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GSM cells

Introduction

Database statistics:
131190 cells of
165 operators.
61 countries.
820587 measurements.

Estimates the location of GSM cells based on measurements that relate the cell ID of the current cell with geo-coordinates recorded with a GPS device. This location information can be used to supply people with an estimate of their location based on cell ID only, so without GPS or operator who charges several eurocents per request.

Data collection

If you want to contribute to data collection, you need a Series 60 smart phone with internal GPS or an external BlueTooth GPS receiver. We can supply you with the necessary software: the IYOUIT application. Please read the section of the manual about cell collecting carefully. It is also possible to use this data for your own applications (see the next section).

Web service

There is more detailed information available than is shown on this page, e.g. precise GPS coordinates of cells. This data is supplied via an XML web service. If you want to use this service, please complete this license form and the credentials will be mailed to you directly. This mail also describes how to call the service.

Single cell lookup

A page for manually looking up individual cells is available here.

A paper

We have written a paper on the cell id database, and submitted it to SVG Open 2005. The presentation is available from the conference schedule. For more detailed information, we refer to this presentation.

Software

If you want to contribute to the cell data collection, there is software available for the Nokia Series 60 phone. The IYOUIT application is written in Python and can be downloaded from this page.

Google Earth

All cells can be viewed dynamically in Google Earth. Please open this network link and zoom on to a detailed view to see all collected cells!

GSM/GPRS/UMTS cells in Google Earth

Statistics

List with countries

NoIDCountryAverage cell range (m)Average signal strength (%)#CellsModified
1 410 Pakistan 768 16 321 2008-03-15
2 274 Iceland 1999 98 44 2009-01-22
3 272 Ireland 1830 78 1137 2009-04-13
4 280 Cyprus 2000 0 8 2007-01-18
5 404 India 1103 98 356 2009-12-09
6 284 Bulgaria 1271 97 705 2010-01-04
7 262 Germany 1262 70 22737 2010-02-09
8 260 Poland 2065 71 804 2009-09-28
9 266 Gibraltar 462 63 9 2008-07-22
10 270 Luxembourg 1566 84 332 2009-11-19
11 268 Portugal 1263 90 204 2009-04-20
12 440 Japan 1387 87 6988 2010-01-22
13 655 South Africa 1670 89 653 2010-01-03
14 311 USA 634 54 4 2008-07-18
15 310 USA 1435 84 3732 2010-01-31
16 515 Philippines 508 60 4 2008-09-19
17 525 Singapore 2000 27 11 2008-08-20
18 520 Thailand 2000 100 1 2008-08-27
19 424 United Arab Emirates 1875 100 16 2009-05-19
20 293 Slovenia 1655 62 293 2009-05-20
21 530 530 676 100 27 2010-02-04
22 295 Liechtenstein 1600 100 5 2008-08-17
23 901 International 2000 100 1 2009-06-16
24 302 Canada 1291 86 1750 2010-02-09
25 204 Netherlands 840 83 26447 2010-02-09
26 206 Belgium 1456 92 2461 2010-01-24
27 202 Greece 1641 37 179 2010-01-21
28 466 Taiwan 1789 11 161 2007-01-18
29 222 Italy 1231 78 10037 2010-01-22
30 460 China 1831 97 45 2009-10-28
31 216 Hungary 1191 92 509 2009-07-22
32 219 Croatia 1876 90 75 2010-01-22
33 334 Mexico 1060 97 4 2006-03-25
34 454 Hong Kong 2000 100 5 2006-05-05
35 214 Spain 1313 87 5343 2010-01-20
36 208 France 1574 86 4569 2010-02-05
37 450 Korea 1714 100 157 2009-07-01
38 238 Denmark 1461 92 1022 2010-01-13
39 510 510 1746 97 37 2010-01-23
40 234 United kingdom 1882 75 13229 2009-09-02
41 505 Australia 1363 89 411 2009-03-24
42 232 Austria 1131 83 4189 2010-02-01
43 231 Slovakia 1156 90 787 2009-11-30
44 230 Czech Republic 1439 90 1226 2010-02-05
45 502 Malaysia 949 90 247 2008-11-22
46 228 Switzerland 891 83 2116 2010-02-05
47 226 Romania 1209 79 314 2009-07-31
48 255 Ukraine 1769 68 827 2010-01-03
49 730 Chile 2000 100 2 2009-03-12
50 250 Russia 1677 94 175 2010-01-06
51 248 Estonia 1018 90 199 2009-12-26
52 247 Latvia 1042 95 25 2009-07-30
53 603 Algeria 2000 100 1 2009-02-27
54 244 Finland 1008 70 14028 2010-02-05
55 602 Egypt 1522 94 342 2008-05-09
56 605 Tunesia 287 81 7 2009-07-06
57 242 Norway 1063 87 826 2009-10-14
58 724 Brazil 948 94 15 2009-11-25
59 604 Morocco 2006 83 92 2009-10-13
60 240 Sweden 972 83 882 2010-01-19
61 362 Netherlands Antilles 1487 90 57 2010-01-22

