and text) in plain text. Each line of the file is a data record. Each record consists of one or more fields, separated by commas. The file is exported with a ‘.csv’ extension.
  • Portable Document Format (PDF) - Tabular data (numbers and text) exported as a table inside a PDF file sent by email. Each row of the table is a record. Each record consists of one or more fields. The file is exported with a ‘.pdf’ extension.
  • Email - Tabular data (numbers and text) exported as a table in an email. Each row of the table is a record. Each record consists of one or more fields.
  • ZIP - Some data may require more than one CSV file. In those cases, the platform may show the option to compress all files inside a ZIP archive. The file is exported with a ‘.zip’ extension.
  • Print - Directly prints the viewed table. Each row of the table is a record. Each record consists of one or more fields.
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The exports file name has the following structure m2m-<name_of_export>-<date_YYYYMMDDHHmmSS>.csv (e.g. sims_list_20160824094730.csv). For exports related to a specific SIM Card, the file name has the following structure m2m-sim-<sim_iccid>-<name_of_export>-<date_YYYYMMDDHHmmSS>.csv (e.g.m2m-sim-8944503540145553069-notifications-20170825090030.csv).

Field Format

The fields are exported with the following format:

  • Date - Text with date in ISO 8601 format with the UTC time zone (e.g., ‘‘2016-08-06 23:45:00+00:00’‘).
  • Phone number (i.e., MSISDN) - ITU.T E.164 specification with Country Code + National Destination Code or Number Planning Area + Subscriber Number (e.g., ‘‘447408812027’’ - CC=44, NDC=7408 and SN=812027). If phone number doesn’t apply, the field will be empty or ‘’None’‘.
  • Label - Text with up to 255 alphabetic and numeric characters. This field cannot have a blank value.
  • Description - Text with up to 1000 alphabetic and numeric characters. This field can be empty.

Field Selection

Each export only gets the fields that are visible. To include or exclude fields select them in the button “Show/Hide columns”.

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If you order by a specific field and then hide the column, when exporting the table data the order will not be included in the query.

Filter Selection

Each export only gets the rows that filtered, when filtering rows the export will increase the download time. To filter the row use the filter boxes on each field header.

SIM Cards Export

The table below lists the content of the exported files for SIM cards.

FieldDescriptionPossible Values
ICCIDICCID number of the SIM card.“8912345678901234567”
Primary IMSIPrimary International mobile subscriber identity (i.e., IMSI) associated with the SIM card.“23123456789000”
LabelLabel set by the user for the SIM card.“Default”
Primary MSISDNPrimary phone number (i.e., MSISDN) associated with the SIM card.“441234567890”
SIM TypeShows the SIM Card type (i.e. Mini-SIM, Multi-SIM, etc )

"Mini-SIM"

"Micro-SIM"

"Nano-SIM"

"Multi-SIM"

"Solderable-SIM"

Rate Plancurrent Rate Plan associated with the SIM Card.“1GLOBAL M2M”
SIM StatusStatus of the SIM card.

“Provisioned”

“Test Mode”

“Pre-Active”

“Active”

“Suspended”

“Blocked”

“Retired”

Data StatusStatus of the Data service of the SIM card.“Activated” or “Suspended”
Session StatusStatus of the currents Data Session.“Online” or “Offline”
DataCurrent monthly Data usage in KBytes.“1234563”
SMS OutCurrent monthly SMS Originated usage.“10”
CountryName of the country of the network of the operator that the device is connected to.“United Kingdom” or “N/A”
NetworkNetwork name of the operator that the device is connected to.“1GLOBAL UK” or “N/A”
Last Seen DateShows the last seen date of the SIM Card (i.e. last time the SIM Card had a Location Update).“2016-06-07 14:50:57+00:00”
Provisioned DateShows the provisioning date of the SIM Card.“2016-06-07 14:50:57+00:00”
Date First ActivatedShows the first time the SIM Card got active.“2016-06-07 14:50:57+00:00”
Device IMEIShows the Devices that the SIM Card is currently attached.“35123456789012” or “N/A”
TagsList of Tag associated with the SIM Card separated by comma.“Tag1, Tag2” or “N/A”
IP AddressIP Address currently attached to the SIM Card.“127.0.0.1”
AttributesEach attribute created has its own column.“ID-75” or “N/A” if no value added to the attributes
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Specific accounts may have additional fields exported in the file (e.g., IMSI and APN). A specific file specification should be provided to the customer.

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The life-cycle of the SIM card is specific of the account and associated service profiles. Some states may not be available in a specific account (e.g., Test state).

Location Updates Export

The location update procedure allows a mobile device to inform the cellular network, whenever it attaches to a new network, it moves from one location area to the next or at periodic times (usually every hour). The platform stores the Location Updates signalling messages received from the network. The table below lists the content of the exported files for Location Updates.

