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Looks interesting but seems to be lacking a bit in the mobile number lookup department. The current service we use for mobile numbers can provide: - Is the pho
by Tomdarkness 12y ago
Looks interesting but seems to be lacking a bit in the mobile number lookup department. The current service we use for mobile numbers can provide:
- Is the phone number not only valid in terms of syntax but a number actually registered to a subscriber?
- Is the subscriber currently connected to the network? (Normally indicates if their phone is switched on or off with the exception of not having a signal)
- Has the phone number or subscriber been barred or blacklisted in any way?
- Network that the number originally belonged to
- Network that the number is currently registered with. For example if they ported their number from another provider this will be different from the network the number originally belonged to.
- Network that the subscriber is currently connected to. So say if you were roaming in a different country this would return the network the phone is currently roaming on. Can be used to see if someone is out of the country.
This works mostly worldwide with a few exceptions. In a few countries we can actually determine if you are on a prepay or contract plan as well.
- jonknee 12y agoWho are you currently using? It seems odd that the current connection status is something that is shared.
- mynameisvlad 12y agoYeah, I don't even know how that would be possible unless it's owned by one of the phone companies and is only available for their users. I highly doubt any telco would share that data publicly, especially if all you need is the subscriber's number.
- EvanDotPro 12y agoThis is likely done with something called an HLR lookup via SS7. I believe it was explained to me that HLR lookups are meant for call setup and SMS routing, NOT for exposing network information via web services, but that doesn't stop companies with SS7 access from doing it anyway since there are plenty of people willing to pay for that information.