List with networks

NoCountryNetworkNameAverage cell range (m)Average signal strength (%)#CellsModified
1 204 815 NL KPN 795 89 10641 2010-02-09
2 228 315 CH Orange 892 78 162 2008-06-28
3 228 215 sunrise 381 78 468 2010-02-05
4 204 161 T-Mobile 962 79 5484 2010-02-04
5 204 415 vodafone N 814 86 7969 2010-02-07
6 262 215 vodafone D 1177 71 13151 2010-02-08
7 208 201 F BOUYG 1517 81 962 2010-01-30
8 228 115 CH SWISS 1052 86 1486 2010-02-05
9 262 315 E-PLUS 1331 71 5301 2010-02-05
10 262 715 o2 - de 1385 73 1345 2010-02-09
11 204 121 O2 - NL 880 48 1600 2007-04-04
12 262 115 T-Mobile D 1458 62 2940 2010-02-08
13 206 115 PROXIMUS 1305 95 1248 2010-01-24
14 206 101 B mobi* 1663 90 226 2009-11-25
15 204 201 Orange NL 780 44 753 2008-10-02
16 206 201 BASE 1600 89 987 2009-11-07
17 244 911 FI Sonera 1013 76 4438 2010-01-07
18 244 515 FI RL 969 60 7514 2009-11-06
19 244 121 FI 2G 1136 89 2076 2010-02-05
20 222 881 I WIND 1369 71 1066 2009-11-06
21 222 101 vodafone I 1390 65 4120 2010-01-22
22 222 115 I TIM 1055 89 4229 2010-01-22
23 240 115 S TELIA 725 79 292 2009-04-20
24 234 151 vodafone U 1454 76 1645 2009-09-02
25 232 115 A A1 1105 87 3104 2010-02-01
26 214 115 vodafone E 1584 86 1464 2009-11-25
27 214 315 AMENA 1200 89 941 2010-01-20
28 214 715 MOVISTAR 1241 87 2488 2009-11-01
29 234 331 Orange 1987 84 10122 2009-04-01
30 242 115 Telenor 1204 87 671 2009-10-14
31 234 101 O2 1694 60 695 2009-08-01
32 202 115 Cosmote 2086 11 127 2010-01-21
33 208 101 SFR 1519 84 2432 2010-02-05
34 208 115 F TELECOM 1738 97 1171 2010-01-21
35 250 215 NW GSM 1502 97 20 2009-08-07
36 234 301 T-Mobile U 1571 84 759 2009-08-01
37 240 815 vodafone S 1123 89 279 2010-01-19
38 310 380 AT&T Wireless 1336 89 243 2008-01-15
39 260 115 Polkomtel 2084 71 715 2009-08-10
40 260 315 IDEA 1873 68 36 2009-09-28
41 260 215 ERA GSM 1925 84 21 2009-05-21
42 255 115 UMC 1758 86 262 2010-01-03
43 255 315 Kyivstar 1774 60 565 2009-08-01
44 216 115 Pannon 1254 92 162 2009-07-22
45 604 115 IAM 2071 84 64 2005-08-26
46 604 15 Meditelecom 1858 78 28 2009-10-13
47 655 101 SA MTN 1673 89 578 2010-01-03
48 272 215 Digifone 1832 79 1071 2008-08-15
49 232 515 Connect Austria 1139 79 452 2010-01-04
50 270 991 VOX.mobile 2068 35 9 2007-07-15
51 272 115 Vodafone IRL 1774 41 62 2009-04-13
52 440 101 NTT Docomo Kansa 1501 89 3978 2010-01-22
53 440 201 NTT Docomo Hokur 1237 83 3010 2009-10-15
54 502 191 CelCom 949 90 247 2008-11-22
55 240 515 Svenska UMTS 955 83 202 2008-12-07
56 242 215 NetCom GSM 452 90 155 2009-08-05
57 240 415 3G Infra Service 1155 65 61 2009-08-28
58 310 261 Western Wireless 2000 70 3 2006-09-21
59 334 201 Telcel 1060 97 4 2006-03-25
60 230 315 SPT Telecom 1368 90 944 2010-02-05
61 230 215 EuroTel Praha 1831 92 136 2010-01-16
62 230 115 RadioMobil 1538 90 146 2009-11-15
63 302 720 Rogers Wireless 1291 86 1749 2010-02-09
64 310 410 Cingular Wireles 1392 87 2854 2010-01-31
65 454 15 Telecom CSL 2000 100 5 2006-05-05
66 219 115 HR Cronet 1669 11 6 2009-11-29
67 219 101 Vipnet 1894 94 69 2010-01-22
68 222 991 H3G 1140 108 622 2009-12-14
69 410 615 Telenor Pakistan 735 19 241 2008-03-15
70 310 171 Pacific Bell Wir 705 8 3 2006-08-24
71 232 715 Telering 1737 10 22 2006-12-29
72 466 115 FarEasTone 1394 11 56 2006-09-01
73 410 315 PAK Telecom 869 11 80 2006-10-16
74 238 215 Sonofon 1057 97 548 2010-01-13
75 525 515 Starhub 2000 11 9 2006-11-01
76 310 260 Western Wireless 1568 68 557 2009-11-28
77 310 490 SunCom 2000 11 2 2006-11-04
78 232 315 T-Mobile Austria 1183 59 527 2010-01-21
79 293 411 Mobitel 1566 16 131 2008-11-02
80 525 115 SingTel 2000 100 2 2008-08-20
