History Of Your Cell Phone Numbers

Published by phonenumbers, on March 31st, 2010, in the categories: Historical data





Because many of us become almost obsessed in technology, the majority of people don’t change their cell phone because it actually broke, but because it is out of fashion or simply its technology is exceeded by other models, much performing. And the interesting part is that every month are released on market new models, so the ones who adore changing often the cell phones are really thrilled by this fact.

Nowadays, almost all the new cell phones have the 3G technology, a performing foto and video camera and many other options for calls that are designed to make your life easier and for you to consider your mobile phone a real organizer, almost a “portable assistant”.

The options for calls are many and very helpful, because they make your calls more organized. So, the cell phones are designed to keep the history of your cell phone numbers, so that you know permanently what phone calls did you made, the missed calls and the received calls.

The history of your cell phone numbers will depend on the type of cell phone you have, because some of them only save the last 10 numbers, others 20, and the ones more performing 30 or more phone numbers.

The history of your cell phone numbers will help you verify all the time the phone numbers who calls you and the exact hour and minute of the call. It is also very helpful if your unruly child is “stealing” your phone only to play with. You can see after you get back if he made any phone call, or if you received any phone call while the cell phone was not in your possession.

Sometimes, the history of your cell phone numbers can be even more advanced, according to the capacity of the mobile phone. So, you can even see the length of the discussion, and if you have all the lines opened, you will not miss a phone call.

You can also have the history of your cell phone numbers by asking this to the company that insures you the phone services. By asking them this, you will get at home both with your payment bill the situation of your calls for the past month. If you are using a lot the computer and you consider it will be easier if you would get the listing by e-mail, the company can send you the information requested by the mean you want.

Of course, if it is for the whole month, this history will include more than 10, 20 or 30 calls, because you will see there all the phone calls you made every day, in the past 30 days, and if you are one of those persons who spend hours talking on the phone, then the listing can be quite long.



How To Block A Phone Number

Published by phonenumbers, on March 10th, 2010, in the categories: Historical data, cell phone numbers

In 1876, when Alexander Graham Bell invented the phone, all people thought that this is the biggest invention on Earth. Years running, the phone became so popular that everyone tried to have one. Not all of them could afford to buy a phone, but the miracle was so big that they said that the investment it worthing all money.  Years passing, people got used to the new object from the house and wanted more.



97 years later, in 1973, Martin Cooper from Motorola was making the first phone call from a portable phone. Now, the magic was complete. When people find out about the releasing on market of this amazing product, they understood that a new Era was about to begin. As time was passing, people wanted to have a portable phone, so that they could make phone calls wherever they are.



People started to subscribe to phone companies, and so a new problem appeared. Everyone knows that a phone call can be welcomed or on the contrary. Next question is normal: how to block a phone number? At the beginning, the technology of the portable phones was not as advanced as now, and 15-20 years ago people couldn’t block a phone call or number, because of the characteristics of the model.

Nowadays, the performance of the phone technology has evolved so much, that now mobile phones became smarter even than a PC. Every phone has now an option that allows banning a certain phone number, so that you don’t be disturbed anymore by unpleasant persons. This is one of the answers to our question, how to block a phone number.

Another method is that you go straight to the phone company and to ask them to save that phone number in their data base, so that they ban the call from that number to your mobile phone. In this way, people have the opportunity to choose what calls to answer at.

As the time goes by, specialists from mobile phone companies improve the technology that makes our life easier. Soon, we will benefit by new phone options, wiser and available on every cellular phone model.

The first mobile phone released on market costed 7.400 $ in the actual money, so not everyone could afford such an expensive phone, even mobile. Now, with 300-400 dollars you can have a smart phone, which includes the technology of a phone, a PC, a TV set and a photo camera, all in high performance.

The smallest mobile phone weights 40 grams, and the first model was 453 grams, so that you realize the progress of science nowadays. It is amazing how a little box, like a match box, include to many smart characteristics.

The dimensions go smaller and smaller, but the performance goes higher and higher.

Cell Phone Numbers History

Published by phonenumbers, on February 13th, 2010, in the categories: Historical data

To find out something about the cell phone number history we have to look into the history of mobile phones because the numbers could not exist without cell phones. After the first landline phone has been invented and implemented into the world lots of people have thought how to improve it.



That’s how today we have digital landline phones on fiber optics with additional services like ADSL, VDSL internet connection, DSL television, and other services. Although landline has so many benefits it still lacks something – the mobility. Many times in the history of phone development people have been wandering how to have a phone in a car, or let’s say on a beach or on a mountain.



The landmark for a revolution in the world of communication has been set by Martin Cooper in 1973 that successfully made the first ever portable handset. In this revolution entered also Bell and AT&T who had made other prototypes. In a few year  the child in the communication industry has become a full grown up adult with such great attraction power and charisma that let the old landline companies way behind seducing consumers at a large scale.

Cell phone manufacturers found that there is an insatiable market for these devices. Modern day phones had integrated other functions besides that of making calls like browsing internet, listening music, watching movies, organizers and many others. It would take hours to discuss all functions found in modern day cell phones.

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) try to promote common standards among all countries for cell phone numbering. These are just recommendations and countries are using them as a guide that’s why we find international numbers with variable length up to 15 digits. When it comes to area codes every country has its own rules.

United States and Canada uses a fixed length area code from three digits, Australia and New Zealand have an area code of one digit. Argentina, Austria, United Kingdom and Germany have an area code of variable length from 2 to 5 digits. Japan has area codes from 1 to 5 digits, Syria and Peru from 1 to 2. There are also area codes incorporated into subscriber’s number in Spain and Norway.

The area code is used by phone companies to determine the cost of a call, usually the cost of a call inside an area is lower than outside calls. In United States because of the state regulations usually the cost of a call is higher than the one outside the state regulated by the competition among phone companies.



Cell phone numbering is regulated by governmental organizations from every country. You should know that a phone numbering system from an international cell phone service provider is different from a country to another. You have to look for information for a particular country numbering system if you want to clarify that. This information is important if you are calling from a network from another and you pay according to the network dialed.  Anyway check your phone company to find the cost of calls from your calling plan and what includes this.