If you receive calls from unknown numbers on your phone, then it is better to clarify from which operator from which country subscribers are trying to contact you. This is especially important if you want to call a stranger back. There are several ways to help you identify your carrier by phone number.

How to find out the country and operator by phone number

The standard features of smartphones allow you to find out from which region you received a call without additional programs. However, this option does not work for all numbers and not every smartphone supports it. Therefore, you can use other options:

1. Search online by phone number. This option is good in that you do not need to define the code yourself - just enter the phone number in a special window and you will receive full information about it.
2. Manual search. In stationery stores, diaries are sold in which the first or last pages are given for background information. With their help, you will be able to determine from which country you were disturbed by the call. To use this method, you must correctly identify the code - these are the first 1-3 digits, without taking into account the "+" sign.

Of course it is best to use the online method. When searching online, you do not need to independently select a code from a set of numbers. This service is absolutely free for you. The search form allows you to identify the operator and find out other details about the number.

Phone apps to identify the operator by number

Well, if the search form is not enough for you, then for smartphones, they work on different operating systems, a lot of applications have been created to help in determining the numbers and the region where the call comes from. Not so long ago, Yandex created its own identifier that allows you to find out the organization from which the call came. But the functionality of this program is limited - if the company uses a third-party phone number, for example, the mobile of one of the managers, then you will not know who wants to contact you.

A good application is the "Operators of Russia" utility. It allows you to determine during an incoming and outgoing call which operator is serving your interlocutor. The disadvantage of the program is that you cannot determine the country of the call. Databases are limited to our country.

Call Dispatcher

The Call Dispatcher application is more successful in terms of the amount of reference information. Its databases collected information about Ukrainian, Belarusian and Abkhazian numbers. The functionality of the application allows you to:

• determine the country of the interlocutor for an incoming or outgoing call;
• displaying information on the telecom operator, country and city during a call from a mobile or landline number;
• placing information about the subscriber in pop-up messages during a call;
• the ability to change the message display time;
• field for manual search in the reference book;
• an extensive database of numbers in Russia and neighboring countries;
• definition of numbers written in international and local format;
• integration with any Android shell;
• work with different versions of operating systems, including outdated ones;
• correct work with third-party applications.

After installing this program, you must create a Call Dispatcher folder in the memory card directory, otherwise the databases will not be loaded. Only after creating the folder should you start downloading the databases. If you do not download them, the utility will not work. Another small problem when using this software product is that not all operators and numbers are entered in the databases. But this nuisance rarely affects users, since the databases are regularly updated.

Other ways to identify your carrier

If you are sure that the call came to you from Russia (the number starts with the code +7), then it is enough to determine the telecom operator and the region where the sim card is used. This can be used in different ways.

Manual information retrieval

The most difficult way to identify a telecom operator is to use a codebook. Each phone number, except for the country code, encrypts the operator's identifier. In Russia, numbers in the range from 900 to 999 are used as it. To date, domestic operators have used 79 codes from this range, another 21 are in reserve.

The largest number of identifiers was taken by representatives of the “big three”.

Table of codes of operators MTS, Megafon and Beeline

As you can see, even in this table, different operators have the same codes. The situation is no better for regional companies, which in most cases use the identifiers of larger telecom operators. For this reason, manual search for information gives only general information, and with a 902 code, it is completely useless.

We receive information about the country and the operator from our operator

Telecom operators provide the most accurate information about their subscribers. Since December 2013, a law has been in effect in Russia on preserving the number when a client moves to another cellular company. In connection with it, confusion appears if a person tries to determine the operator on his own by the code. But you don't have to act yourself. Telecom operators have provided the ability to determine the ownership of a subscriber number.

1. Megaphone launched this service first. On his official website, he posted a form for checking the number, available to anyone. You need to enter the number without the country code - from 9.
2. MTS lagged behind its competitors - it launched a paid verification service available only to its customers. To check the number, send a USSD request of the form: * 111 * 916 * number # - after entering the combination, press the call key. The phone number is entered without the country code, starting from 9. The request will cost you about 3 rubles (the cost depends on the region).
3. Beeline offers two options for checking the ownership of a phone number: through the official website and USSD request. Anyone can find out about the belonging of the number through the site, it is enough to enter the number, starting with the operator code. Next to the field for entering information, there is a window with the numbers of the verification captcha - it is very easy to read. Enter the numbers you see in the field to the right. If you are a Beeline subscriber, you can send a request of the form: * 444 * number #. Data must be entered starting with 9.
4. Tele 2 has also taken care of cellular users. He posted on his website many useful services, including in order to determine the affiliation of a subscriber number to a specific operator. This service is located in the section devoted to the transition of subscribers to another operator with the preservation of the number.

