How to find out the operator by phone number. How to identify the region by phone number.
Quite often there is a need to callby phone, but it is not clear to which region it belongs, especially if it is a mobile phone number. Therefore, it is impossible to determine how the connection fee will be charged-for both local and long-distance calls. Determining the region and the operator by phone number is quite simple, and how to do it you will learn in this article.
How to find out the operator by phone number
All numbers of Russian mobile operators andproviders are identified by three digits following the international prefix that denotes the country (+7). The combination of the phone itself consists of three parts: the country code, the operator code and the unique phone number. Each operator has its own code, which distinguishes it from the others. It consists of 3 digits and is called def-code (prefix). It allows you to determine which services are used by the owner of a particular mobile phone.
Today in Russia the most popular operators are four providers: MTS, Beeline, Tele2 and Megafon. Let us consider which prefixes correspond to each of them.
How MTS numbers start
If after the international prefix you see onefrom the following combinations, then the phone belongs to the operator of MTS: 910, 911, 912, 913, 914, 915, 916, 917,918, 919, 980, 981, 982, 983, 988. These codes contain information about belonging to the operator and about that , in which region the SIM card was purchased. More information on how to determine the region by phone, you will find below.
How Beeline numbers start
The numbers of the mobile operator Beeline ownUnique codes, thanks to which they can be distinguished from other providers. You can find Beeline numbers by the following def-codes: 903,905, 906, 909, 960, 961, 962, 963, 964, 965, 967. Depending on the region in which the SIM-card was purchased, the first few digits will be different for the code.
How Tele2 numbers start
Tele2 is one of the largest suppliersservices of mobile communication in Russia. He also owns unique codes that can identify the phone number: 900, 902, 904, 908, 950, 951, 952, 953. It should be remembered that after the abolition of the so-called mobile slavery, any subscriber can switch to another operator, phone. For this reason, the information about the membership of the number to certain operators may be irrelevant.
What are the numbers of MegaFon numbers start?
Provider Megafon also uses different prefixes depending on the region: 924, 929, 934, 928, 938, 929, 921, 931, 923, 933, 925, 926, 922, 932, 920, 930.
How to find out the region by phone number
There is a huge database - a directory, inwhich fixed codes that are relevant for all districts of the Russian Federation. You can find this information on the official websites of the providers. In order not to get confused in the variety of numbers, special services were created, allowing for a couple of seconds and mouse clicks to find out to which region the particular phone number belongs. To do this, just enter it in the field and click on the "Calculate" or "Start" button. Today, with the help of the search, you can find a huge number of similar services, but one of the most popular is "SpravPortal", which you can follow through the link.
How to find out the region by phone number on this service:
Enter the phone number in the empty box, without forgetting to specify the international prefix, operator code and phone number. It should total 11 digits.
Click the "Determine the operator" button.
After the page is automatically reloaded, you will see information about the country and region where the SIM card with the entered number was purchased.
Also the service provides the owner's website addresscompany and gives a visual image on the interactive map of the place of purchase of the room. Identifying the operator and region by phone number is much simpler today than a few years ago. Thanks to modern automatic data processing services, this work has become elementary and fast. However, one should remember the law on the abolition of mobile slavery and take into account that the subscriber could long ago change the operator, saving the number.
