diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/network/SubscriptionUtil.java b/src/com/android/settings/network/SubscriptionUtil.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.android.settings.network;
+
+import android.telephony.SubscriptionInfo;
+import android.telephony.SubscriptionManager;
+import android.text.TextUtils;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class SubscriptionUtil {
+    public static List<SubscriptionInfo> getAvailableSubscriptions(SubscriptionManager manager) {
+        List<SubscriptionInfo> subscriptions = manager.getAvailableSubscriptionInfoList();
+        if (subscriptions == null) {
+            subscriptions = new ArrayList<>();
+        }
+        // With some carriers such as Google Fi which provide a sort of virtual service that spans
+        // across multiple underlying networks, we end up with subscription entries for the
+        // underlying networks that need to be hidden from the user in the UI.
+        for (Iterator<SubscriptionInfo> iter = subscriptions.iterator(); iter.hasNext(); ) {
+            SubscriptionInfo info = iter.next();
+            if (TextUtils.isEmpty(info.getMncString())) {
+                iter.remove();
+            }
+        }
+        return subscriptions;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/network/SubscriptionUtilTest.java b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/network/SubscriptionUtilTest.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.android.settings.network;
+
+import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
+
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import android.telephony.SubscriptionInfo;
+import android.telephony.SubscriptionManager;
+
+import com.android.settings.testutils.SettingsRobolectricTestRunner;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
+@RunWith(SettingsRobolectricTestRunner.class)
+public class SubscriptionUtilTest {
+    @Mock
+    private SubscriptionManager mManager;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() {
+        MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void getAvailableSubscriptions_nullInfoFromSubscriptionManager_nonNullResult() {
+        when(mManager.getAvailableSubscriptionInfoList()).thenReturn(null);
+        final List<SubscriptionInfo> subs = SubscriptionUtil.getAvailableSubscriptions(mManager);
+        assertThat(subs).isNotNull();
+        assertThat(subs).isEmpty();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void getAvailableSubscriptions_oneSubscription_oneResult() {
+        final SubscriptionInfo info = mock(SubscriptionInfo.class);
+        when(info.getMncString()).thenReturn("fake1234");
+        when(mManager.getAvailableSubscriptionInfoList()).thenReturn(Arrays.asList(info));
+        final List<SubscriptionInfo> subs = SubscriptionUtil.getAvailableSubscriptions(mManager);
+        assertThat(subs).isNotNull();
+        assertThat(subs).hasSize(1);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void getAvailableSubscriptions_twoSubscriptions_twoResults() {
+        final SubscriptionInfo info1 = mock(SubscriptionInfo.class);
+        final SubscriptionInfo info2 = mock(SubscriptionInfo.class);
+        when(info1.getMncString()).thenReturn("fake1234");
+        when(info2.getMncString()).thenReturn("fake5678");
+        when(mManager.getAvailableSubscriptionInfoList()).thenReturn(Arrays.asList(info1, info2));
+        final List<SubscriptionInfo> subs = SubscriptionUtil.getAvailableSubscriptions(mManager);
+        assertThat(subs).isNotNull();
+        assertThat(subs).hasSize(2);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void getAvailableSubscriptions_oneSubWithHiddenNetworks_oneResult() {
+        final SubscriptionInfo info1 = mock(SubscriptionInfo.class);
+        final SubscriptionInfo info2 = mock(SubscriptionInfo.class);
+        final SubscriptionInfo info3 = mock(SubscriptionInfo.class);
+        when(info1.getSubscriptionId()).thenReturn(1);
+        when(info1.getMncString()).thenReturn("fake1234");
+        when(mManager.getAvailableSubscriptionInfoList()).thenReturn(
+                new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(info1, info2, info3)));
+        final List<SubscriptionInfo> subs = SubscriptionUtil.getAvailableSubscriptions(mManager);
+        assertThat(subs).isNotNull();
+        assertThat(subs).hasSize(1);
+        assertThat(subs.get(0).getSubscriptionId()).isEqualTo(1);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void getAvailableSubscriptions_twoSubsWithHiddenNetworks_twoResults() {
+        final SubscriptionInfo info1 = mock(SubscriptionInfo.class);
+        final SubscriptionInfo info2 = mock(SubscriptionInfo.class);
+        final SubscriptionInfo info3 = mock(SubscriptionInfo.class);
+        final SubscriptionInfo info4 = mock(SubscriptionInfo.class);
+        when(info1.getSubscriptionId()).thenReturn(1);
+        when(info1.getMncString()).thenReturn("fake1234");
+        when(info4.getSubscriptionId()).thenReturn(4);
+        when(info4.getMncString()).thenReturn("fake5678");
+        when(mManager.getAvailableSubscriptionInfoList()).thenReturn(new ArrayList<>(
+                Arrays.asList(info1, info2, info3, info4)));
+        final List<SubscriptionInfo> subs = SubscriptionUtil.getAvailableSubscriptions(mManager);
+        assertThat(subs).isNotNull();
+        assertThat(subs).hasSize(2);
+        assertThat(subs.get(0).getSubscriptionId()).isEqualTo(1);
+        assertThat(subs.get(1).getSubscriptionId()).isEqualTo(4);
+    }
+}