M2M Numbers

Number Insight primarily supports communication to humans and does not generally recognize M2M (machine-to-machine) numbers.

The lack of standardization for M2M numbers is the primary reason for this limitation. While we don't require a human at the other end of a supported number (we already accept premium rate services), we currently only accept number ranges that can be called or texted by a human. M2M numbers would violate this assumption and could potentially impact existing use cases, such as formatting contact numbers, allowing users to sign up for services, determining international dialing codes, estimating call costs for advertised numbers, and other purposes. Currently, Number Insight can only support phone numbers that can be dialed by humans, not machines.

However, an exception exists in the Netherlands, where 097X M2M numbers are treated as regular mobile phone numbers.