| 7 to 8 years ago, if you wanted to trace the cell | | | | This is why there is no national cellular phone |
| phone number, the only way you would do it was | | | | directory |
| by hiring a private investigator. Private detectives | | | | Although there was an initial agreement among |
| used to charge hundreds of dollars while taking | | | | the Wireless Service providers to construct a |
| many days to complete the task. However | | | | national cell phone directory back in 2006, it never |
| thanks to significant developments in the reverse | | | | materialized. This happened because they realized |
| telecommunications industry one does not have | | | | that they will be unable to protect their |
| to depend on private investigators anymore. | | | | customers' privacy when their mobile numbers |
| But mobile numbers are unlisted | | | | become public knowledge. That's when companies |
| Yes that is true. That is why you cannot find | | | | started to back out of it until there was nobody |
| either some phone numbers all information about | | | | left. As a result, the USA does not have a public |
| their owners on the public domain, such as the | | | | phone book for wireless numbers, at a regional or |
| white pages or yellow pages. In contrast to land | | | | national level. |
| numbers, subscriber confidentiality of wireless | | | | Privately owned reverse mobile phone directories |
| phone users is given top respect. As a matter of | | | | When it comes to tracing a cell number, these |
| fact there are even legal privacy laws to protect | | | | online directories are your only option. |
| wireless phone user privacy rights. | | | | |