Are you looking for a free reverse cell phone directory? If you are, you're probably wasting your time.
While there are many sites that promise free searches, you will likely only receive information about the cell company and nothing about the owner of the phone.
The reason for this is that, unlike land lines, the information for every cell phone owner is held by the individual cell carrier.
Cell number information cannot be viewed in directories such as The White Pages or any of the numerous free services available on the internet.
Essentially, the information is not made readily available to the public.
Conversely, your home phone (land line) is considered public domain information.
Why are cell phone numbers harder to lookup than land line numbers? Most likely, it's because phone companies don't want these numbers available to telemarketers and such.
After all, their customers are paying for each call.
In some instances it is possible that a free cell phone directory can provide some personal information about a cell phone owner if that person has provided their details willingly to a company that keeps public records of such things.
Of course, if their details are on public display, you can save time by doing a quick Google search for the phone number.
In fact, many of the so-called "free" reverse cell phone directories will demand your own cell number, name and address before providing you with the details (if available) of the number you inputted.
Obviously, this is how they maintain their own database of cell phone information.
Now, what are the chances that they will have any information on the number you requested? In contrast, a true reverse cell phone lookup service is a company that buys information directly from all the major cell phone carriers.
The information you receive is complete and up to date.