These MNCs use E.212 ITU country codes, which are formatted as a nice 3 digit number, ready to use, and perfectly fit the range after 42 in the private ASN numbering scheme.
You are right, every operator has a unique network number. But the first 3 digits are the country code (MCC) which we used for the AS'. The same codes are used in other communication system (including rose over ax.25 if I remember correctly).
Marius, YO2LOJ
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When I fist read this information about using these codes for ASN i thought it was odd. Why use mobile network codes when almost each country has several mobile network provider, meaning several network codes? That is confusing.
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