DOTS Phone Exchange
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| Fact | DOTS Phone Exchange | IPQualityScore Phone Validation API |
|---|---|---|
| Coverage | The US and Canada dataset contains over 800 million working phone numbers from 4,000 telecom providers and is updated in step with providers. | IPQS says its phone validation supports all countries, carriers, and line types, including mobile, landline, VOIP, toll-free, and virtual numbers. |
| Founded | 2001 | 2011 |
| Headquarters | The company lists its address as 803 Chapala St, Santa Barbara, California 93101-3201. | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Purpose | DOTS Phone Exchange provides phone provider intelligence to support compliance, flag fraud indicators, and equip sales teams and call centers with phone details. | The API validates phone numbers and scores their reputation to help identify suspicious users and invalid information in real time. |
| Returned data | It returns porting status, line type, time zone, carrier, provider location and geocoding coordinates. | Responses can include validity, activity, carrier, line type, location, owner name, leaked status, spam reports, DNC status and SMS-pumping indicators. |
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Pick DOTS Phone Exchange if…
It suits organizations that need carrier, line-type, porting, location, or fraud indicators for US and Canadian numbers. Developers can connect through documented API endpoints and listed sample languages.
Pick IPQualityScore Phone Validation API if…
It suits developers and organizations that need to validate phone numbers or assess risk in real time or in bulk. The listed user groups include marketers, call centers, SaaS services, ecommerce retailers, and financial institutions.