In previous years, people relied on their thick paper phone books to find people. Today, many people use their cell phone as their primary contact number. In fact, there are many people who no longer have a landline. Federal regulations prohibit wireless companies from creating a registry of their customer numbers, so how do you find someone?

The answer is pretty straightforward. There are now many websites that allow you to search for someone by name or mobile phone number. Just visit the site and enter your name and your contact information will be returned.

If you need to find someone’s information based solely on their cell phone number, then you must do what is called reverse cell phone tracking. What is this service exactly? Well, it is really very simple.

All you have to do is use one of the people search sites and enter the number you want to search for in the search parameter field and then hit the Enter button. The site will return the name and address associated with that number. Make sure to enter the full number, including the area code.

This is the standard process for tracking a cell phone number in the United States, Canada, the Dominican Republic, and many Caribbean countries. If you are looking for an international number, you will also need to enter the country code for that specific country. (You can of course find the standard country codes online as well.)

Reverse phone searches like this may seem like an invasion of privacy, but they are not. In reality, there are many regulations and security lockdowns surrounding these searches. In the future, wireless companies may even have the freedom to create yellow and white pages for mobile phones. That would allow for free registration of the numbers, but the online solution will generally remain easier.