The disadvantage of this method is that some operators have a paid service. Another disadvantage is that it is not easy to find a verification form on the official website. In most cases, it is "hidden" in one of the sections with information for subscribers.

Using e-wallets

If you have an electronic wallet, then you can use it to determine whether the number belongs to a particular telecom operator. To do this, select the "Deposit money to mobile account" item in the list of payments, and then enter the number. After this action, the name or logo of the operator will appear on the page. Payment is optional.

This service is imperfect and does not work on all e-wallets. Some payment services did not provide the ability to display the name of the company serving the subscriber. This service works properly only for Qiwi users.

The easiest way to find out the subscriber data

We have already mentioned the last method above - these are online services for obtaining complete information about the subscriber. You can find out not only the telecom operator, but also the region of purchase of the sim card. This will allow you to quickly navigate important issues: is it worth calling back a stranger, how much will a minute of communication cost, is it possible to make a call using only the included package of minutes of your tariff.

Most operators now offer unlimited on-net calls. For this reason, it is very important to find out which company the prospective interlocutor uses. If the subscriber belongs to your cellular operator and is in the same region with you, then most often you can call without fear.

The advantage of the online database is that it has a user-friendly interface. You just need to enter the number and click the "Find" button. After refreshing the page, you will receive the result in the form of a detailed report. A small drawback is that the information in the database is updated a little later than the operator's. But every day the information is entered more quickly.

About service

Sometimes, the mobile phone receives calls or SMS messages from phone numbers unknown to you. In order for you to find out from which region they called or sent SMS, we have developed this service.

Enter the phone number or its first 5 digits in the field on the left to determine its affiliation with the cellular operator, the region to which it is bound or the city (for landline phones)

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It's no secret that MTS, Beeline, Megafon, Tele2, MOTIV and other cellular companies in Russia set different prices depending on which operator's number the call is made to. The billing is also affected by the region where the subscriber calls. And if earlier it was possible to determine the operator by the first three digits, now the situation has become much more complicated.

On December 1, 2013, “mobile slavery” was officially abolished in Russia. Since that time, any subscriber has the opportunity to change one mobile operator to another while maintaining his old number.

The Mobile Technology Software development group has released a service for checking the operator and the region by phone number. It identifies the operator, region and locality (only for city numbers) by phone number.

How it works?

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First, the service checks the availability of the specified number in the Rossvyaz database (this body is responsible for issuing telephone numbers to different operators in Russia). Then the program accesses the database of ported numbers from TsNIIS (responsible for maintaining the database with data on porting numbers from operator to operator without changing the number). Thus, the information received is updated automatically.

It is no secret that each subscriber has his own unique number, while the first 3 digits (+7 and 8 are not taken into account) suggest differences depending on the mobile operator. Many tariff plans imply a higher fee for making calls to numbers of other providers, as a result of which many subscribers are interested in how to identify an operator by a phone number. In fact, for this you need to know which code belongs to a particular operator.

It would seem that everything is extremely simple, it is enough just once to get acquainted with the list of these same codes. Of course, if you have an ideal memory, then this will not cause any problems in your case, but most people already store a lot of different information in their head. It is one thing if each operator had only one unique code, but each provider has several such codes, which causes confusion in the head of even the most attentive subscribers.

So how do you identify an operator by number? In fact, there are only two options - use special services or learn a table prepared by the site's editorial staff. Which option is more convenient for you to decide only for yourself, we will list the services we have tested for determining the operator by phone number, and also provide a list of codes of the most common operators in Russia.

Identifying the operator by number in a special service

There are several special services that allow you to quickly determine by the phone number not only the operator, but also the region in which the SIM card was registered. We have considered quite a lot of similar services and identified the following from the most convenient:

• http://www.spravportal.ru/services/phonecodes/MobilePhoneInfo.aspx;
• http://www.kody.su/check-tel.

Both services are free and do not require registration. It is enough to follow the links above and in the corresponding field enter the phone number, the operator of which you want to determine. After that, the information you are interested in will appear.

List of telephone codes of popular operators

The easiest way is to use one of the above services, but if you want to remember the codes of the most popular operators in Russia, then read the following information:

MTS (910, 911, 912, 913, 914, 915, 916, 917, 918, 919, 978, 980, 981, 982, 983, 984, 985, 986, 987, 988, 989).

Beeline (953, 960, 961, 962, 963, 964, 965, 966, 967, 968, 969, 908, 909, 951, 903, 902, 900, 905, 906, 904).

