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The Type Allocation Code (TAC) is the initial eight- digit portion of the 15-digit
IMEI The International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) is a numeric identifier, usually unique, for 3GPP and iDEN mobile phones, as well as some satellite phones. It is usually found printed inside the battery compartment of the phone but can als ...
and 16-digit IMEISV codes used to uniquely identify
wireless Wireless communication (or just wireless, when the context allows) is the transfer of information between two or more points without the use of an electrical conductor, optical fiber or other continuous guided medium for the transfer. The most ...
devices. The Type Allocation Code identifies a particular model (and often revision) of wireless telephone for use on a
GSM The Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) is a standard developed by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) to describe the protocols for second-generation ( 2G) digital cellular networks used by mobile devices such ...
,
UMTS The Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) is a third generation mobile cellular system for networks based on the GSM standard. Developed and maintained by the 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project), UMTS is a component of the In ...
or other IMEI-employing wireless network. The first two digits of the TAC are the
Reporting Body Identifier The Reporting Body Identifier is the first two digits of a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) Type Allocation Code, and indicates the GSMA-approved organization that registered (or, before 2002, approved) a given mobile device, and allo ...
. This indicates the
GSMA The GSM Association (commonly referred to as 'the GSMA' or ''Global System for Mobile Communications'', originally ''Groupe Spécial Mobile'') is an industry organisation that represents the interests of mobile network operators worldwide. More ...
-approved group that allocated the TAC. Prior to January 1, 2003, the global standard for the IMEI started with a six-digit Type Approval Code followed by a two-digit Final Assembly Code (FAC). The Type Approval Code (also known as TAC) indicated that the particular device was approved by a national GSM approval body and the FAC identified the company that had built and assembled the device (which is not always the same as the brand name stamped on the device). Effective on that date, many GSM member nations and entities (mainly Europe) moved away from requiring that devices be approved by national bodies, and towards a system where device manufacturers self-regulate the device market. As a result, a manufacturer now simply requests an eight-digit Type Allocation Code for a new phone model from the international GSM standards body, instead of submitting a device for approval to a national review body. Both the old and new TAC uniquely identify a model of phone, although some models may have more than one code, depending on revision, manufacturing location, and other factors.


