Back in 2008 I posted an article which included a list of prefixes to use before SMS text messages to ensure that you get a delivery report. A delivery report is an sms message to confirm that your original text message was delivered successfully to the other persons handset.

I posted the list because the iPhone didn’t (and still doesn’t) have a function that allows you to get delivery reports. This used to be a popular feature with Nokia and other brands of mobile phone.

My original article is here http://www.thinkjim.com/2008/07/sms-delivery-reports-on-iphone-3g.html

This list has gradually grown as people have contributed and now includes SMS prefix codes for networks around the world. Whilst this is useful for iPhone 4, iPhone 3 & 3GS users, I also think the list has value to other smartphone and cellphone users, so I’ve decided to duplicate the list and maintain them both in parallel.

Hopefully this new article will be easier to find for non iPhone users on google etc.

UK Mobile Networks
O2 prefix *0#
Orange *0#
T Mobile prefix *0#
Virgin prefix *0#
Vodafone (unconfirmed) – *NOT#
Tesco Mobile *0#
Channel Islands; Jersey Telecom *0#

US and Australia Cell Networks
US T–Mobile prefix *noti#
Australia Three *not#
Australia Vodafone – No code exists

European Mobile Networks
Belgium Base prefix *N#
Belgium Proximus prefix *R*
Czechoslovakia o2 prefix YYYY
Denmark prefix *0#
Denmark Bibob prefix *KV#
Denmark Three prefix *NM#
Estonia Tele2 prefix *T#
Estonia Elisa prefix -K-
Estonia EMT prefix *0#
Finland Sonera prefix *0#
Germany T-Mobile *T#
Germany Vodafone D2 prefix *N#
Germany O2 prefix *N#
Germany e-plus prefix *N#
Greece Vodafone GR prefix *#
Greece Wind prefix *0#
Greece Cosmote *0#
Holland T-mobile prefix NM#
Hungary T-mobile prefix **0#
Ireland O2 prefix *R*
Ireland meteor prefix *R*
Italy Wind prefix *n#
Luxembourg Tango prefix *0#
Norway Telenor *k#
Poland PlusGSM prefix XYZ
Portugal Vodafone prefix *NOT#
Romania Orange prefix *NOT# or *NM#
Slovakia Orange prefix *?#
Spain Movistar prefix *N#
Spain Yoigo prefix *N#
Sweden Telia prefix *KV#
Sweden Comviq prefix KV#
Sweden Telenor prefix ##
Sweden 3 prefix *kv#
Sweden Tele2 prefix kv#
Switzerland Sunrise prefix #*#
Switzerland Swisscom prefix *NOT#

Other Mobile Networks
Vodacom / Mtn prefix rrr
Singapore SINGTEL prefix #R#
Brasil Oi prefix *N#
Brasil Clario prefix *N#
Israel Orange prefix NM#
India Vodafone prefix *NOT#
Qatar Qtel prefix *N#
Maxis Malaysia *N#
Egypt vodafone prefix *VF#
Egypt Mobinil prefix *NM#
India Ideal prefix YYYY
India Vodafone prefix *NOT# or *N#
Lebanon MTC Touch prefix *N#
Angola Unitel prefix *N#
Algeria Djezzy prefix *N#
Indonesia telkomsel prefix *N#
Indonesia Satelindo prefix R#
Serbia Telenor prefix *!#
Serbia MTS prefix *!#
Croatia T-Mobile prefix *r* or *r#
Croatia Tele 2 prefix *R*
Croatia VIP prefix !
Turkey Turkcell prefix *N#
Bangladesh Grameenphone prefix YYYY
UAE prefix *N#
Greenland (Tele Greenland) prefix *!#
Bangadesh banglalink prefix *n#
If you have other codes, please post them in the comments and I will add them. Thanks!