Is there a way to tell, just by looking at the phone number what cell network provider

is a phone number belong to ? AIS, DTAC or True

Yes, but.

You can find original listings of groupings with a simple Google search, maybe even here on ThaiVisa as this question has come up previously.

example:

060 True Move (VoIP)

068 TOT (VoIP)

080-0 to 080-2 AIS

080-3 True Move

080-4 to 080-5 DTAC

080-6 AIS

081-0 to 081-2 AIS

081-3 to 081-6 DTAC

081-7 to 081-9 AIS

082 AIS

083 True Move

084 AIS

085 DTAC

085-4 AIS

086 True Move

087 AIS

088 True Move

089 DTAC

090 DTAC

090-1 AIS

090-9 True Move H

091 DTAC

However, with the MNP process someone could have ported out to another provider.

So someone with an 081 2nn NNNN number might have started off with AIS but has since ported to DTAC.

Edited December 6, 201312 yr by lomatopo

That list can't be right. My number starts with 089 and I have had it for over ten years. It has never been ported from the original AIS.

That list can't be right. My number starts with 089 and I have had it for over ten years. It has never been ported from the original AIS.

ok so because the list doesn't link with your number precisely, its all incorrect????????????????????

That list can't be right. My number starts with 089 and I have had it for over ten years. It has never been ported from the original AIS.

No argument from me. That was the first list I stumbled upon which seemed to have some 'authority'. You could probably find more accurate/different lists searching, Thai government web sites or even on Thai social media. Numbers were originally sold, by the NTC to operators, in blocks of one hundred thousand so there may be some more granularity to the list. There have also been various changes re: TOT, CAT, DPC, Orange, etc.

There even used to be some reverse look-up web-sites - enter the number, get the operator - but those seemed to have disappeared long ago.

090 here for TOT

Yes, but.

You can find original listings of groupings with a simple Google search, maybe even here on ThaiVisa as this question has come up previously.

example:

060 True Move (VoIP)

068 TOT (VoIP)

080-0 to 080-2 AIS

080-3 True Move

080-4 to 080-5 DTAC

080-6 AIS

081-0 to 081-2 AIS

081-3 to 081-6 DTAC

081-7 to 081-9 AIS

082 AIS

083 True Move

084 AIS

085 DTAC

085-4 AIS

086 True Move

087 AIS

088 True Move

089 DTAC

090 DTAC

090-1 AIS

090-9 True Move H

091 DTAC

However, with the MNP process someone could have ported out to another provider.

So someone with an 081 2nn NNNN number might have started off with AIS but has since ported to DTAC.

Thanks, that what I was looking for...

when you buy the sim card for your phone

you select which one you want to give you the service

so just pick the number you like or service you want

That list can't be right. My number starts with 089 and I have had it for over ten years. It has never been ported from the original AIS.

ok so because the list doesn't link with your number precisely, its all incorrect????????????????????

If one number in a list is incorrect, then by definition, the list can't be right It's so easy now to change a number from one provider to another. My wife initially got her 082 number from DTAC, she has now moved it to True.

That list can't be right. My number starts with 089 and I have had it for over ten years. It has never been ported from the original AIS.

ok so because the list doesn't link with your number precisely,  its all incorrect????????????????????

Exactly, it's either accurate or it isn't, otherwise you might as well just make it up and say some might be right, mine is also not correct according to that list

Exactly, it's either accurate or it isn't

Here's a hint...it isn't.

I think I said as much in my post(s), but clearly that was too nuanced for you?

Edited December 8, 201312 yr by lomatopo

It's good to know who provides a number as some services don't work with some carrier's numbers, such as Google's free sms service, does only work with True's numbers.

Yes, but.

You can find original listings of groupings with a simple Google search, maybe even here on ThaiVisa as this question has come up previously.

example:

060 True Move (VoIP)

068 TOT (VoIP)

080-0 to 080-2 AIS

080-3 True Move

080-4 to 080-5 DTAC

080-6 AIS

081-0 to 081-2 AIS

081-3 to 081-6 DTAC

081-7 to 081-9 AIS

082 AIS

083 True Move

084 AIS

085 DTAC

085-4 AIS

086 True Move

087 AIS

088 True Move

089 DTAC

090 DTAC

090-1 AIS

090-9 True Move H

091 DTAC

However, with the MNP process someone could have ported out to another provider.

So someone with an 081 2nn NNNN number might have started off with AIS but has since ported to DTAC.

Thanks, that what I was looking for...

But it ain't right.