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robjg63

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Topic # 108530 31-Aug-2012 12:03
My Apologies if the answer for this is lurking somewhere - maybe I havent used the right words to find it..... I have a mobile number - how can I check what network the number is running on. Thanks ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it it himself - A. H. Weiler

Athlonite

805 posts

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Reply # 679678 31-Aug-2012 12:12
027 = telecom 021 = Vodafone 022 = 2degrees not sure of the rest aka skinny and teltra/clear but just because it has one of the above prefixes does not necessarily mean it is on that particular network mine is an 021 Vodafone number but I have ported it to 2degrees network ..... Your best bet would be to pull the back off and check your SIM card to find the real network Asus Crosshair IV Formula AMD Phenom II X4 965BE, 8GB Corsair Vengence LP, Sapphire Radeon HD7850 2GB 950/1250, 1x WesternDigital WD2500AAJS 7200rpm 8MB cache SATAII , 1x Samsung spinpoin F1 HD502IJ 1x storage mode, 2x Samsung Spinpoint F1 HD502IJ RAID0 Boot, 1x Pioneer DVR212s 18x DVDRW, SilverStone ST75F-P (750W) Full Modular PSU, OS WINDOWS 7 x64 ultimate (7600), SilverStone RaVeN RV02B-W

sidefx

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Reply # 679681 31-Aug-2012 12:20
Athlonite: 027 = telecom 021 = Vodafone 022 = 2degrees not sure of the rest aka skinny and teltra/clear but just because it has one of the above prefixes does not necessarily mean it is on that particular network mine is an 021 Vodafone number but I have ported it to 2degrees network ..... Your best bet would be to pull the back off and check your SIM card to find the real network Yup, doesn't mean anything with number portability :) If you're on Telecom\Vodafone networks you can text the number you're interested in to 300. Not sure about the other networks. And it doesn't actually tell you what network the number is on (at least not with Vodafone) it just says "this is on our network" or I guess "this is not on our network."

ubergeeknz

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Orcon

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Reply # 679683 31-Aug-2012 12:24
So far as I can tell, the LMNP database is not available to the public. Best bet is to txt it to 300, as has been stated. Seems to work from my Orcon (vodafone) mobile.

AKLWestie

221 posts

Master Geek

Reply # 679697 31-Aug-2012 12:46
Text to 300 works on 2 degrees too

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