diff --git a/include/osmocore/gsm_utils.h b/include/osmocore/gsm_utils.h
index 7dc2388..64f9edc 100644
--- a/include/osmocore/gsm_utils.h
+++ b/include/osmocore/gsm_utils.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  * (C) 2008 by Daniel Willmann <daniel@totalueberwachung.de>
  * (C) 2009 by Holger Hans Peter Freyther <zecke@selfish.org>
  * (C) 2009-2010 by Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
+ * (C) 2010 by Nico Golde <nico@ngolde.de>
  *
  * All Rights Reserved
  *
@@ -53,6 +54,33 @@
 	GSM_BAND_810	= 0x80,
 };
 
+/* ETSI GSM 03.38 6.2.1 and 6.2.1.1 default alphabet
+ * Greek symbols at hex positions 0x10 and 0x12-0x1a
+ * left out as they can't be handled with a char and
+ * since most phones don't display or write these
+ * characters this would only needlessly make the code
+ * more complex
+*/
+unsigned char gsm_7bit_alphabet[] = {
+	0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x0a, 0xff, 0xff, 0x0d, 0xff,
+	0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff,
+	0xff, 0xff, 0x20, 0x21, 0x22, 0x23, 0x02, 0x25, 0x26, 0x27, 0x28, 0x29, 0x2a, 0x2b, 0x2c,
+	0x2d, 0x2e, 0x2f, 0x30, 0x31, 0x32, 0x33, 0x34, 0x35, 0x36, 0x37, 0x38, 0x39, 0x3a, 0x3b,
+	0x3c, 0x3d, 0x3e, 0x3f, 0x00, 0x41, 0x42, 0x43, 0x44, 0x45, 0x46, 0x47, 0x48, 0x49, 0x4a,
+	0x4b, 0x4c, 0x4d, 0x4e, 0x4f, 0x50, 0x51, 0x52, 0x53, 0x54, 0x55, 0x56, 0x57, 0x58, 0x59,
+	0x5a, 0x3c, 0x2f, 0x3e, 0x14, 0x11, 0xff, 0x61, 0x62, 0x63, 0x64, 0x65, 0x66, 0x67, 0x68,
+	0x69, 0x6a, 0x6b, 0x6c, 0x6d, 0x6e, 0x6f, 0x70, 0x71, 0x72, 0x73, 0x74, 0x75, 0x76, 0x77,
+	0x78, 0x79, 0x7a, 0x28, 0x40, 0x29, 0x3d, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff,
+	0xff, 0xff, 0x0c, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x5e, 0xff, 0xff,
+	0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x40, 0xff, 0x01, 0xff,
+	0x03, 0xff, 0x7b, 0x7d, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x5c, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff,
+	0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x5b, 0x7e, 0x5d, 0xff, 0x7c, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff,
+	0xff, 0x5b, 0x0e, 0x1c, 0x09, 0xff, 0x1f, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x5d,
+	0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x5c, 0xff, 0x0b, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x5e, 0xff, 0xff, 0x1e, 0x7f,
+	0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x7b, 0x0f, 0x1d, 0xff, 0x04, 0x05, 0xff, 0xff, 0x07, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff,
+	0xff, 0x7d, 0x08, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x7c, 0xff, 0x0c, 0x06, 0xff, 0xff, 0x7e, 0xff, 0xff
+};
+
 const char *gsm_band_name(enum gsm_band band);
 enum gsm_band gsm_band_parse(const char *mhz);