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Twilio has a lookup API, which returns the subscriber name and carrier.

Here's an example response (subscriber name redacted):

  {
    "data": {
      "name": "LASTNAME, FIRSTNAME",
      "line_provider": "Google/Bandwidth.com (SVR)",
      "carrier": "Bandwidth.com",
      "line_type": "landline"
    }
  }

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lxgr05/14/2025

Ah, I always assumed Google uses Bandwidth.com completely transparently – I wasn't aware there's a separate level of "line provider" look-up available. Thank you!