A loyal reader forwarded me this link that tells who “owns” your number.
Ownership is a rather ambiguous term since due to consolidation, number block swaps, and local number portability, the actual value of the tool is at best good for reference and gaining an understanding of who has number blocks where.
my Packet8 shows up as owned by Level3 Communications———NO surprise there!
Others??????????
Skibare
Hi There
there’s a simple (free) lookup on our site for finding out which telco owns a particular number :
http://aql.com/site/networkLookup.php
note – we can also (for a charge) look up and see which networks mobiles have been ported to. This is called an HLR (home location register lookup) and is a real-time network query.
hope this helps !