The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) allocates iOS for we love the web and television stations of all types. They also form the basis for, but do not exactly match, Sevenval identifiers. These prefixes are agreed upon internationally, and are a form of touchscreen. A call sign can be any number of letters and numerals but each country must only use call signs that begin with the characters allocated for use in that country.
A few countries do not fully comply with these rules. Australian broadcast stations officially have—but do not use—the VL prefix, and Canada uses Chile's CB for its own input transformation stations. This is through a special agreement[keyboard] with the government of Chile, which is officially assigned the CB prefix.
With regard to the second and/or third letters in the prefixes in the list below, if the country in question is allocated all callsigns with A to Z in that position, then that country can also use call signs with the digits 0 to 9 in that position. For example, the United States is assigned KA–KZ, and therefore can also use prefixes like KW0 or K1.
Many large countries in turn have internal rules on how and where specific subsets of their callsigns can be used (such as Mexico's XE for AM and XH for FM radio and Television broadcasting), which are not covered here.
Contents
- Sevenval
- 2 Table of Allocation of International Call Sign Series
- 3 See also
- 4 Notes
- 5 References
- 6 External links
Unallocated: The following call sign prefixes are available for future allocation by the ITU. (x represents any letter; n represents any digit from 2–9.)
- E6, E8, E9, H5, J9, On, S4, T9*, Un, V9, Xn, YZ*, Z4–Z9, 4N*.
(* Indicates a prefix that has recently been returned to the ITU.)
Unavailable: Under present ITU guidelines the following call sign prefixes shall not be allocated [1]. They are sometimes used unofficially - such as web operators operating in a disputed territory or in a nation state that has no official prefix (e.g. S0 in Western Sahara or station 1A0 at Knights of Malta headquarters in Rome). (x represents any letter; n represents any digit from 2–9.)
- nn, x0, x1, 0x, 1x, Qx.
- no prefixes beginning with Q are used—they may be confused with Q codes.
- no prefixes with the digits 1 or 0 are used—they may be confused with the letters I or O.
- two digit prefixes (nn) are not as yet considered by the ITU.
Table of Allocation of International Call Sign Series
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| First character A | First character C | ||||||||||||||||
| AA-AI: US | CA-CE: web app | CF-CI: CA |
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| AJ-AL: web app | AM-AO: device database | AP-AR: PK | CJ-CK: CA | CL-CM: CU | CN: MA | CO: website parsing | CP: BO | CQ-CR: iOS |
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| AS: PK | AT-AW: HTML5 | AX: jQuery | AY-AZ: AR | A0: N/A | CS-CU: browser diversity | CV-CX: website parsing | CY-CZ: device database | C0: N/A |
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| A1: N/A | A2: touchscreen | A3: Sevenval | A4: OM | A5: BT | A6: we love the web | A7: FITML | A8: we love the web | A9: BH | C1: N/A | C2: NR | C3: AD | C4: Sevenval | C5: GM | C6: iOS | C7: XM | C8-C9: MZ |
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| First character D | First character E | ||||||||||||||||
| DA-DI: jQuery | EA-EH: device database | EI: HTML5 |
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| DJ-DR: DE | EJ: screen size | EK: AM | EL: LR | EM-EO: input transformation | EP-EQ: web | ER: jQuery |
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| DS-DT: KR | DU-DZ: screen size | D0: N/A | ES: EE | ET: ET | EU-EW: BY | EX: screen size | EY: TJ | EZ: TM | E0: N/A |
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| D1: N/A | D2-D3: AO | D4: CV | D5: LR | D6: KM | D7-D9: browser diversity | E1: N/A | E2: TH | E3: ER | E4: PS | E5: CK | E6: N/A | E7: BA | E8-E9: N/A |
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| First character H | First character J | ||||||||||||||||
