We are running out of ID for Brandmeister

Getting a lot of questions around why we are issuing 3100nnn for USA and 3020nnn for Canada instead of the State/Provincial specific ID's. There are a few simple reasons.

• We are running out of ID's, the old way of assigning ID's by state/prov isn't working
• Many states/provs have already reach nnnn999, There is no where else for them togo
• MCC numbering scheme was never designed for states/provs, This was a 'nice to have' made up system
• Brandmeister as of May 1st has decided to no longer route 1nnn MCC ID's

Fortunately the only real solution was to go to the base sequence of the country and start assigning the ID's sequentially. We have started with CAN and USA, but all countries will shortly follow, This solution has been implemented in the EU regions for some time. This is still only a short term solution, we will still eventually run out of ID's as there is finite list that will function with our system.

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Using correctly formatted user MCC ID on BrandMeister
As DMR made its debut in Amateur Radio, hams had to figure out which numerical identifier to use when programming DMR radios since there was no way to use alphanumerical callsigns. It was decided to use 7-digit numbers to identify radio operators; and to setup a public on-line database that provides the correspondance between the IDentifier and the amateur radio callsign.

It was further decided that the first 3 digits of the IDentifier would follow the Mobile Country Code numbering as defined in the ITU-T Recommendation E.212. This first 3 digits of the ID you are entering in your DMR radio are therefore identifying your geographical origin :

1 – Test networks
2 – Europe
3 – North America and the Caribbean
4 – Asia and the Middle East
5 – Oceania
6 – Africa
7 – South and Central America
9 – World-wide

BrandMeister is based on open-standards, which is a critical aspect of the network as it is open to third-party developers. It is therefore critical to stay consistent and follow standards.

We have noticed some users operating on the BrandMeister network with IDentifiers starting with the number 1 (example 1118001, a station in Indiana, USA). These numbers do not follow the MCC numbering standard and therefore it causes issues and confusion in third party systems with region-specific features.

https://news.brandmeister.network/using-correctly-formatted-user-mcc-id-on-brandmeister/

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BrandMeister Network Users Discussion Group

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