TAC examples

{, class="sortable" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" border="1" ! TAC ! Manufacturer ! Model ! Internal Model Number , - , 01124500 , Apple , , , - , 01130000 , , , , - , 01136400 , Apple , , , - , 01154600 , Apple , iPhone , MB384LL , - , 01161200 , Apple , iPhone 3G , , - , 01174400 , Apple , iPhone 3G , MB496RS , - , 01180800 , Apple , iPhone 3G , MB704LL , - , 01181200 , Apple , iPhone 3G , MB496B , - , 01193400 , Apple , iPhone 3G , , - , 01194800 , Apple , iPhone 3GS , , - , 01215800 , Apple , iPhone 3GS , , - , 01215900 , Apple , iPhone 3GS , MC131B , - , 01216100 , Apple , iPhone 3GS , , - , 01226800 , Apple , iPhone 3GS , , - , 01233600 , Apple , iPhone 4 , MC608LL , - , 01233700 , Apple , iPhone 4 , MC603B , - , 01233800 , Apple , iPhone 4 , MC610LL , - , 01241700 , Apple , iPhone 4 , , - , 01242000 , Apple , iPhone 4 , , - , 01243000 , Apple , iPhone 4 , MC603KS , - , 01253600 , Apple , iPhone 4 , MC610LL/A , - , 01254200 , Apple , iPhone 4 , , - , 01300600 , Apple , iPhone 4S , MD260C , - , 01326300 , Apple , iPhone 4 , MD198HN/A , - , 01332700 , Apple , iPhone 5 , MD642C , - , 01388300 , Apple , iPhone 5S , ME297C/A , - , 35875105 , Apple , iPhone 5S , A1533 , - , 35875205 , Apple , iPhone 5S , A1533 , - , 35875305 , Apple , iPhone 5S , A1533 , - , 35875405 , Apple , iPhone 5S , A1533 , - , 35875505 , Apple , iPhone 5S , A1533 , - , 35875605 , Apple , iPhone 5S , A1453 , - , 35875705 , Apple , iPhone 5S , A1453 , - , 35875805 , Apple , iPhone 5S , A1453 , - , 35875905 , Apple , iPhone 5S , A1453 , - , 35876005 , Apple , iPhone 5S , A1453 , - , 35880005 , Apple , iPhone 5C , A1507 , - , 35880105 , Apple , iPhone 5C , A1507 , - , 35880205 , Apple , iPhone 5C , A1507 , - , 35880305 , Apple , iPhone 5C , A1507 , - , 35880405 , Apple , iPhone 5C , A1507 , - , 35880505 , Apple , iPhone 5S , A1453 , - , 35880605 , Apple , iPhone 5S , A1453 , - , 35880705 , Apple , iPhone 5S , A1453 , - , 35951406 , Samsung , Galaxy Tab E , SM-T5613474 , - , 35880805 , Apple , iPhone 5S , A1453 , - , 35880905 , Apple , iPhone 5S , A1453 , - , 35881005 , Apple , iPhone 5S , A1533 , - , 35881105 , Apple , iPhone 5S , A1533 , - , 35881205 , Apple , iPhone 5S , A1533 , - , 35881305 , Apple , iPhone 5S , A1533 , - , 35881405 , Apple , iPhone 5S , A1533 , - , 35881505 , Apple , iPhone 5C , A1456 , - , 35881605 , Apple , iPhone 5C , A1456 , - , 35881705 , Apple , iPhone 5C , A1456 , - , 35881805 , Apple , iPhone 5C , A1456 , - , 35881905 , Apple , iPhone 5C , A1456 , - , 35201906 , Apple , iPhone 5S , A1457 , - , 35925406 , Apple , iPhone 6 , A1549 , - , 35438506 , Apple , iPhone 6+ , A1522 , - , 35325807 , Apple , iPhone A86s , A1633 , - , 35299209 , Apple , iPhone 8 , A1905 , - , 350151.. , Nokia , 3330 , , - , 35705623 , Nokia , FastMile 5G Gateway 3.2 , 5G15-12W , - , 35089080 , Nokia , 3410 , NHM-2NX , - , 35099480 , Nokia , 3410 , NHM-2NX , - , 35148420 , Nokia , 3410 , NHM-2NX , - , 35148820 , Nokia , 6310i , NPL-1 , - , 35151304 , Nokia , E72-1 , RM-530 , - , 35154900 , Nokia , 6310i , NPL-1 , - , 35171005 , Sony Ericsson , Xperia S , , - , 35174605 , Google , Galaxy Nexus , Samsung GT-I9250, Samsung GT-I9250TSGGEN , - , 35191405 , Motorola , Defy Mini , , - , 35226005 , Samsung , Galaxy SIII , , - , 35044670 , Siemens , A50 , , - , 35238402 , Sony Ericsson , K770i , , - , 35274901 , Nokia , 6233 , , - , 35291402 , Nokia , 6210 Navigator , , - , 35316004 , ZTE , Blade , , - , 35316605 , Samsung , Galaxy S3 , GT-I9300 , - , 35332705 , Samsung , Galaxy SII , GT-I9100 , - , 35328504 , Samsung , Galaxy S , GT-I9000 , - , 32930400 , Samsung , Galaxy S7 , , - , 35351200 , Motorola , V300 , , - , 35357800 , Samsung , SGH-A800 , , - , 35376800 , Nokia , 6230 , , - , 35391805 , Google , Nexus 4 , LG E960 , - , 35405600 , Wavecom , M1306B , , - , 35421803 , Nokia , 5310 , RM-303 , - , 35433004 , Nokia , C5-00 , RM-645 , - , 35450502 , GlobeTrotter , HSDPA Modem , , - , 35511405 , Sony Ericsson , Xperia U , , - , 35524803 , Nokia , 2330C-2 , RM-512 , - , 35566600 , Nokia , 6230 , , - , 35569500 , Nokia , 1100 , , - , 35679404 , Samsung , Galaxy Mini , GT-S5570 , - , 35685702 , Nokia , 6300 , , - , 35693803 , Nokia , N900 , , - , 35694603 , Nokia , 2700 , , - , 35699601 , Nokia , N95 , , - , 35700804 , Nokia , C1 , , - , 35714904 , Huawei , E398U-15 LTE Stick , , - , 35733104 , Samsung , Galaxy