How To Trace Any Phone Number in the World?

According to the latest report from ITU (International Telecommunication Union) the worldwide mobile subscriber base stands at 4.1 billion (of which India accounts for almost 10% at 403.66 million at the end of April 2009) while fixed-line subscriber base at 1.27 billion. With dropping call rates and booming mobile telephony market we have to bear the burnt of getting lots of unwanted calls and missed calls.

Missed Calls

According to the latest report from ITU (International Telecommunication Union) the worldwide mobile subscriber base stands at 4.1 billion (of which India accounts for almost 10% at 403.66 million at the end of April 2009) while fixed-line subscriber base at 1.27 billion. With dropping call rates and booming mobile telephony market we have to bear the burnt of getting lots of unwanted calls and missed calls.

Sometimes we cannot even identify which country the missed call is from (except of course the ones from our home country and a few others for which we know the international dialing code). Then how do we find it?

Centralized database

There is a centralized database which has the following details about almost every phone number in the world.

  1. Type of Number
  2. Country
  3. City / State / Exchange location
  4. Original Network Provider

1. Type of Number

This specifies whether the number is a Mobile number or a Landline/Fixed line referred as Geographic number. There is also a type of number called NonGeographic Number in countries like UK which is not linked to any specific location/city.

2. Country

It is the country the number originates from.

3. City / State / Exchange location

This gives the city and exchange location information for a fixed line phone and the zone or state for a mobile number.

4. Original Network Provider

This is the actual telecom company providing the service like Airtel, BSNL, Verizon, T-Mobile etc. But network provider listed here may not be the present network/service provider because Number Portability is not taken into account.

How can you use this service?

To use this service go to this page and enter the number in the international format.

  • <country code> <full phone number>

Eg. +12532532533 or +447010752752

For fixed line phones, enter as follows:

  • <country code> <STD or area code> <phone number>

Eg. +914422102210

where 91 is India’s country code, 44 area code for Chennai and 22102210 being the actual phone number. In India area codes are of varying length but the phone number together with the area code is always 10 digits for Indian numbers.

You can also use 00 instead of + .

The databases are updated quite frequently, last time the databases were updated on 11th May 2009. Next update is expected during first week of June 2009. You can also purchase a license to access the entire database for about €55 per month. The databases are available in CSV format (comma delimited strings) as well as in TXT format (tab delimited values).

Click here to download a sample of the database in CSVformat.

How about Real Time Location Tracking?

By realtime location i mean where the mobile subscriber is at that particular moment of time. We can only know the realtime location of a mobile subscriber by reading the VLR (Visitor Location Register) or HLR(Home Location Register) database maintained by the network operators’  MSC (Mobile Switching Center) for each mobile subscriber. This is not possible as of now  (at least in India) and i doubt its availabilty in future too due to security/privacy concerns.

There are many websites claiming to give access to the owner information on paying a few dollars, but i don’t know if even they can provide realtime location of a mobile subscriber. If someone has used such services, please share your experiences. Let alone location, we cannot even know the name of the person on whose name the mobile number is registered.

Note 1 : Enter 5 or more digits(excluding county code) to get all the available details in many cases.

Note 2 : After doing a certain number of  queries/analysis in one session, the site does not allow you to continue your analysis, in that case just end the session and restart a new one or you can register a free account here which allows you to do almost unlimited number of analysis.

Links: Numbering Plans – Phone Number Analysis | Create a Free Account


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89 Comments

Prateek June 17, 2009

Really cool info…

sobhan October 24, 2010

can u tell e how 2 find the area from which the number is coming fro.

Sandeep Das December 17, 2010

its very easy. you can try it in way2sms.com also. just make an accout there of your own phone number. after that you will recieve ur password at that number. now using ur pasword n user name, login in way2sms.com now put the number of which you want to find location in the number location box. it will show you the location wher the number is registered(state+city/town+place). but not the xact place where the user is as it has been told by Mr. Prasannan also earlier.
i hope it will help you.

himanshu sharma March 22, 2012

cant get the location of no. in Saudi Arabia with your methord of way 2 sms……….

ss June 18, 2009

how to find the details of a mobile no. name and city

ganesh kakani October 13, 2010

how to find out that on whose name that mobile number belong.

Preet November 19, 2010

how to find the details of a mobile no. name and city.with out paying..?

Prasannan June 18, 2009

@ss
You can’t get personal details of any mobile user.
If you read the above post carefully, you can see that city/exchange location can only be found for a Fixedline/landline number, for a mobile number you can only find the zone/region/state. For eg, in India each metropolitans is a zone and each state is a zone.(For eg,Take TamilNadu, except chennai which is a seperate zone, the rest are one zone).Also since northeastern states are very small and less subscriber base, its simply called northeastern zone.

Shailesh December 26, 2010

hello sir can we find the place from where the person is using the mobile

manish July 2, 2009

hello dude how to trace a mobile location…?

with out paying..?

ravi kumar July 28, 2009

can i known the personal information of any mobile no?

