publishVitals sends a cell status event to the cloud that includes an "operator" field. Mine currently shows "T-Mobile". Looking through the docs, I found CellularHelper.getOperatorName() that returns a string. Docs say that this doesn't work for LTE Cat M1 and I can confirm this. I get an empty string.
How does deviceOS determine the operator name? Any pointers would be appreciated.
No, the device vitals sends the numeric mcc and mnc to the cloud (they're each 3-digit numbers), and the console converts them to names when displayed.