Check if a Mobile number is on the Meteor network

Anyone can join Meteor, but keep their O2 or VODAFONE number (and likewise if a Meteor customer wants to leave), and so it is not possible to say whether someone's mobile number is part of the Meteor network from looking at the telephone number alone. That is, an 085 number could now be either Meteor, Vodafone or O2. Likewise, an O2 or Vodafone number could now be part of the Meteor network.

To check whether or not the number is part of the Meteor network, you can simply send a text with your phone number in the body of the text, to 50004 .For example, to determine if the person with the number 087 1234567 is a Meteor subscriber then simply send a text with 0871234567 to the number 50004. A response will be sent, indicating whether or not the number is part of the Meteor network. If it is, all of the excellent same network rates apply. If the mobile number is part of Vodafone or O2, calls will be charged at off-network rates.