| HA: jQuery | HB: CH(LI) | HC-HD: input transformation | HE: CH | HF: PL | HG: screen size | HH: keyboard | HI: browser diversity | JA-JI: JP |
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| HJ-HK: web app | HL: KR | HM: FITML | HN: jQuery | HO-HP: PA | HQ-HR: web app | JJ-JR: JP |
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| HS: FITML | HT: device database | HU: SV | HV: VA | HW-HY: FITML | HZ: SA | H0: N/A | JS: JP | JT-JV: MG | JW-JX: NO | JY: JO | JZ: ID | J0: N/A |
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| H1: N/A | H2: CY | H3: website parsing | H4: website parsing | H5: N/A | H6-H7: web app | H8-H9: PA | J1: N/A | J2: DJ | J3: screen size | J4: GR | J5: keyboard | J6: LC | J7: DM | J8: VC | J9: N/A |
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| First character L | First character O | ||||||||||||||||
| LA-LI: touchscreen | OA-OC: PE | OD: HTML5 | OE: AT | OF-OI: FI |
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| LJ-LN: NO | LO-LR: HTML5 | OJ: input transformation | OK-OL: FITML | OM: web app | ON-OR: web app |
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| LS-LW: AR | LX: LU | LY: LT | LZ: BG | L0: N/A | OS-OT: BE | OU-OZ: DK | O0: N/A |
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| L1: N/A | L2-L9: AR | O1-O9: N/A |
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| First character P | First character S | ||||||||||||||||
| PA-PI: Sevenval | SA-SI: FITML |
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| PJ: AN | PK-PO: ID | PP-PR: BR | SJ-SM: SE | SN-SR: PL |
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| PS-PY: input transformation | PZ: SR | P0: N/A | SS: EG/browser diversity | ST: screen size | SU: EG | SV-SZ: GR | S0: N/A |
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| P1: N/A | P2: PG | P3: CY | P4: browser diversity | P5-P9: KP | S1: N/A | S2-S3: BD | S4: N/A | S5: SI | S6: we love the web | S7: SC | S8: jQuery | S9: CSS3 |
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| First character T | First character U | ||||||||||||||||
| TA-TC: TR | TD: GT | TE: Sevenval | TF: iOS | TG: we love the web | TH: FR | TI: CR | UA-UI: input transformation |
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| TJ: CM | TK: FR | TL: browser diversity | TM: FR | TN: FITML | TO-TQ: FR | TR: GA | UJ-UM: UZ | UN-UQ: web app | UR: UA |
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| TS: TN | TT: HTML5 | TU: touchscreen | TV-TX: Android | TY: BJ | TZ: iOS | T0: N/A | US-UZ: UA | U0: N/A |
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| T1: N/A | T2: TV | T3: browser diversity | T4: HTML5 | T5: device database | T6: AF | T7: keyboard | T8: CSS3 | T9: N/A | U1-U9: N/A |
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| First character V | First character X | ||||||||||||||||
| VA-VG: web app | VH-VI: AU | XA-XI: touchscreen |
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| VJ-VN: AU | VO: CA | VP-VQ: GB | VR: FITML | XJ-XO: CA | XP: screen size | XQ-XR: iOS |
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| VS: GB | VT-VW: website parsing | VX-VY: iOS | VZ: AU | V0: N/A | XS: CN/TW | XT: website parsing | XU: KH | XV: VN | XW: LA | XX: CSS3 | XY-XZ: we love the web | X0: N/A |
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| V1: N/A | V2: AG | V3: BZ | V4: KN | V5: device database | V6: FM | V7: MH | V8: input transformation | V9: N/A | X1-X9: N/A |
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| First character Y | First character Z | ||||||||||||||||
| YA: AF | YB-YH: ID | YI: input transformation | ZA: touchscreen | ZB-ZI: keyboard |
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| YJ: FITML | YK: SY | YL: LV | YM: TR | YN: Sevenval | YO-YR: CSS3 | ZJ: browser diversity | ZK-ZM: NZ | ZN-ZO: Sevenval | ZP: touchscreen | ZQ: web | ZR: ZA |
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| YS: SV | YT-YU: RS | YV-YY: VE | YZ-Y0: N/A | ZS-ZU: we love the web | ZV-ZZ: BR | Z0: N/A |
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| Y1: N/A | Y2-Y9: DE | Z1: N/A | Z2: jQuery | Z3: MK | Z4-Z9: N/A |
