Question

I am able to get the carrier name using the following snippet :

TelephonyManager telephonyManager = ((TelephonyManager) mContext.getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE));
String operatorName = telephonyManager.getNetworkOperatorName();

It works really fine.

I am also able to get the incoming call number using the following snippet:

private final PhoneStateListener phoneStateListener = new PhoneStateListener() {

    @Override
    public void onCallStateChanged(int state, String incomingNumber) {
        String callState = "UNKNOWN";
        switch (state) {
            case TelephonyManager.CALL_STATE_RINGING:
        }
    }
}

I want to find out the carrier name / service provider name of an incoming number.
How can I achieve that?
Is that possible to get the incoming number’s location, say, for example the country?

Answer 1

It’s not possible to get the carrier name of a whatever mobile number neither with the Android API. At least is not that easy (and you could fall into some privacy related issue i think).

Read this article for more information:

http://sms411.net/2006/07/finding-out-someones-carrier/

Of course you can try to find the original carrier (using the prefix), but that could be different from the actual one…