Current Carrier Lookup

The carrier serving the number today.
Not the one from 2016.

Resolved live from national portability registries — with the original carrier and a ported flag in every response.

Live registry data Original + current carrier No result, no surcharge

Example response

Number +1 415 555 2671
Original carrier T-Mobile
Current carrier Verizon Wireless
Ported Yes
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Current Carrier Lookup runs on every paid plan and credit pack — the free tier covers standard validation.

The problem

Carrier data goes stale

A number assigned to Vodafone in 2016 might be on Orange today. The standard carrier field in every validation API — including ours — returns the network the number was assigned to. Number portability means that answer goes stale. Current Carrier Lookup resolves the network that serves the number right now.

Why it pays

What knowing the real network buys you

Stop paying to text the wrong network

SMS routes and prices follow the current carrier, not the original one. Ported numbers billed to the wrong network are silent margin leaks in every campaign.

Dial with confidence

Caller-ID reputation, routing, and connect rates all depend on knowing who really serves the number.

Know before you trust

A recently ported number is a classic SIM-swap signal. Get the ported flag and both carriers in one response.

How it works

One parameter on the call you already make

Add mode=current to a standard verify request. You get the full validation result, plus the current carrier, its line type, and a ported flag. 

$ curl "https://api.veriphone.io/v3/verify?phone=%2B14155552671&mode=current&key=YOUR_API_KEY"

{
  "status": "success",
  "phone": "+14155552671",
  "phone_valid": true,
  "phone_type": "mobile",
  "country": "United States",
  "carrier": "T-Mobile USA, Inc.",
  "current_carrier": "Verizon Wireless",
  "current_line_type": "mobile",
  "ported": true
}

Example response. The standard validation fields are always included; a current lookup tells you which network holds the number, not whether the handset is switched on or reachable.

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Pricing

10 credits per lookup. 1 if we can't resolve it.

No separate plan, no separate balance — Current Carrier Lookup draws from the same credits as standard validation.

Plan Current Carrier Lookup / 1,000
Starter $12.99 $13.00
Professional $39 $7.80
Business $99 $4.00
Enterprise $249 $2.50

Credit packs run down to $2.00 per 1,000. If the current carrier can't be resolved, you pay the standard 1-credit rate — no result, no surcharge.

For comparison: Twilio's Line Type Intelligence — which returns cached line-type data, not live portability lookups — is $8.00 per 1,000.

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Coverage

230+ countries and territories

Current carrier resolution covers nearly every country we validate — see the live coverage list. Where it isn't available, the standard validation result is returned at the standard 1-credit rate.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

A current carrier lookup resolves the network operator serving a phone number today, from national portability registries. That matters because numbers move: once a number is ported, the carrier it was originally assigned to — what standard validation APIs return — is no longer the network that serves it.

Standard carrier lookup — included in every Veriphone validation — returns the carrier a number's range was assigned to in the national numbering plan. It's fast and cheap, but it can't see porting. Current Carrier Lookup queries portability registries for the network serving the number right now, and returns both carriers plus a ported flag so you can compare them.

You still get the full standard validation result, and you're charged the standard 1-credit rate instead of 10. No result, no surcharge.

No. An HLR lookup pings the mobile network's Home Location Register to ask about a specific SIM — it can tell you whether a handset is reachable, and it involves signaling into the network. Current Carrier Lookup reads national portability registries instead: it tells you which network holds the number, without touching the device. It does not indicate whether the phone is switched on or reachable. Some third-party directories describe Veriphone as an HLR service — that's their error, not our claim.

10 credits per lookup — 1 for the standard validation, plus 9 for the registry resolution. If the current carrier can't be resolved, only the standard 1 credit is charged. On plan tiers that's $13.00 down to $2.50 per 1,000 lookups; credit packs run down to $2.00. See pricing.

No. Every paid plan and credit pack covers both products from one credit balance. The free tier covers standard validation only — Current Carrier Lookup needs a paid plan or pack.

Know who really serves your numbers

Start with 1,000 free validation credits, then add a plan or pack for current-carrier resolution.

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