81 362 691 Digicell 1478 92 56 2010-01-22
82 295 115 Telecom FL AG 1600 100 5 2008-08-17
83 266 115 GibTel 462 63 9 2008-07-22
84 311 260 SLO Cellular Inc 2000 0 1 2008-07-18
85 234 201 Hutchison 3G 1531 73 8 2008-10-11
86 248 115 Estonian Mobile 1018 92 197 2009-12-26
87 310 901 AT&T 4257 29 2 2008-07-07
88 310 590 Alltel 4113 0 10 2008-07-05
89 311 401 Commnet Wireless 179 73 3 2008-07-02
90 724 415 BCP 1003 86 6 2009-04-20
91 216 301 T-Mobile 1421 92 31 2008-09-02
92 450 515 SK Telecom 1788 100 32 2009-06-30
93 226 101 MobilRom 1470 86 29 2009-07-30
94 655 715 Cell C 1546 86 54 2008-05-17
95 226 315 Cosmote 1588 67 9 2008-07-29
96 226 115 Vodafone 1180 81 270 2009-07-31
97 268 615 Telecom Moveis 1442 83 10 2009-03-02
98 602 115 MobiNil 2000 0 1 2008-05-05
99 602 315 Etisalat 599 100 1 2008-05-03
100 602 215 Vodafone 1523 95 340 2008-05-09
101 505 115 Telstra 2059 75 23 2008-10-05
102 505 215 OptusTelecom 1728 57 15 2008-05-01
103 505 315 Vodafone 1304 92 372 2009-03-24
104 214 415 Xfera Moviles SA 1065 94 450 2009-08-03
105 450 815 KT Freetel 1695 100 125 2009-07-01
106 240 715 Tele2 Sverige AB 1432 92 47 2009-01-21
107 232 101 Hutchison 3G 1553 90 84 2009-04-10
108 216 701 Vodafone 1135 92 316 2009-07-22
109 238 115 Tele Denmark 1928 89 474 2009-10-09
110 231 115 Globtel 1594 92 142 2009-05-19
111 231 215 Eurotel 1051 94 626 2009-11-30
112 270 771 Tango 1551 78 140 2009-11-19
113 270 115 LUXGSM 1553 90 183 2009-10-24
114 250 991 KB Impuls 1685 92 84 2009-08-03
115 268 115 Telecel 1210 90 181 2009-04-20
116 655 115 Vodacom 1905 94 21 2010-01-02
117 466 971 TWN 2000 0 1 2007-01-18
118 466 921 LDTA 2000 0 104 2007-01-18
119 280 115 CYTA 2000 0 8 2007-01-18
120 272 315 Meteor 2000 0 4 2008-03-29
121 293 401 Slovenia Mobil 1728 98 162 2009-05-20
122 284 115 M-Tel 1164 97 565 2010-01-03
123 284 515 Globul 1704 94 139 2010-01-04
124 515 315 Smart Gold 508 60 4 2008-09-19
125 240 215 Hutchison 3G 2000 100 1 2008-04-22
126 505 615 Hutchison 3G 2000 86 1 2008-09-07
127 520 115 Advanced Info Se 2000 100 1 2008-08-27
128 247 515 Bite 959 95 23 2008-10-04
129 310 890 Unicel 2539 67 34 2009-08-14
130 310 560 AT&T 1548 65 24 2008-10-14
131 208 881 Bouygues 1520 5 3 2008-10-24
132 460 15 China Mobile 2000 100 31 2008-11-14
133 404 501 Reliance 1016 100 14 2009-07-31
134 247 115 LMT 2000 100 1 2009-01-16
135 424 215 Etisalat 1875 100 16 2009-05-19
136 274 115 Siminn 1999 98 44 2009-01-22
137 250 115 MTS 1717 94 71 2010-01-06
138 603 115 Mobilis 2000 100 1 2009-02-27
139 268 315 Optimus 1852 95 13 2009-03-07
140 730 215 Movistar 2000 100 2 2009-03-12
141 404 451 Airtel 2000 100 11 2009-04-03
142 248 315 Tele 2 1002 8 2 2009-04-19
143 404 491 Airtel 955 100 266 2009-06-01
144 362 911 UTS 2000 0 1 2009-04-30
145 231 615 O2 1370 59 19 2009-06-24
146 404 715 Idea Cellular 2000 0 2 2009-05-05
147 260 615 Play 1926 81 32 2009-05-22
148 202 515 Vodafone 525 94 51 2009-06-04
149 202 101 Wind 2000 100 1 2009-05-30
150 404 201 Vodafone 1850 98 26 2009-06-16
151 404 921 Airtel 1338 100 36 2009-06-18
152 901 121 MCP 2000 100 1 2009-06-16
153 605 315 Tunisiana 2 78 6 2009-07-04
154 605 215 Tunicell 2000 100 1 2009-07-06
155 226 515 DIGI.mobil 700 0 6 2009-07-27
156 247 215 Tele2 2000 100 1 2009-07-30
157 208 215 Orange 43 6 1 2009-08-01
158 724 515 16 100 1 2009-10-12
159 460 115 China Unicom 1456 89 14 2009-10-28
160 724 315 Claro 1023 100 8 2009-11-25
161 404 861 2000 100 1 2009-12-09
162 284 315 2000 0 1 2010-01-03
163 510 101 1746 97 37 2010-01-23
164 530 115 676 100 27 2010-02-04
165 302 880 2000 0 1 2010-02-04

