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Cellular Phone Forum / Country Specific / UK Group / December 2006How check a phone number is on Orange
Is there a direct way to find if a number is on Orange .... Maybe there is a special Orange number which I can call for this info? Perhaps a web page which confirms if a number is on Orange or not? Or phone 150 each time I want to check. (What a chore!) --- I'd usually check with this web site but ported numbers may be wrong, so it's not as useful as I'd like. http://www.ukphoneinfo.com/section/home/introduction.shtml Larry submitted this idea : > Is there a direct way to find if a number is on Orange .... > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > it's not as useful as I'd like. > http://www.ukphoneinfo.com/section/home/introduction.shtml If you have an orange phone yourself, call your voicemail & choose to send a message to another user. If it lets you send to the mobile number you want to check, it's with Orange, otherwise it's not. I rather thought dialling 07973100123 from a non-orange phone would yield similar results, however, it doesn't seem to work this evening. >I rather thought dialling 07973100123 from a non-orange phone would >yield similar results, however, it doesn't seem to work this evening. Very hard to tell these days due to number porting. However, it always used to be the case that when dialling an Orange mobile, there was a long single ring followed by the normal burr, burr ring. This may have changed in recent years or other networks may now exhibit the same sequence. W. >> I rather thought dialling 07973100123 from a non-orange phone would >> yield similar results, however, it doesn't seem to work this evening. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > W. 3 does the same thing. > Is there a direct way to find if a number is on Orange .... Orange and 3 network phones when called, start with one ring, then ring ring All other networks start with ring ring Steve Terry >> Is there a direct way to find if a number is on Orange .... >> > Orange and 3 network phones when called, start with one ring, > then ring ring > All other networks start with ring ring I suppose that has improved his odds of finding out - a bit. > Is there a direct way to find if a number is on Orange .... > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > it's not as useful as I'd like. > http://www.ukphoneinfo.com/section/home/introduction.shtml For the end user your site mentioned above seems one of the best I've seen, though as you've said if a numbers ported across from one network to another this may be incorrect. When numbers are ported from one network to another the initial call routing still goes via the original network. A network engineer could trace the routing for that number and identify where it ends up but I doubt customer services would have a clue! Probably the easiest way would be to phone the person who's numbers in question and ask them. >A network engineer could > trace the routing for that number and identify where it ends up How? Regards Andrew >>A network engineer could >> trace the routing for that number and identify where it ends up [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Regards > Andrew When I used to do faulting on the network (BT that is) it was all done via Switch Manager, and you could eventually track where a call ended up, IE breaking out of the BT Network to (say) Orange, Vodafone, etc, etc, or ending up at a particular location within the network. As for getting that information for a single number via this route, I think you have whats known as 'a cat in hells chance'. Regulation, process, proecdure, etc, would prevent it being divulged. J > Is there a direct way to find if a number is on Orange .... > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > it's not as useful as I'd like. > http://www.ukphoneinfo.com/section/home/introduction.shtml For the end user your site mentioned above seems one of the best I've seen, though as you've said if a numbers ported across from one network to another this may be incorrect. When numbers are ported from one network to another the initial call routing still goes via the original network. A network engineer could trace the routing for that number and identify where it ends up but I doubt customer services would have a clue! Probably the easiest way would be to phone the person who's numbers in question and ask them. > For the end user your site mentioned above seems one of the best I've > seen, though as you've said if a numbers ported across from one network [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Probably the easiest way would be to phone the person who's numbers in > question and ask them. If they've sent you a text message, would checking the source SMSC number work? Do virtual networks use their own? > If they've sent you a text message, would checking the source SMSC > number work? It certainly would. > Do virtual networks use their own? Good question, which also stands for 3 users roaming outside of the 3G coverage area. Pass! Regards  SignatureJon Pitts Email: jon@pitts50.co.uk Attachments: files@pitts50.co.uk > Is there a direct way to find if a number is on Orange .... > Maybe there is a special Orange number which I can call for this info? [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > it's not as useful as I'd like. > http://www.ukphoneinfo.com/section/home/introduction.shtml Yes. Call voicemail, select the option to send a message to another Orange user, enter the number and there's your answer! then just hang up. It's Ideal for users on Orange/landline only tariffs to check a number before they call it or to take up promotions/discounted rates only to Orange numbers, and AFAIK it will pick up on ported numbers, even better if you get voicemail free or included within your free minutes, as it won't cost you to check :-) Dan |
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