Information about which operator owns a cell phone number is available to simple users of mobile devices throughout Russia. Call from an unknown subscriber is a good reason to find and refresh the prefixes of Russian telephone companies. The operator by the mobile phone number is determined through the list of regional telephone codes, available in many directories in stores or on websites on the Internet.
How to find out the operator by mobile phone number
The choice between online information sources and the usual directory is inclined to the first option in the sense that most communication service providers allow you to keep all the phone numbers unchanged when the provider changes. Searching for one country, city or company code alone does not give 100% confidence in the result of the audit. It is recommended to use both the site of your mobile provider and the third-party government services for determining:
- The first stage of determining an unknown source of a call is to check the code for belonging to a city subscriber network.
- The prefix digits will tell you if the combination is local, national or international.
- In case of a mismatch with any city code known to you on the territory of Russia, it remains to determine the operator by the mobile phone number.
The easiest way to find out is to enter the desired combination of numbers into the online search. The search engine will provide several links to options for free services, through which you will find out which region or mobile provider the sequence belongs to. The databases for mobile and city subscribers are constantly updated and contain up-to-date information. Remember that the operator by the mobile phone number is calculated with good accuracy and when using paper directories.
Russia's cellular operators codes
There are four main mobile providers in Russia, whose combinations recognize the determinants of user devices. Because of this, it is easy to check the operator by phone number. The combination of numbers used for any of them does not have a binding to the city or any other place, but the company operates within one country, rather than the whole world. By entering the prefix in the search, you are most likely to determine the operator that serves the subscriber.
Megaphone
Definition of an operator by mobile number for subscribers Megafon refers to the simplest tasks. The choice of two options:
- The first option is to use the online service Megaphone on the company's website, where you enter numbers and get exact information about the subscriber.
- The second option is to use the * 629 # request in USSD format, which recognizes and identifies the subscriber on modern and traditional models of mobile devices.
MTS
Simple USSD request type * 916 * number # is used by MTS subscribers to quickly determine basic information about the caller. After entering this command and substituting the required digits, it remains to press the call button and wait for a reply with a text message. In case of access to the Internet, the mobile operator by the phone number is determined on the sites of free services, the company MTS itself does not provide such a service on its resources.
Tele 2
For Tele2 subscribers, there is a concise and accessible online WHOIS service, through which you quickly check the digital sequence of the caller for belonging to this or another provider, as well as to the city networks. Checking with several third-party services will help to establish whether the subscriber has changed the binding to the cellular company without changing the number itself. The site of the Central Research Institute of Communications provides the most complete information on such cases.
Beeline
Mobile operator Beeline provides a form of quick information retrieval by phone with protection from automatic requests. The form will require you to enter the desired numbers and symbols from the generated picture. Beeline provides automatic identification services to its subscribers when they are connected with the consent of the subscriber. Beeline, like some other providers, provides an anti-detection service that will make it difficult to obtain information about a call from another subscriber.