What is a "Cell Phone Tower Triangulation"? The Most Authoritative Explanation.

What is a "Cell Phone Tower Triangulation"? The Most Authoritative Explanation.

How do you triangulate a cell phone?

Not relevant to you I guess: chances are (highly likely) you can connect to cell towers anyway without a SIM card, although I'm not sure if that can be used for triangulation. You want to turn off cell service anyway to preserve battery life.

Can you use cell tower triangulation without a SIM card?

When your cell phone is on, it is not in airplane mode, and it is within range of a cell tower, that cell tower recognizes your phone using RF signals. The MSC to which the cell tower you are near is connected – again, either your Home MSC or a Foreign MSC – then routes the call to you.

Do cell phones work under a cell tower?

Today, no. They use exactly the same towers. However in the past that was not true. It was common practice to use the older technologies for prepay, leaving the newest technology for contract. For example analogue cell phones technology was used for prepay for years after contract phones shifted to digital technology.

Do cell phone providers use the same towers?

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