Phone networks

[Wardy]

Does anyone know a site where I can tell what network a phone number is linked to?

The reason being is that I have been getting random abusive text messages from someone and I think I know who it is. But want to check the network the phone is on. This is because the person I think it is brought a new O2 sim card the other day. It starts with 07963.

 

[Stevie Boy]

Try this

http://mnnc.net/index.php

 

[Wardy]

Thanks mate

 

[Marc]

wow I got my number in feb 2001!

 

[Robot Chicken]

That link is good, but is misleading. My number was ORIGINALLY allocated to the Orange network in 1999 but I changed over to Vodafone in 2003.

 

[Robot Chicken]

Why does the MNNC not give the correct network for my number?
This could be due to three main reasons:
1. The number you entered has been transfered from it’s original network. Unfortunately there is no way for me to track every single mobile phone number in the country just on the off chance that it might have changed networks. The best that can be given is to return the provider which is registered to a certain block of numbers.

2. The service provider is a Mobile Virtual Network Operator. An example of this is Virgin Mobile, who do not have their own network and cabling hardware in place, but instead buy minutes of use from a Network Operator (T-Mobile in this case), and sell on to their own customers, usually with added features. (This is similar to the way a car dealership buys cars direct from the manufacturer and sells them on to the customers). As such, the MNNC can only report back the underlying Network Operator, who may not necessarily be the Service Provider.

3. The number you entered is from a new phone, for which the network provider has only recently been registered to that block of numbers. In other words, the MNNC is not upto date! If that happens, please send me a message and I will get it updated so others do not have the same problem.

 

[ManxSeagull]

Just checking out a couple of numbers of work associates I know who are on the Vodfone network, the site says the number was allocated to the O2 network.

Therefore, I would not rely on the information provided, the user may have transferred their number to another provider.

 

[Dave In Gloucester]

Says my number was allocated in 1997 - even thought I have only just got it! Could someone else have had my number in the past?

 

[Gully]

Yes Dave that must be possible as it is for landlines. I also live in Gloucester and have had my home phone since February last year, apparently the number used to belong to a school, on one occasion I was left a message from BP wishing to deliver a truck load of oil.