Phone Numbers - Operator Information Search

Service:

Communication

API Version:

2025-06-01

Searches for number format and operator information for a given list of phone numbers.

POST {endpoint}/operatorInformation/:search?api-version=2025-06-01

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
endpoint	path	True	string (url)	The communication resource, for example https://resourcename.communication.azure.com
api-version	query	True	string	Version of API to invoke

Request Body

Name	Required	Type	Description
phoneNumbers	True	string[]	Phone number(s) whose operator information is being requested
options		OperatorInformationOptions	Represents options to modify a search request for operator information

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	OperatorInformationResult	Success
Other Status Codes	CommunicationErrorResponse	Failure

Examples

Search for number format and operator information on phone numbers

Sample request

HTTP

POST https://resourcename.communication.azure.com//operatorInformation/:search?api-version=2025-06-01

{
  "phoneNumbers": [
    "+11234567899"
  ],
  "options": {
    "includeAdditionalOperatorDetails": true
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:

200

{
  "values": [
    {
      "phoneNumber": "+11234567899",
      "nationalFormat": "+1 (123) 456-7899",
      "internationalFormat": "+1 123 456 7899",
      "numberType": "mobile",
      "isoCountryCode": "US",
      "operatorDetails": {
        "name": "T-Mobile",
        "mobileNetworkCode": "260",
        "mobileCountryCode": "310"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Definitions

Name	Description
CommunicationError	The Communication Services error.
CommunicationErrorResponse	The Communication Services error.
OperatorDetails	Represents metadata describing the operator of a phone number
OperatorInformation	Represents metadata about a phone number that is controlled/provided by that phone number's operator.
OperatorInformationOptions	Represents options to modify a search request for operator information
OperatorInformationRequest	Represents a search request for operator information for the given phone numbers.
OperatorInformationResult	Represents a search result containing format and operator information associated with the requested phone numbers
OperatorNumberType	Type of service associated with the phone number

CommunicationError

Object

The Communication Services error.

Name	Type	Description
code	string	The error code.
details	CommunicationError[]	Further details about specific errors that led to this error.
innererror	CommunicationError	The inner error if any.
message	string	The error message.
target	string	The error target.

CommunicationErrorResponse

Object

The Communication Services error.

Name	Type	Description
error	CommunicationError	The Communication Services error.

OperatorDetails

Object

Represents metadata describing the operator of a phone number

Name	Type	Description
mobileCountryCode	string	Mobile Country Code, 3 decimal digits that identify a country/region
mobileNetworkCode	string	Mobile Network Code, 2 or 3 decimal digits that identify mobile networks within a country/region
name	string	Name of the phone operator

OperatorInformation

Object

Represents metadata about a phone number that is controlled/provided by that phone number's operator.

Name	Type	Description
internationalFormat	string	International format of the phone number
isoCountryCode	string	ISO 3166-1 two character ('alpha-2') code associated with the phone number.
nationalFormat	string	National format of the phone number
numberType	OperatorNumberType	Type of service associated with the phone number
operatorDetails	OperatorDetails	Represents metadata describing the operator of a phone number
phoneNumber	string	E.164 formatted string representation of the phone number

OperatorInformationOptions

Object

Represents options to modify a search request for operator information

Name	Type	Description
includeAdditionalOperatorDetails	boolean	Includes the fields operatorDetails, numberType, and isoCountryCode in the response. Please note: use of this option will result in additional costs

OperatorInformationRequest

Object

Represents a search request for operator information for the given phone numbers.

Name	Type	Description
options	OperatorInformationOptions	Represents options to modify a search request for operator information
phoneNumbers	string[]	Phone number(s) whose operator information is being requested

OperatorInformationResult

Object

Represents a search result containing format and operator information associated with the requested phone numbers

Name	Type	Description
values	OperatorInformation[]	Results of a search. This array will have one entry per requested phone number which will contain the relevant operator information.

OperatorNumberType

Enumeration

Type of service associated with the phone number

Value	Description
unknown
other
geographic
mobile