Fractel, LLC is a wholesale carrier that supplies phone numbers to internet phone services.
Fractel is a wholesale carrier: it sells phone numbers and calling to internet phone services, phone system providers and resellers rather than to the public. Those companies give the numbers to their own customers, so a Fractel number is most likely in use with a different brand's phone service. NANPA, which runs the North American numbering plan, lists Fractel as the holder of 2,858 prefixes in 48 states and territories, 1.4% of the 198,436 prefixes it has assigned.
- Name in NANPA's file
- FRACTEL, LLC
- What it is
- Supplies numbers to VoIP and app-based phone services
- Prefixes held
- 2,858 of 198,436 (1.4%)
- States and territories
- 48 of 56, most in California, Texas and Florida
- Area codes
- 255
- Pooled prefixes
- 100%, shared in blocks of 1,000 numbers
From NANPA's central office code file of October 1, 2026. A prefix is the three digits after the area code.
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A lookup shows Fractel when the number comes from a service that gets its numbers there.
Fractel rarely sells phone service to the person using the number. Internet calling apps, VoIP phone systems, call centers and business phone services get their numbers from carriers like Fractel, so a lookup shows the carrier behind the service, not the service itself.
Numbers can also move between carriers, so a lookup reads the number's carrier today, and a number with a Fractel prefix can show another company if it was ported.
Fractel holds the most prefixes in California: 597 of its 2,858.
- California597
- Texas309
- Florida228
- New York199
- Ohio147
- Illinois136
- Indiana101
- Virginia90
Plus 1,051 prefixes in 40 more states and territories.
Fractel holds prefixes in 255 area codes, and these are its largest.
Of the prefixes NANPA dates, Fractel received the most in 2020: 1,239.
NANPA's file gives an assignment date for 2,855 of Fractel's 2,858 prefixes, all from 2001 on. The rest have no date in the file.
Fractel holds 34 prefixes in area code 213, downtown Los Angeles.
A call from a Fractel number is not spam just because of the carrier.
Numbers from wholesale carriers like Fractel are used by ordinary people on calling apps and by real businesses. They are also cheap and quick to get, so some robocallers use them too.
The carrier name alone does not make a call safe or spam: judge it by what the caller asks for, and be careful with anyone who asks for money, codes or passwords.
Check the full number with our free spam phone checker before you call back.
You can read about 5 more carrier names here.
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- Onvoy, LLCSupplies numbers to VoIP and app-based phone services, 13,033 prefixes
- Onvoy Spectrum, LLCSupplies numbers to VoIP and app-based phone services, 1,770 prefixes
These are the questions people ask about Fractel.
What is Fractel, LLC?
Fractel is a wholesale carrier: it sells phone numbers and calling to internet phone services, phone system providers and resellers rather than to the public. Those companies give the numbers to their own customers, so a Fractel number is most likely in use with a different brand's phone service.
Why does a phone lookup say Fractel?
A lookup shows Fractel when the number comes from a service that gets its numbers there. Fractel rarely sells phone service to the person using the number. Internet calling apps, VoIP phone systems, call centers and business phone services get their numbers from carriers like Fractel, so a lookup shows the carrier behind the service, not the service itself. Numbers can also move between carriers, so a lookup reads the number's carrier today, and a number with a Fractel prefix can show another company if it was ported.
Is a call from a Fractel number spam?
Numbers from wholesale carriers like Fractel are used by ordinary people on calling apps and by real businesses. They are also cheap and quick to get, so some robocallers use them too. The carrier name alone does not make a call safe or spam: judge it by what the caller asks for, and be careful with anyone who asks for money, codes or passwords. Check the full number with our free spam phone checker before you call back.
How many phone prefixes does Fractel hold?
NANPA lists Fractel as the holder of 2,858 prefixes, 1.4% of all assigned US prefixes. A prefix is the three digits after the area code and covers up to 10,000 numbers. 100% of these are pooled, so blocks of 1,000 numbers inside them can belong to other carriers.
Which states have the most Fractel prefixes?
California (597), Texas (309) and Florida (228) have the most, out of 48 states and territories.
Can I find out who owns a Fractel number?
Fractel does not publish who uses its numbers. Our free who called me lookup shows who a US number is listed to and the city and state on the listing, when the number has a listing.
Source: NANPA, the North American Numbering Plan Administrator: its central office code assignments, as of October 1, 2026. Company histories are from public records and each company's own descriptions.