Ganesan February 12, 2011

I think its not possible.. If u want to know the personal information means first FIR that number nearby poice station whether they tourcher u.Then go to the nearest customer care office and ask the detail with a FIR photocopy. I think now you can get the personal information about that number

harsh February 18, 2011

dear friend i read your comment the same problem for me i want to know the detail about idea no.

please tell me the solution if u have.

thanking for
harsh

mustafa May 18, 2011

How to find name and address user of mobile number

raaj August 24, 2009

i want to the method of hearing all the incoming and outgoing calls of a given number, is it possible, if possible, how?

salim July 1, 2012

how i can trace the location of international mobile number

vardhan October 1, 2009

how to find owner name and address.

Percy October 7, 2009

Hi i want to find out a mobile number in india how should i go about it do i have to pay to get one number. I have got the name of the person i want to find. Please help…

shahzad khan January 17, 2011

Dear sir,
i want to find out a mobile number in india how should i go about it do i have to pay to get one number. I have got the name of the person i want to find. Please help…

manish November 5, 2011

Dear sir,
i want to find out a mobile number in india how should i go about it do i have to pay to get one number. I have got the name of the person i want to find. Please help…

rani October 7, 2009

can i known the personal information of any mobile no? its very important for me pls let me know ……

raj July 1, 2011

Contact ur near by customer service center of concerned no. It is the only way.

sunil October 20, 2009

hello can i knew the realtime position of the mobile number. if there is any idea plz reply me soon.

prakash October 21, 2009

hi this is prakash. ur idea is good but i want know the owner name of that mobile number and complet details. is it possible if possible send me the process to my mail. my mail id is [email protected]

Rajasekar November 7, 2009

hey i wnt to know name and address from a mobile number pls help send mail to king320301[at]gmail.com

r v November 9, 2009

how to trace location of mobile no.

Rafi June 16, 2011

did you find the way to trace the exact location of a mobile no..
can you please share it with me…

Thank you.

ravi kumar December 16, 2009

hai,i have friend,their mobile not working,i guessing he lossed his mobile, so i think he taken another mobile,but i dont know his number,how to get his number.i know his full name

BBR January 23, 2010

You tottalyy rooock

Sowmya March 20, 2010

how to trace location of mobile number using black berry
please help me

anil April 21, 2010

i want to with the mobile no. to find out exactly the location or area in my bobile pls tel me.

sudhanshu May 11, 2010

can i get a mobile’s location…?? rather than its service provider

Naashii July 31, 2010

Hi. Plz say anyon,. How to get call list of a mobile number. Plz help me.

Aakash September 1, 2010

Hi boss i am Aakash my mobile was lost so how can i trace you my with my EMEI no pleace boss help me.

RAJESH September 1, 2010

i want to that Is there any software by which we can find the exact location of a particular no.?
if yes, then which one & how can we u it?

plz rply………as soon as possible…….

Rafi June 16, 2011

have u find any good software to trace the location of a mobile no.

Please also tell me.

Thank you.

sam sammy September 17, 2010

hi buddy

is this possible to trace the address of a person with the help of combination ip address and cellphone no ??

one more question

is there a way to use google lattitude to trace down location .. if the other person is not using it ??

waitin for a reply ..

Harry October 18, 2010

can i trace my mobile number live and accurately at which location it is

suresh October 25, 2010

hi,
can anyone help me in finding the details of a phone number (incomming & outgoing detais). pl help me in in this regard its very issue for me. please help me

Adi October 25, 2010

how i find address and owner name by mobile number

harshit October 31, 2010

there is no any software free or payble , you cant trace cell no for real time location in india

sai November 19, 2010

can we find the place from where the person is using the mobile

NITIN December 1, 2010

hi sir how was the find the name and address by mobile no.

shiva January 2, 2011

how to mobile call tracing?

AJI January 3, 2011

how to tricing please reply me……………………

Ankit January 26, 2011

The link and information given is useful to me.
Thanks for that.
But the post by Mr. Sandeep Das, in which it’s suggested to go thru way2sms ….can only show state and provider…. not the location, city or place of registration. It’ll always show the same location everytime if the mobile number belongs to that state.
If I can know how to find the location then please inform me bcause it’s not about tracing but also stop some funny guys who thinks no one catch him ever.

Thanks again.

