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by alexkinch 4093 days ago
For mobile numbers it sounds like this uses an HLR Lookup service, which will (in simple terms) return the Mobile Country Code (MCC) and Mobile Network Code (MNC) - e.g. MCC 234 is the UK, and MNC 20 is Hutchinson 3G (aka 3). If you were to check the number itself against a numbering plan (for the UK http://www.telecom-tariffs.co.uk/codelook.htm is a useful tool) it'd show the original operator.