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Re:Answering Every Question You Have About IMEI Numbers by misstuned on Wednesday May 01, 2024 @05:56AM (#40221287)
This is interesting - I hadn't noticed this, but my Chinese (Xiaomi) phone indeed has an IMEI starting with 86, which is China's dialling code. Perhaps a coincidence.

The ICCID starts 8944 - not sure of the significance of the 89, but 44 is the UK, where my SIM card (and me) comes from.

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Re:Answering Every Question You Have About IMEI Numbers by ale42 on Wednesday May 01, 2024 @06:15AM (#40221414)
89 is the MII (major industry identifier) according to ISO/IEC 7812 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO/IEC_7812). First digit 8 includes the telecom industry.
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