Reverse Cell Phone Search

Over the last 5 years, the use and ownership of mobile and cell phones has exploded to the point where almost two thirds of the planet now own a mobile phone. There has never been any serious attempt by any of the large network providers to create and maintain a mobile phone number directory, or white pages. The problem is that so many people change their number every year when they upgrade their handsets it would be difficult to keep it up to date. In addition, there is no requirement to register a mobile phone so it would be highly likely that any white pages would be rapidly out of date shortly after it was published.

Back in 2002, we recognized that there could be a demand for such a directory and created allnumbers.com to offer an online opt-in version. This is a free to join and free to use directory specifically aimed at mobile phone users who choose to add their own number to the directory. The site has gone from strength to strength and we now average 8000 to 10000 visits a day from people all over the world. There are also a few other web sites that permit the upload of mobile numbers to a searchable database but none of them appear to have any regard for privacy. Allnumbers.com has a tight privacy policy and we insist that the person registering the mobile number validates that they own the number by clicking on a confirmation link in an email, and their listing will not become public until this has been done. This safeguards against people having their number listed by just anyone. We could always track who registered a number in the event of a dispute, and pass the details on to the appropriate authorities. You can find out more from our allnumbers.com FAQ page

We also have a WAP site which allows people to search for a number from their WAP enabled mobile or cell phone. This would be very useful if you were out on the road, and needed to find a number quickly. By using the WAP service, you could quickly trace a mobile number providing the person you were looking for had registered with us.

We have also introduced a reverse number search lookup facility. So if you happen to know a mobile number, you can search to see if the name of the owner is listed in our records. This has proved to be quite a popular service.

We are regularly asked why we don’t charge for listings or searches, and the simple answer is that we didn’t start this out to be a big business, just a free service. We place selected advertisements around the site which funds our expenses.