DOTS Phone Exchange 2 provides advanced information for both domestic and international phone numbers.
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 2,300 telecom carriers from 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.
Provides real-time phone number validation including phone exchange identification, line type and ported history information on 10 digit US and Canadian phone numbers.
Sample Request URL
JSON OUTPUT
https://trial.serviceobjects.com/PE2/api.svc/ExchangeInfo/8059631700/[YourKey]?format=jsonXML OUTPUT
https://trial.serviceobjects.com/pe2/api.svc/GetExchangeInfo?PhoneNumber=8059631700&LicenseKey=[YourKey]For International numbers, detects and validates 15 digit global phone numbers, returns line type and National/International direct dialing formats.
Sample Request URL
JSON OUTPUT - International
https://trial.serviceobjects.com/pe2/api.svc/InternationalExchangeInfo/20237472000/Egypt/[YourKey]?format=jsonXML OUTPUT - International
https://trial.serviceobjects.com/pe2/api.svc/GetInternationalExchangeInfo?PhoneNumber=20237472000&Country=Egypt&LicenseKey=[YourKey]
