DOTS Phone Exchange 2Real-time API provides advanced phone intelligence
Including line type, date ported, and location information
Helps prevent fraud and support TCPA compliance
Domestic (USA, Canada, and Puerto Rico)
Returns the phone number carrier including name, city, state, time zone, line type, latitude, longitude, SMS and MMS address information associated with that carrier. Includes information about ported status; plus ported and original carrier information and the Local Access & Transport Area (LATA) information, which is the 3-digit code designating carrier boundary information. Identifies Portable VoIP and Prepay Phones. Service Objects’ proprietary database contains more than 4,000 telecom carriers from the US, Canada, and Puerto Rico.
(For reverse phone lookup please visit DOTS GeoPhone Plus 2.)
International
Validates and formats phone numbers for National and International E.164 phone direct dialing, including the International call prefix. The service also returns line type (e.g. mobile, VoIP, pager, etc), country code (ISO2, ISO3 and full country name), SMS/MMS address, time zone and geocoding information, where available.
We also detect the location and line type to ensure compliance with the FCC’s Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).