List with all (known) contributors

NoIMEIName#Cells
1 0 7307
2 1 1244
3 2 769
4 4 27
5 6 1382
6 11 58
7 12 10
8 13 543
9 15 301
10 16 624
11 19 4
12 29 2
13 30 17
14 31 5
15 32 1874
16 35 1
17 40 19
18 42 1
19 44 45
20 45 629
21 46 203
22 47 7
23 49 121
24 52 39
25 56 29
26 60 65
27 61 1
28 62 39
29 65 12
30 66 49
31 68 1
32 72 9
33 79 320
34 85 375
35 87 3
36 88 226
37 90 14
38 91 17
39 92 31
40 97 9
41 100 3
42 102 1
43 104 1
44 105 302
45 106 56
46 107 1
47 120 14
48 133 1215
49 143 15
50 144 11
51 148 1239
52 149 71
53 155 1
54 158 22
55 173 1
56 184 9
57 185 3
58 188 3
59 191 5
60 192 1
61 197 4
62 198 18
63 199 59
64 200 2
65 203 78
66 204 44
67 207 80
68 208 50
69 216 14
70 219 102
71 222 4
72 224 254
73 225 708
74 231 162
75 233 8
76 236 77
77 237 244
78 246 1
79 1075 71
80 1079 2459
81 1080 4623
82 1084 3210
83 1086 3739
84 1089 1423
85 1093 306
86 1096 411
87 1097 2
88 1098 2241
89 1099 2425
90 1103 4
91 1105 8
92 1111 50
93 1112 491
94 1115 148
95 1119 2063
96 1121 603
97 1125 26
98 1126 838
99 1127 713
100 1128 47
101 1132 25
102 1133 19
103 1136 31
104 1140 33
105 1142 2
106 1143 11
107 1145 242
108 1146 22
109 1148 2
110 1152 1686
111 1155 2089
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114 1161 2
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116 1164 3
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119 1171 4
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121 1173 1
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125 1180 5
126 1182 316
127 1183 66
128 1184 3
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130 1190 9
131 1191 252
132 1192 2
133 1193 1
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135 1196 3
136 1198 7
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138 1206 5994
139 1207 963
140 1208 40
141 1209 1
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144 1216 1
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147 1224 365
148 1225 312
149 1227 1772
150 1228 1
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152 1231 299
153 1232 115
154 1234 416
155 1236 207
156 1237 3
157 1239 2049
158 1245 114
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160 1251 1
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162 1254 13
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164 1298 19
165 1301 1
166 1305 6
167 1316 4
168 1343 2
169 1350 70
170 1388 8
171 1424 9
172 1432 744
173 1433 11
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178 1471 10
179 1479 408
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193 1621 4
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211 1765 43
212 1791 2748
213 1806 2
214 1809 3
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217 1827 916
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219 1829 806
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221 1831 1491
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232 2007 14
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235 2047 20
236 2054 4
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251 2229 20
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255 2290 279
256 2297 3
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258 2328 2
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261 2382 1
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263 2401 6
264 2402 2
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271 2531 4
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274 2565 2
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276 2594 22
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303 2910 2
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