In the United States, you can port your number to any cell phone provider you like. So they do not technically own the number, even if they start out with the number.
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You can find out who owns a certain cell phone number for free by going to white pages and doing a reverse number lookup. It is free to do it on whitepages. But there are a lot of websites that charge a fee but they are more than likely scams.
It is possible for citizens to use reverse phone number lookup websites to find out who owns the cell phone in question. However, police and the authorities are able to track, trace and find phone owner details from just the cell phone number.
Can't imagine that any reputable company would remove the customer who owns the phone from it. They might help you find the person who it belongs to.
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A Reverse Phone Lookup will show you the name of the person or company who owns the number. To do a search, you must enter all ten digits of the phone number. The website you use will look for every public record associated with that number, and provide results about each owner. Depending on the site you use, you can get information from the last 40 years or so.
There are several service providers who own and operate cell phone towers in Montana.
Cingular/AT&T Wireless. However, because people can transfer their cell numbers to other providers, the person who owns the number in question might be with a different provider now.
To find out who owns a phone number, you can use a reverse phone lookup website. Take note that although landline phone reports are free because those numbers are public record, cell phone reports will cost a fee because cell phone information is private, and therefore not freely available.
The emergency centre or hospital owns the phone number as a shortcut to getting help with police, firemen or ambulances.
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