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WhoIsThisPhone Announces Geolocation Targeting for Reverse Phone Number Lookup
December 20, 2011


Reverse phone number Lookup provider WhoIsThisPhone.com announced that it is unveiling geolocation targeting feature through Google (News - Alert) Maps. This is expected to provide an accurate identification of addresses of almost any telephone owner.

It was revealed that users can find people for free via a reverse phone lookup on the new system. WhoIsThisPhone.com promises to help people against harassing phone calls, marketing ploys, and identity theft.

Also the reverse phone number lookup services offers a onetime extended report if the researcher needs additional information. Besides, consumers will be able to find out who called them and trace telemarketing messages, debt collectors, or harassing phone calls accurately.

Officials explained that in order to locate a person who is calling it is best to start a phone number trace on WhoIsThisPhone.com and provide insight on specific numbers via their unique commenting system community.

The comment community helps users to build conversation around a specific phone number. This results in a collection of data on problematic phone numbers with which many businesses and consumers may experience poor results.

The reverse phone lookup requires the user to simply enter the area code and the seven digit telephone number they are trying to trace. The visitor finds the geo location of the phone number at once on the map along with additional information like city, state, and type of provider. 

According to officials this telephone research Web service provides a free trial for 5 days which allows users to leverage its capabilities without experiencing any risks. Consumers who need to locate other private unpublished background information can perform almost unlimited tracing of marriage, divorce, property, criminal and arrest records. The user such as a business or consumer will require a premium account to perform a deeper research.

The upgraded Web services also allow the performance of a reverse e-mail trace and full criminal background record check.

In related news, a brand new website, CarrierLookup was launched that allows users to search mobile phone numbers online and instantly get the carrier associated with the cell phone number. Users get a free tool to stop unwanted calls. 


Shamila Janakiraman is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Shamila’s articles, please visit her columnist page.

Edited by Jennifer Russell

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