For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply:
CCK
Corporate Control Key
CNL
Co-operative Network List
GID1
Group Identifier (level 1)
GID2
Group Identifier (level 2)
EF
Elementary File
IMEI
International Mobile Equipment Identity
IMSI
International Mobile Subscriber Identity
MCC
Mobile Country Code
ME
Mobile Equipment
MS
GSM Mobile Station (ME + SIM)
MNC
Mobile Network Code
NCK
Network Control Key
NSCK
Network Subset Control Key
PCK
Personalisation Control Key
SIM
Subscriber Identity Module
SMS
Short Message Service
SP
Service Provider
SPCK
Service Provider Control Key
TMSI
Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity
UE
3G User Equipment (ME + USIM)
USIM
User Services Identity Module
Further GSM abbreviations are given in
TS 21.905.
For the purposes of the present document, the following definitions apply:
corporate personalisation:
Allows a corporate customer to personalise MEs that he provides for his employees or customers use so that they can only be used with the company's own SIM/USIMs.
de personalisation:
Is the process of deactivating the personalisation so that the ME ceases to carry out the verification checks.
network personalisation:
Allows the network operator to personalise a ME so that it can only be used with that particular network operator's SIM/USIMs
network subset personalisation:
A refinement of network personalisation, which allows network operators to limit the usage of a ME to a subset of SIM/USIMs
normal mode of operation:
Is the mode of operation into which the ME would have gone if it had no personalisation checks to process.
personalisation:
Is the process of storing information in the ME and activating the procedures which verify this information against the corresponding information stored in the SIM/USIM whenever the ME is powered up or a SIM/USIM is inserted, in order to limit the SIM/USIMs with which the ME will operate.
SIM/USIM personalisation:
Enables a user to personalise a ME so that it may only be used with particular SIM/USIM(s).
SP personalisation:
Allows the service provider to personalise a ME so that it can only be used with that particular service provider's SIM/USIMs.
user:
Normally refers to the person performing the personalisation or de personalisation operations and may represent a network operator, service provider, manufacturer of the user/owner of the handset, depending on the context.
network code:
MCC and MNC.
network subset code:
digits 6 and 7 of the IMSI.
SP code:
code which when combined with the network code refers to a unique SP. The code is provided in the GID1 file on the SIM/USIM (see Annex A.1.) and is correspondingly stored on the ME.
Corporate code:
code which when combined with the network and SP codes refers to a unique Corporate. The code is provided in the GID2 file on the SIM/USIM (see Annex A.1.) and is correspondingly stored on the ME.
SIM/USIM code:
code which when combined with the network and NS codes refers to a unique SIM/USIM. The code is provided by the digits 8 to 15 of the IMSI
network code group:
same as network code
network subset code group:
combination of a network subset code and the associated network code.
SP code group:
combination of the SP code and the associated network code.
Corporate code group:
combination of the Corporate code and the associated SP and network codes.
SIM/USIM code group:
combination of the SIM/USIM code and the associated network subset and network codes (it is equivalent to the IMSI).
Personalisation entity:
Network, network subset, SP, Corporate or SIM/USIM to which the ME is personalised