What is Phone Number Lookup?

Firstly let us examine exactly what we mean by a phone number lookup. If you have in your possession a residential phone number but no idea who the number belongs to or what address it relates to you can use a "reverse lookup" service to find out those details. This can obviously be very useful in situations where you have lost contact with someone but still have a record of their phone number, or simply wish to verify who owns the number before mistakenly phoning the wrong number. There are many places you can perform such residential and business phone lookups online for free, including toll-free numbers.

However a problem arises when you need to run a reverse lookup on a cellular phone as the free directories do not contain any such numbers. Similarly they do not contain fax numbers or unlisted numbers as this information is only held by the carriers and telecommunications companies. Do these records exist, and are they free?

The good news is there are websites which are able to grant access to the cell phone company databases, the only place cell records are currently held, but they are not free. These websites naturally have to pay the cell companies for this information, and as a result you will be charged a small fee before you can access the lookup databases. However the fee is a one-off payment and you can run as many searches as you like once you have access.