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Telecom Operator Lookup API

Check whether a number is active, which operator serves it now (after porting), its circle, prepaid or postpaid status and whether it appears on the revoked-number list, before you rely on it for OTPs or collections.

Response
Real-time
Inputs
1 required
Consent
Not required
Billing
Per successful call
POST /v1/telecom-operator-lookup
Sandbox · Production
  1. Your application sends

    • Mobile number*
  2. emver API

    Validates the request, queries the source, normalises the answer and logs the call. Billed only on success.

  3. Verified with

    Authoritative source

  4. You receive

    • Number active
    • Current operator
    • Telecom circle
    • Prepaid / postpaid
    • Ported
    • Revoked / recycled number
telecom-operator-lookup Full reference
Overview

What the Telecom Operator Lookup API does

Send the mobile number; receive current operator, home circle, connection type, porting history and the revoked or recycled flag.

Benefits

Why teams use the Telecom Operator Lookup API

Operator, circle, connection type and porting status for any Indian mobile number.

OTP deliverability

Do not send to dead or recycled numbers.

Recycled-number fraud

Flag numbers reassigned since your customer registered them.

Use cases

Where it's called

Where the Telecom Operator Lookup API is typically called, and what it settles there.

Contact hygiene for lenders

Clean collections dialler lists monthly.

Onboarding

Route OTPs correctly and block risky numbers.

How it works

Four steps, one response envelope

Request and response details, environments and a ready-to-import collection are in the developer console.

  1. 01

    Authenticate

    Call with your organisation API key. Sandbox and production use the same contract.

  2. 02

    Send the inputs

    Mobile number as a JSON body. Optional fields sharpen the match.

  3. 03

    We verify at source

    emver queries the authoritative record, normalises the answer and logs the request.

  4. 04

    Act on the result

    A verification status plus the fields listed above, in the same response envelope as every other API.

Privacy and security built in

Consent recorded · Payloads not retained beyond your retention window · Every request traceable

FAQ

Telecom Operator Lookup API: frequently asked questions

What teams ask before adding the Telecom Operator Lookup API to their integration.

A regulator-published list of numbers disconnected and eligible for reassignment. A hit means the number may no longer belong to your customer.

Related

APIs that run alongside it

Usually called with the Telecom Operator Lookup API, on the same key.

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