FieldDescriptionPossible Values
DateDate of when the Location Update signalling message was received by the network.“2016-06-07 14:50:57+00:00”
CountryName of the country of the network of the operator that the device is connected to.“United Kingdom”
Network NameNetwork name of the operator that the device is connected to.1GLOBAL UK”
MCCMobile Country Code (three digit number).“234”
MNCMobile Network Code (three digit number).“015”
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For a detailed description of Mobility Management function of the cellular networks, please refer to 3GPP Technical Specification TS 23.012 Location management procedures.

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Specific accounts may have additional fields included in the Location Update (e.g., IMSI). A specific Location Update specification should be provided to the customer.

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Location Updates table (accessed through the SIM card detail page) only shows the elements associated to the SIM card in question.

Call Detail Records Export

The platform create a new Call Detail Record (CDR) for any event (e.g., SMS) or session (e.g., call). The table below lists the content of the exported files for CDRs.

FieldDescriptionPossible Values
CountryName of the country of the network of the operator that the device is connected to.“United Kingdom”
NetworkNetwork name of the operator that the device is connected to.“1GLOBAL UK”
Start DateDate that the event started (e.g., start of call, start of Data session or date SMS was sent).“2016-06-07 14:50:57+00:00”
End DateDate that the event stop (e.g., end of call, end of Data session or date SMS was sent).“2016-06-07 14:55:31+00:00”
Origin NumberPhone number (i.e., MSISDN) of the originator of the event (e.g., who sent the SMS).“441234567890” or “N/A”
Destination NumberPhone number (i.e., MSISDN) of the terminator of the event (e.g., who received the SMS).“441234567890” or “N/A”
DurationDuration of the session/event.“124” (Seconds for calls, units for SMS and Kilobytes for Data sessions).
CDR TypeType of the event (e.g., Data session).

“Mobile Terminated Call” (MTC)

“Mobile Originated Call” (MOC)

“Mobile Terminated SMS”

“Mobile Originated SMS”

“Data”

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Specific accounts may have additional fields included in the CDR (e.g., Disconnect Reason). A specific CDR specification should be provided to the customer.

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Call Detail Record table (accessed through the SIM card detail page) only shows the elements associated to the SIM card in question.

Rules Export

The platform stores an history of all the rules that where applied in SIM cards in the account. The table below lists the content of the exported files of the applied rules.

FieldDescriptionPossible Values
DateDate when the rule triggered.“2016-06-07 14:50:57+00:00”
LabelName of the rule triggered. Configured by rule.“Default”
Rules ClassRule class which the notification represents.“Usage Rule” or “Event Rule”
Rule TriggerTrigger configured that created the rule notification.“New Device”, “Data Usage”, “Inbound call(s)”, “New Country/Network”, “New Data Session”, “Inbound SMS”, “New Platform Simple
Change Sim Card Status ActionThe SIM card status that the SIM Card changed if the rule triggered. This only happens if the options is configured in the rule.“Active”, “Suspend”, “Retire” or “N/A”
Change Data Status ActionThe data status that the SIM Card changed if the rule triggered. This only happens if the options is configured in the rule.“Active”, “Suspend”, or “N/A”
Send EmailEmail where the message was sent. This only happens if the options is configured in the rule.“somemail@example.com” or “”
Send SMSNumber where the message was sent. This only happens if the options is configured in the rule.“44123456789012” or “”
Send Push APIURL where the message was sent. This only happens if the options is configured in the rule.“http://domain/test” or “”
MessageMessage sent to the email or SMS.“New short message Type: MT, Content: example, Date:2016-06-07 14:50:57+00:00”
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This Rule table (accessed through the SIM card detail page) shows the elements associated to the SIM card in question.

Notifications Export

For each change of services status related to the SIM cards the platform creates a notification. The tables below lists the content of the exported files of the notifications.

FieldDescriptionPossible Values
TypeNotification type“SIM Card Updated”
DescriptionDescription of affected“SIM Card”, “Data Service” or “Rate Plan”
New StateNew service state“Provisioned”, “Pre-Active”, “Active”, “Suspended”, “Blocked” “Retired”, “Removed” or “Set”
New ValueNew values that the notification might store.“1GLOBAL M2M” or “N/A”
DateDate when the notification was created.“2016-06-07 14:50:57+00:00”
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This Notification table (accessed through the SIM card detail page) shows the elements associated to the SIM card in question.

Devices Export

The platform has the capability to find and store the device associated with the SIM Cards. The tables below lists the content of the exported files for the devices.

FieldDescriptionPossible Values
International Mobile Station Equipment IdentityMEI number of the Device“35123456789012”
Date First RegisteredDate of the first time registered in the platform.“2016-06-07 14:50:57+00:00”
LabelLabel set by the user for the Device.“Default”
Sim Card ICCIDICCID of the Card attached to the device.“8912345678901234567” or “N/A”

Report Export

Some reports have the option to export the data. To download the CSV file with the data click on the button “Export Data”.

