How to determine the operator by phone number?

Subscribers of various cellular communications often face a situation when it is necessary to determine the operator by mobile phone number. Such information may be needed for various reasons, the main one being the avoidance of fraud.

Why recognize a provider?

The subscriber may need to determine the provider for the following reasons:

• saving money for a call if the caller is dialing from another city or country;
• location determination;
• if a person has little money on the balance sheet, it is advisable to call the subscriber with the same operator, since usually network companies do not charge for calls within the network.

Identification by code

There are many free websites on the Internet where it’s easy and affordable to find out your network service provider. For identification, you just need to dial the cell number and click search.

For convenience, you can save a picture of the ciphers of Russian prefixes in the gadget so that you always have access to identification.

Russian prefixes

The above providers are the most popular and popular in the Russian Federation. They have the largest number of customers and are represented in all regions.

Tele2 was recognized as the youngest provider of network services, but it has already established itself in the telecommunications services market. He owns the codes: 900, 901, 908, 950, 951, 952, 953 and so on. In addition, the region can be identified by prefixes. For example, 900 refers to any city, and 904 refers to the Lipetsk, Kemerovo, and Irkutsk regions.

For other operators, you can use the following tables:

Megaphone Codes

Beeline Codes

MTS Codes

For the exact establishment of the provider, it is recommended to go to the official Beeline, MTS or Tele2 website. There is all the relevant information that will help in recognition.

For example, in Megaphone there is a convenient service for identifying cell numbers. To do this, dial * 629 # + any cellular command. The message will contain information about the caller.

How scammers cheat, knowing only a mobile phone number

Each mobile subscriber has an individual cipher, which is not stored on the SIM card. On the SIM card, only the identifier remains in the memory, which can be sent to the service provider after registration.

An individual code is a set of 15 digits, among which:

• the first three digits identifies the country of the caller (for example, in Germany +49);
• the following two relate to a particular operator;
• The last 10 is a SIM card, which are recognized as defining and basic.

When the subscriber expires the SIM card service life or it is blocked, he should be given a new card with the same numbers or restore it. However, this is not always possible, since it could already be entered into the database and issued to another person.

Fraudsters use the SIM number to gain access to the subscriber’s data and manage their account. Therefore, if the SIM card has lost its technical characteristics, it is better to immediately start a new one, and not restore the old number.

Before answering a call, a person sometimes wants to know the operator by mobile phone number in order to avoid financial troubles. If he does not have the opportunity to immediately check the location of the caller or operator, it is better not to answer the call, but to call back later.