| Online phone directories, like the White and Yellow | | | | creating a centralized cell phone directory akin to the |
| Pages, can be a great source of information when | | | | White Pages. Each cellular phone service provider |
| you need to find a person's or company's address | | | | would contribute to such a common database of |
| fast. But what happens when you don't have a name | | | | mobile numbers and their owners, and then it would |
| to look up? After all, when a name is the information | | | | be made available to the public for free. However, |
| you are looking for, an ordinary phone directory isn't | | | | the greatest concern about privacy resulted in the |
| of much help. In addition, neither the Yellow nor the | | | | idea to be abandoned. Additionally, the fact that |
| White Pages include mobile phone numbers... making | | | | telemarketers would gain easy access to cell phone |
| the job of tracing someone's identity, when all you | | | | numbers was unacceptable. |
| have is a telephone number, all the more difficult. | | | | Since you are generally charged for each call you |
| In those cases, a more effective and less | | | | answer on your mobile phone, the above concerns |
| time-consuming way to track down the cell phone | | | | do have a lot of weight. |
| owner's information is through a specialized reverse | | | | That does not mean that such a directory has not |
| cell phone directory. Before going into some details | | | | been created - in fact, it has been done. The only |
| about these reverse phone lookup services, I would | | | | issue is that putting such a directory together |
| like to briefly address one of the most common | | | | requires a lot of financial and time resources because |
| questions people have about cell phone directories. | | | | records must be compiled from hundreds of various |
| Specifically, is there a free reverse cell phone | | | | commercial and official sources. As a result, such a |
| directory somewhere on the Internet? | | | | service - if legitimate - will charge a fee to recoup |
| Back in 2004 there was some discussion about | | | | the costs. |