Megaphone (997, 999, 920, 921, 922, 923, 924, 925, 926, 927, 928, 929, 930, 931, 932, 933, 934, 936, 937, 938, 939).

A complete list of area codes can be found here: http://www.kodtelefona.ru/mobile_ru.

This concludes this article. Now you know how to identify an operator by phone number. We hope the above information was helpful to you.

Every person at least once had a situation when you need to find out where the call came from or where a particular cell number is registered. Sometimes information is needed to navigate the cost of communication, if there is a need to call an unfamiliar subscriber. In some cases, such knowledge saves you from communicating with scammers.

Question, how to identify the operator by phone number is not so difficult, as it might seem at first glance. Especially if you know what information a given set of numbers contains. ,

What does def mean - code or prefix?

You need to understand that identifying a mobile operator, as they say, at first glance, is unlikely to work. After all, the designations will differ depending on the region. Therefore, first of all, it is worth understanding what each digit of the number means, and what information can be obtained from it.

Let's start with the first digits of the number, which represent the country code. In the case of Russia, this is +7 or 8 if the call came from a mobile phone. The only difference between these numbers is that the first option allows communication both within the country and using roaming. After dialing the "eight" you can only call within the Russian Federation. ,

The next three digits are the def code (prefix) of the operator, defining affiliation to the company - provider. There are only four large companies on the Russian market: Bee Line, Megafon, Tele 2 and MTS. The prefixes are always unique, their value indicates the region in which the SIM card was purchased. Based on this data, you can determine the address of the subject.

To determine the operator who owns the cell number, you can use the appropriate search programs, for example Spravportal. ,

Recently, it became possible to change the operator, while maintaining your old mobile phone number. This introduced some confusion, but there are services that easily deal with this. Popular free systems: "Kody.su" or "TeleHouse" determine whether there has been a change of operator.

The instruction on how to identify the operator by cell phone number looks like this. On the corresponding page of the site, a combination of numbers is entered in the window. ,

Input order:,

• country code,
• city \u200b\u200b(operator) code,
• personal number.

After a few seconds, the system responds. Based on the analysis of the information received, the service determines:,

• country of location,
• the region where the subscriber is registered,
• which telecom operator the number belongs to. ,

Of course, you won't be able to find out the city from which you were called; you will have to be content with the name of the region or region. The remaining seven digits are the subscriber's personal number. However, in our case, they do not carry any valuable information. It is impossible to find out the data of a person by them, since they are protected by law. ,

How to find out the operator by the city number

If the failed interlocutor called from a landline city number, it is also quite simple to calculate where the call originated from. The first digits indicate the country, for Russia, as we have already found out it is "+7" or "8", but there can be two or even three signs. For example, Ukraine is encoding "+38". Then there are 2-5 digits, which mean the code of the settlement within the country. ,

The last part is the number assigned to a specific address at a given telephone exchange. It can contain from five to seven digits, it depends on the size of the settlement. By them it is not difficult to find out not only the city from which the call came, but even the address of the subscriber's residence. For example, if the Nizhny Novgorod number looks like +7 831 4XX-XX-XX, then the phone is located in the Central District of the city. More information can be found in the online telephone directory of the phones09.info service. But this advice is relevant if this is a direct number, when calling from which forwarding is not used.

Any mobile operator tries to keep up with the times. One of the services that appeared not so long ago is the provision of city numbers to subscribers. Undoubtedly, they are in demand. Such a number looks solid, but it is impossible to immediately understand that the phone is not in the office. Communication is carried out by the operator through a single federal mobile number, which acts as a switch. Using the phonenum.info service, such numbers are determined easily and easily. The base of Rossvyaz RF is used for recognition. You can find out the region, city and name of the mobile operator. ,

How to find out where they called from without the Internet?

Using network services is the easiest way to find out where a call came from. But what about those who do not have access to the Internet? Do not forget that the mobile operator records all incoming and outgoing calls, as a result they are reflected in the detail of calls. And this means that you can find out where they called you from by calling the customer support service directly using a single short number.

• Beeline 0611,
• "Tele" 2, 611,
• MTS 0890,
• Megafon 0500.

However, it is not at all necessary to look for unnecessary information on how to contact the Beeline operator or any other cellular company. In addition, waiting for a response from a specialist can be delayed, since such services are usually very busy. To get a short version of call details on the phone, you just need to know the short command. It is different for each operator and usually looks like "* XXX #". ,

As you can see, everything you need to find out the information you need is encrypted in the structure of any phone number. However, it is not always possible to establish for certain where they tried to contact you from. After all, using a SIM card of a Russian operator, a subscriber can call from any part of the world. Therefore, it is simply impossible to foresee everything. ,