How to Trace a Cell Phone Number

If you ever wanted to trace a cell number number to its owner, the first thing you'd probably do is try to look in the phone-book, perhaps the white-pages. Wireless numbers are however unlisted in ordinary directories like the white or yellow pages due to certain regulations set in place to protect the privacy of users.
Have you heard about the "Wireless 411 Privacy Act"?
It's a bill that was introduced on the 25th of November 2003 to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to protect the privacy rights of subscribers to wireless communications services. It is privacy acts/laws such as this one that is protecting the mobile phone subscribers', that is yours and mine', privacy. This is also the reason why you can't find mobile numbers listed on phone books such as the yellow or white-pages.
Online reverse cellular phone number directories are your only option!
You may ask if the white-pages can't publish them, how can these directories are able to publish cellular numbers. The answer is simple. The white pages is 'PUBLIC DOMAIN' while these online directories are 'PRIVATELY OWNED'. These companies have obtained legal rights to collect and distribute mobile phone owner information on their databases.
How to make sure you get ACCURATE results every time - 2 Important Tips!
If you pay close attention, you will see that there are a ton of such online services available. However, not all of them are equally good in what they do. Therefore it's extremely important that you pay attention to the following two factors when selecting a database.
A database which is regularly updated - the best directories update themselves as often as every 15 minutes. Outdated databases can potentially give you information about past owners, but you want to know the current owner!
A database that covers more than 90% of the wireless customers in the US - That would mean that it should have at least 200-215 million numbers. Sure you can use a database that only has 100 million numbers, but then the statistical probability of you finding the information you're looking for also goes down to about 50%!
However, NOT all reverse cell phone directories are equally Accurate and Reliable Some databases are just too small while some are outdated and therefore inaccurate. You must avoid such databases at any cost.