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The report exports file name has the following structure m2m-<name_of_export>-report-export-<date_YYYYMMDDHHmmSS>.csv (e.g. m2m-usage-rule-report-export-20170825091249.csv).

Data and SMS Usage Report

The usages report export will include the following fields in the file:

FieldDescriptionPossible Values
Start DateDate that the record started. The start date will always coincide with starting month, day, hour or billing cycle.“2016-06-07 14:50:57+00:00”
End DateDate that the record stopped. The start date will always coincide with starting month, day, hour or billing cycle.“2016-06-07 14:55:57+00:00”
ICCIDICCID of the SIM Card that generated the usage.“8912354678901234567”
Total UsageUsage done in between the start and end dates. Data usage counted in KB.“1024”

Location Report

The locations report export will include the following fields in the file:

FieldDescriptionPossible Values
DateDate of when the Location Update signalling message was received by the network.“2016-06-07 14:50:57+00:00”
ICCIDICCID of the SIM Card that generated the usage.“8912354678901234567”
CountryName of the country of the network of the operator that the device is connected to.“United Kingdom”
Network NameOperator name that the device is connected to.“1GLOBAL UK”
MCCMobile Country Code (three digit number).“234”
MNCMobile Network Code (three digit number).“015”

Event and Usage Rules Report

The rules report export will include the following fields in the file:

FieldDescriptionPossible Values
ICCIDICCID of the Card that triggered the rule.“8912345678901234567”
DateDate when the rule triggered.“2016-06-07 14:50:57+00:00”
LabelName of the rule triggered. Configured by rule.“Default”
Rule TriggerTrigger configured that created the rule notification.“New Device”, “Data Usage”, “Inbound call(s)”, “New Country/Network”, “New Data Session”, “Inbound SMS”, “New Platform Simple Short Message (SMS)”, “New SIM Card State”, “Number of Data Sessions”, “Outbound SMS” or “Outbound call(s)”
Change Sim Card Status ActionThe SIM card status that the SIM Card changed if the rule triggered. This only happens if the options is configured in the rule.“Active”, “Suspend”, “Retire” or “N/A”
Change Data Status ActionThe data status that the SIM Card changed if the rule triggered. This only happens if the options is configured in the rule.“Active”, “Suspend”, or “N/A”
Send EmailEmail where the message was sent. This only happens if the options is configured in the rule.“somemail@example.com” or “N/A”
Send SMSNumber where the message was sent. This only happens if the options is configured in the rule.“44123456789012” or “N/A”
Send Push APIURL where the message was sent. This only happens if the options is configured in the rule.“http://domain/test” or “N/A”
MessageMessage sent to the email or SMS.“New short message Type: MT, Content: example, Date:2016-06-07 14:50:57+00:00”

Notifications Report

The notifications report export will include the following fields in the file:

FieldDescriptionPossible Values
DateDate when the notification was created.“2016-06-07 14:50:57+00:00”
TypeNotification type“SIM Card Updated”
Source TypeWhat does the Source value represents“ICCID”
SourceSource value that the notification is associated.“8912354678901234567”
DescriptionDescription of affected“SIM Card”, “Data Service” or “IMEI”
New StateNew service state“Provisioned”, “Pre-Active”, “Active”, “Suspended”, “Blocked” “Retired” or “Removed”

Audit Trail Export

For each action done in the platform an audit trail is created. The tables below lists the content of the exported files of the audit trails.

FieldDescriptionPossible Values
InterfaceThe interface type of the action audited“Web/Mobile”, “API, “Backend Action”, “Operator” or “Periodic Action”
ObjectObject type of the action audited

"Account Charge"

"Zone"

"SubAccounts"

"Organization Users"

"User"

"FTP Setup"

"Tag"

"Organization"

"Attribute"

"Billing Settings"

"Password"

"GGSN"

"Rules Sent"

"Rules"

"Devices"

"SIM Card"

"Invoice"

"Other Charge"

"Settings

"Profile

ActionAction type of the action audited

“Send SMS”

“Order”

“Suspend”

“Activate”

“Move”

“Delete”

“Test State”

“Change Primary IMSI”

“Change Primary MSISDN”

“New Rate Plan”

“Suspend Data”

“Activate Data”

“Edit”

“Move to Sub Organization”

“Move to another Organization”

“Sudo logout”

“Sudo login”

“Swapped”

“Assign Rate Plan”

“Pre-Active”

“Removed”

“Retired”

“Provisioned”

“Add”

“APN”

“VPN”

“Rule Fired”

“Remove IP”

“Remove Fixed IP”

“Add IP”

“Unblock”

“Lock”

“Charge”

“Assign Fixed IP”

“Logout”

“Login

User EmailEmail of the user that perform the action audited.“test@example.com“
DateDate when the action audited.“2016-06-07 14:50:57+00:00”
MessageMessage with details of the action audited.“User Logged In.”