Pratik jaiswal February 14, 2011

Hi!I want you to inform u that a person is calling me day and night and i want to find from where that crook is calling.I want to get his name and address.Please help me

MOHINI February 15, 2011

Dear sir/mam
Pls reply me how can i find the name and address by mobile no. & how cn i track it. Pls reply me as soon sa posible 4 u

Thanks

alok February 19, 2011

can anyone tell me in detail ,which person is outhorised to trace the mobile number

shardul February 22, 2011

can i known the personal information of any mobile no? its very important for me pls let me know ……

surinder March 2, 2011

can anybody tell me how i trace a international mobile number???????

madhu March 10, 2011

its good, atleast we come 2 know d location but as per all comments over here we need all d details of that modile number if possible then upload it fast its emmergency

ganesh March 21, 2011

no its not possible to get the name or address of the mobile user, so plz don’t waste time for search it.

dianne March 22, 2011

Hi,

I wanted to trace a landline number in India (not BSNL). How do i do it???

priyabrata March 23, 2011

how to find out that on whose name that mobile number belong.

frankie April 11, 2011

how can i track IMEI number location in india is there any software pls send me the link

karthick April 15, 2011

hi,i wanna find the address of the mobile number. Bcoz i’ve received many anonymous calls from different peoples. How can i find the address………..? Please help me

Vikramjeet April 26, 2011

Hi

Will you help me, can I find the detail i.e. name & address & country by feeding the mobile number. please reply me as soon as possible – Thanksssssssss

Manjunath June 15, 2011

how 2 trace a number?

krishan July 2, 2011

HI,
Is it possible to trace out the user details (contact details)of this airtel number. He is disturbing me like anything.
Number is 8826644292.

Regards,

Krishan Chaudhary

pooja July 10, 2011

hi.. how to get information about sms and calls of another docomo number without evn informing them… its urgent. i want to knw the details of other docomo no… plzzzzz help. thanks.

pooja July 10, 2011

plzzzz let me know…..

jineesh July 13, 2011

This is not possible pooja. Only that network operator can do this but they will not do this bec customer privacy

j.stephen August 3, 2011

hi sir how to trace the location of a unknown mobileno.

sharooq August 5, 2011

hi sir how to trace the number and know call regestir

takeshwar September 12, 2011

sir i want make a software to trace the any phone no for my college project pls guide about the tracing system

manpreet September 28, 2011

i tried to find location of numbers from way2sms but i got the same location of different mobile numbers……….why so?????????

sammm October 17, 2011

i wan 2 knw how 2 et actual position of any no????

tripti October 29, 2011

Dear sir/mam
Pls reply me how can i find the name and address by mobile no. & how cn i track it. Pls reply me as soon sa posible 4 u
Thanks

HK November 24, 2011

which website i am searched the xact possition of mobile phone?

Grasim November 28, 2011

can we find exact mobile location with the help of mobile no. if it is possible pls reply me on same.

herry December 5, 2011

how was the find the name and address by mobile no

dinesh January 9, 2012

sir how to check mobile details pls hepl me

dinesh January 9, 2012

Dear sir/mam
Pls reply me how can i find the name and address by mobile no. & how cn i track it. Pls reply me as soon sa posible 4 u
Thanks

ammu January 30, 2012

how to knw the operator of a particular number ?

prasannacln February 11, 2012

dear sir,
How to find out the location of the mobile number

kirthi February 12, 2012

how to know about the mobile number location at present using internet…. i need to know the answer very soon …its an emergency..pls help me in this regard

sanjay February 14, 2012

how to know the subscriber’s current network location..?

anil March 19, 2012

sir, i know the persons name addresses and present location….will u plz tell me how can i find his phone number….?

vsreddy April 29, 2012

Pls reply me how can i find the name and address by mobile no. & how cn i track it. Pls reply me as soon sa posible 4 u
Thanks

prem March 25, 2012

sir if there any software pls let me know n rply me as soon as possible o snd me a link

JP March 27, 2012

Hi, I lost my mobile phone few days back but now some one using that mobile, bcoz now m getting tracker msg from my mobile that no belongs to kerala vodafone, is there any +ve way to get the city/exact place details, cops are not helping properly bcoz mobile cost is 6,000 they wont understand our feelings so please help me help me help me am saying its bottom of my heart. Thanks you, J P, Kodagu, Karnataka

alex April 12, 2012

is there any way to find the current city in which that number is..??

bhanu prakash May 12, 2012

how to catch the mobile number person in india in ap

Madhu June 25, 2012

Can any one tell me how to find mobile number of a person by giving his name and address or either of the one.
OR
How to find the mobile number of a person by giving last 3 digits of his mobile number.

Thanks,
Madhu

ujjwal July 12, 2012

hi.. how to get information about sms and calls of another Airtel number without evn informing them… its urgent. i want to knw the details of other Airtel no… plzzzzz help. thanks.

rbpa August 29, 2012

hai guys, i have got last five digit no. 69334, where as i could not trace first five actual digits. plz help us. i and my friend need very urgenthelp

NARAYANAN PRABHAKAR July 25, 2015

+27 71 803 2445
can u find and provide the correct details about this telephone number. This phone have correct address or not.

Kashish Dutta Verma February 24, 2016

Hi I m getting calls from these 4-5 nos at odd times…can anyone help??
+4491651
+8891749
+541100
966599292086