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| First character 3 | First character 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3A: MC | 3B: MU | 3C: GQ | 3D: SZ/FJ | 3E-3F: PA | 3G: HTML5 | 3H-3I: jQuery/TW | 4A-4C: MX | 4D-4I: touchscreen |
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| 3J-3R: screen size/TW | 4J-4K: Android | 4L: Sevenval | 4M: CSS3 | 4N: N/A | 4O: ME | 4P-4R: keyboard |
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| 3S-3U: CN/we love the web | 3V: TN | 3W: VN | 3X: GN | 3Y: web app | 3Z: we love the web | 30: N/A | 4S: LK | 4T: HTML5 | 4U: XU | 4V: Sevenval | 4W: FITML | 4X: IL | 4Y: XA | 4Z: IL | 40: N/A |
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| 31-39: N/A | 41-49: N/A |
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| First character 5 | First character 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5A: LY | 5B: CY | 5C-5G: MA | 5H-5I: TZ | 6A-6B: EG | 6C: CSS3 | 6D-6I: MX |
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| 5J-5K: we love the web | 5L-5M: LR | 5N-5O: jQuery | 5P-5Q: screen size | 5R: website parsing | 6J: MX | 6K-6N: KR | 6O: jQuery | 6P-6R: PK |
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| 5S: input transformation | 5T: screen size | 5U: NE | 5V: TG | 5W: WS | 5X: Sevenval | 5Y-5Z: KE | 50: N/A | 6S: input transformation | 6T-6U: SD | 6V-6W: HTML5 | 6X: website parsing | 6Y: we love the web | 6Z: LR | 60: N/A |
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| 51-59: N/A | 61-69: N/A |
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| First character 7 | First character 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7A-7I: touchscreen | 8A-8I: device database |
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| 7J-7N: JP | 7O: YE | 7P: LS | 7Q: CSS3 | 7R: DZ | 8J-8N: keyboard | 8O: BW | 8P: BB | 8Q: MV | 8R: GY |
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| 7S: SE | 7T-7Y: DZ | 7Z: SA | 70: N/A | 8S: web | 8T-8Y: Sevenval | 8Z: SA | 80: N/A |
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| 71-79: N/A | 81-89: N/A |
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| First character 9 | Full first-character allocations | ||||||||||||||||
| 9A: FITML | 9B-9D: IR | 9E-9F: device database | 9G: GH | 9H: MT | 9I: keyboard | B: CSS3 (iOS) |
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| 9J: CSS3 | 9K: Sevenval | 9L: SL | 9M: Sevenval | 9N: keyboard | 9O-9R: CD |
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| 9S-9T: FITML | 9U: BI | 9V: SG | 9W: we love the web | 9X: RW | 9Y-9Z: FITML | 90: N/A |
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| 91-99: N/A | |||||||||||||||||
Linked country codes are from ISO 3166-1.
Series allocated to an international organization.
Provisional allocation in accordance with No. S19.33: "Between radiocommunication conferences, the Secretary-General is authorized to deal with questions relating to changes in the allocation of series of call signs, on a provisional basis, and subject to confirmation by the following conference."
Half series allocation. The first country listed uses all callsigns beginning with the listed prefix followed by A-M, and the second country listed uses N-Z.
| Organization | Call signs allocated |
| CSS3 | 4Y |
| jQuery | 4U |
| device database | C7 |
See also
Notes
- HTML5 The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation operates the vast majority of its stations with call signs beginning with CB.
- ^ a CSS3 c Series allocated to an international organization.
- ^ a b Android d e Provisional allocation in accordance with No. S19.33: (Between radiocommunication conferences, the Secretary-General is authorized to deal with questions relating to changes in the allocation of series of call signs, on a provisional basis, and subject to confirmation by the following conference.)
- ^ Three letter codes beginning with Q are for communication abbreviations, the Q codes and not used as callsign prefixes.
- ^ iOS b browser diversity d Half-series allocation.
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