Gio , , - , 35739804 , Nokia , N8 , , - , 35744105 , Samsung , Galaxy S4 , GT-I9505 , - , 35765206 , Sony , Xperia Z3 Compact , D5803 , - , 35788104 , Nokia , N950 , , - , 35803106 , HTC , HTC One M8s , , - , 35824005 , Google , Nexus 5 , LG D820/D821 , - , 35828103 , Nokia , 6303C , , - , 35836800 , Nokia , 6230i , , - , 35837501 , XDA , Orbit 2 , , - , 35837800 , Nokia , N6030 , RM-74 , - , 35838706 , LG , G Stylo , LG-H631 , - , 35850000 , Nokia , Lumia 720 , , - , 35851004 , Sony Ericsson , Xperia Active , , - , 35853704 , Samsung , Galaxy SII , , - , 35869205 , Apple , iPhone 5S , MF353TA/A , - , 35876105 , Apple , iPhone 5S , A1457 , - , 35896704 , HTC , Desire S , , - , 35902803 , HTC , Wildfire , , - , 35903908 , Samsung , Galaxy S8 , SM-G950F , - , 35909205 , Samsung , Galaxy Note III , SM-N9000, SM-N9005, SM-N900 , - , 35918804 , HTC , One X , , - , 35920605 , Nokia , Lumia 625 , , - , 35447909 , Nokia , Nokia 1 , TA-1079 , - , 35604008 , Nokia , Nokia 2 , TA-1023 , - , 35602508 , Nokia , Nokia 5 , TA-1027 , - , 35929005 , Motorola , Moto G , XT1039 , - , 35933005 , OROD , 6468 , , - , 35935003 , Nokia , 2720A-2 , RM-519 , - , 35972100 , Lobster , 544 , , - , 35974101 , GlobeTrotter , HSDPA Modem , , - , 35979504 , Samsung , Galaxy Note , , - , 449337.. , Nokia , 6210 , , - , 86107402 , Quectel , Queclink GV200 , , - , 86217001 , Quectel , Queclink GV200 , , - , 86723902 , ZTE Corporation , Rook from EE, Orange Dive 30, Blade A410 , , - , 86813001 , Jiayu , G3S , JY-G3 , - , 00000000 , N/A , typical fake TAC codes, usually in software damaged phones , , - , 01234567 , N/A , typical fake TAC codes, usually in software damaged phones , , - , 12345678 , N/A , typical fake TAC codes, usually in software damaged phones , , - , 13579024 , N/A , typical fake TAC codes, usually in software damaged phones , , - , 88888888 , N/A , typical fake TAC codes, usually in software damaged phones , , - , 01333200 , Apple , iPhone 5 , , - , 99000481 , Samsung , Galaxy note 4 GM-N910V , , - , 35808005 , Sony , Sony C6833 - XPERIA Z ULTRA , , - , 35815207 , Samsung , Samsung S7 , , - , 35415808 , Samsung , Samsung J7 Prime , - , 35664906 , Samsung , Xcover 271 , GT-B2710 , - , 35330509 , Samsung , Galaxy S9 , SM-G960U , - , 35326907 , Apple , iPhone 6s , A1688 , - , 35197310 , irisguard , EyePay Phone , - , 35664906 , Samsung , Xcover 271 , GT-B2710 , - , 35314409 , Go Mobile , GO Onyx LTE , GO1004 , - , 86092103 , Huawei , P9 Lite 2016 , , - , 35293708 , Samsung , Galaxy A5 2016 , SM-A510F , - , 35684610 , Samsung , Galaxy Fold 5G , , - , 01459300 , WondaLink , T-Mobile LineLink , ML700 , - , 86881303 , Xiaomi , Redmi Note 5 , , - , 35620409 , Samsung , Galaxy J7 2017 , , - , 35253108 , Google , Google Pixel , , - , 35803408 , Google , Google Pixel 2 XL (Verizon) , G011C , - , 35803508 , Google , Google Pixel 2 XL (Unlocked) , G011C , - , 35964309 , Google , Google Pixel 3a XL , , - , 35751110 , Google , Google Pixel 4a , , - , 35751310 , Google , Google Pixel 4a , , - , 86551004 , OnePlus , OnePlus 7 Pro (T-Mobile) , GM1915 , -


New Zealand RBI broadband service TAC lock

In New Zealand with the rollout of the government subizidised rural broadband innovative a way was required to prevent users inserting the rural broadband SIM cards in an unauthorised devices to get subsidized data rates. The use of a TAC lock was devised by the use of a customised SIM card with imbedded TAC codes was devised, Several Type allocation codes can be stored in the Sim cards of the device to allow a group of provider supplied huawei branded 4G modems and block the use of unauthorised and third party devices on the network. A company wishing to resell vodafone RBI is required to supply a device for approval process and certification and supply vodafone with the TAC details of this device to embed into the SIM cards at the point of manufacture, a minimum order of 500 SIM cards is required. There has been controversy around this decision as Huawei is the sole provider of the rural 4g broad band devices and a bulletin was released by the NZ GSSB to block the 5g rollout with Huawei hardware but users are forced to use Huawei devices on the 4G RBI network, security concerns have been raised, as the devices are capable of over the air updates.


See also

* IMSI


External links


3GPP Change Request re Type Allocation Code
GSM standard