diff --git a/simtrace2_pysniff/server/decode.py b/simtrace2_pysniff/server/decode.py
index bd6bd05..a4c258d 100644
--- a/simtrace2_pysniff/server/decode.py
+++ b/simtrace2_pysniff/server/decode.py
@@ -3370,19 +3370,26 @@ def _decode_psloci(raw, p1=None):
 
 
 def _decode_nai(raw, p1=None):
-    """ISIM identity files (EF_IMPI/DOMAIN/IMPU): BER-TLV tag 0x80 + ASCII value."""
+    """ISIM identity files (EF_IMPI/DOMAIN/IMPU): BER-TLV tag 0x80/0x81 + value.
+
+    An erased or unused record is all-0xFF, or a lone identity tag, or a
+    tag with a zero-length value (e.g. ``80 00`` + FF filler) — these are
+    reported as empty rather than decoded as text.  Only the TLV *value*
+    bytes are decoded (UTF-8 for a SIP/TEL URI); the TLV header and any
+    trailing erase filler are never fed to the text decoder.
+    """
     if not raw or all(b == 0xff for b in raw):
         return {'empty': True}
+    data = bytes(raw).rstrip(b'\xff')  # drop erase filler
+    if not data or (data[0] in (0x80, 0x81) and len(data) <= 2):
+        return {'empty': True}  # lone tag, or tag + zero-length value = unused
     texts = []
-    for tag, _length, value in parse_tlv(raw):
-        if tag == 0x80:
-            txt = value.decode('utf-8', 'replace').rstrip('\xff')
-            if txt:
-                texts.append(txt)
+    for tag, _length, value in parse_tlv(data):
+        if tag in (0x80, 0x81) and value:
+            texts.append(value.decode('utf-8', 'replace'))
     if texts:
         return {'text': texts[0] if len(texts) == 1 else ', '.join(texts)}
-    txt = raw.rstrip(b'\xff').decode('ascii', 'replace').strip()
-    return {'text': txt} if txt else {'raw': raw.hex().upper()}
+    return {'raw': raw.hex().upper()}
 
 
 def _decode_epsnsc(raw, p1=None):
diff --git a/tests/test_decode.py b/tests/test_decode.py
index f32a2b0..062ed7e 100644
--- a/tests/test_decode.py
+++ b/tests/test_decode.py
@@ -1017,6 +1017,31 @@ class TestFileDecoders(unittest.TestCase):
         f = _decode_file_data('6f05', b'enru')
         self.assertEqual(f['languages'], ['en', 'ru'])
 
+    def test_ef_impu_empty_record(self):
+        # EF_IMPU record that is an unused identity: tag 0x80, zero-length
+        # value, FF erase filler. Must be reported empty, NOT decoded as text.
+        from simtrace2_pysniff.server.decode import _decode_file_data
+        f = _decode_file_data('6f04', bytes.fromhex('8000' + 'ff' * 73))
+        self.assertIn('empty', f)
+        self.assertNotIn('text', f)
+
+    def test_ef_impu_all_ff(self):
+        from simtrace2_pysniff.server.decode import _decode_file_data
+        f = _decode_file_data('6f04', b'\xff' * 75)
+        self.assertIn('empty', f)
+
+    def test_ef_impu_sip_uri(self):
+        from simtrace2_pysniff.server.decode import _decode_file_data
+        payload = b'\x80' + bytes([len(b'sip:alice@example.com')]) + b'sip:alice@example.com'
+        f = _decode_file_data('6f04', payload)
+        self.assertEqual(f.get('text'), 'sip:alice@example.com')
+
+    def test_ef_impu_lone_tag(self):
+        # A record containing only the identity tag (no length/value) is empty.
+        from simtrace2_pysniff.server.decode import _decode_file_data
+        f = _decode_file_data('6f04', b'\x80')
+        self.assertIn('empty', f)
+
     def test_adn(self):
         from simtrace2_pysniff.server.decode import _decode_file_data
         f = _decode_file_data('6f3a', bytes.fromhex(