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Iristel Iristel is Canada's largest independent telecommunications carrier, providing voice, data, cloud, mobility, and secure communications solutions to businesses, carriers, governments, and communities. Founded in 1999 by Samer Bishay and headq… read more ↓

Transfer network

How toll free numbers move between Iristel (IT) and other Resp Orgs, reconstructed from Somos registry snapshots. Larger nodes = more transfer volume; Iristel is highlighted. Open the full interactive map →

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Transfer Funnel (acquired at a drop, then moved on) Off-hours fast pickup
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Based in Toronto, ON
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At a glance

Active numbers
14,469
#140 of 481
Change over 4 years
-18,040
-55.5% · #88 of 159
Opportunism Index
0.37%
#178 of 320
Vanity matches
41.9%
#44 of 206
Median inventory age
18 mo
1.5 years since last change
#143 of 206 oldest
Sub-codes in use
1
ITI01

Inventory by NPA

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By status

  • WORKING 14,370, 99.4%
  • DISCONN 85, 0.6%

Inventory age buckets

  • 1–3 months 467, 2.6%
  • 3–12 months 719, 4.0%
  • 1–2 years 12,150, 66.9%
  • 2–5 years 84, 0.5%
  • 5+ years 950, 5.2%

Ages are measured from each number's last change in the Somos registry, that's the most recent activation, transfer, or status move. Not necessarily the date this RespOrg originally acquired it.

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Trajectory

Total active inventory Numbers harvested from disconnect pool that month
34K25K17K8K02018-032022-122026-06
Show monthly numbers
MonthInventoryAcquiredHarvestedLostFrom spareTo spare
2018-03 32,509 0 0 0 0 0
2018-06 33,571 1,259 9 197 519 75
2018-09 31,477 401 0 2,495 83 1,610
2018-10 31,004 170 1 643 124 100
2018-11 31,353 508 0 159 434 23
2018-12 31,064 175 0 464 68 11
2019-01 29,913 715 2 1,866 539 2
2019-02 30,067 295 0 141 179 23
2019-03 28,402 92 3 1,757 36 21
2019-04 28,173 107 0 336 34 19
2019-05 27,970 176 0 379 100 15
2019-06 28,266 720 0 424 607 23
2019-08 26,330 346 0 2,282 118 1,466
2019-09 27,823 1,570 0 77 1,455 7
2019-10 27,845 228 0 206 141 103
2019-11 27,931 207 0 121 59 28
2019-12 28,162 348 1 117 158 14
2020-01 28,189 88 0 61 10 36
2020-02 28,962 843 0 70 139 17
2020-03 29,489 665 0 138 148 10
2020-04 29,658 249 0 80 104 20
2020-05 30,244 672 0 86 29 36
2020-06 30,249 619 0 614 82 7
2020-07 30,299 268 0 218 162 9
2020-08 30,625 413 0 87 51 17
2020-09 30,723 233 0 135 121 8
2020-10 30,784 202 1 141 120 15
2020-11 29,314 328 12 1,798 188 9
2020-12 29,217 385 1 482 47 17
2021-01 29,674 548 0 91 124 17
2021-02 29,681 163 0 156 48 73
2021-03 31,485 1,842 0 38 168 5
2021-04 32,120 815 1 180 116 0
2021-05 32,255 336 1 201 245 5
2022-05 28,705 1,390 9 4,940 390 126
2022-06 28,754 93 5 44 28 5
2022-07 28,792 77 0 39 32 0
2022-08 25,933 154 0 3,013 53 0
2022-09 25,978 84 0 39 3 1
2022-10 26,176 210 0 12 152 0
2022-11 26,263 121 0 34 62 0
2022-12 26,325 81 0 19 26 0
2023-01 26,436 129 5 18 84 0
2023-02 26,500 92 1 28 2 0
2023-03 26,616 142 0 26 87 0
2023-04 26,549 100 0 167 55 1
2023-05 26,581 63 0 31 16 4
2023-06 26,770 222 0 33 144 1
2023-07 28,792 3,391 0 1,369 17 418
2023-08 19,403 1,516 4 10,905 434 78
2023-09 19,919 522 0 6 224 0
2023-10 14,712 115 0 5,322 58 2
2023-11 15,108 414 0 18 31 0
2023-12 14,905 1,284 6 1,487 270 8
2024-02 14,659 891 0 1,137 9 244
2024-03 14,679 62 0 42 16 0
2024-04 14,727 89 0 41 16 0
2024-05 15,050 338 1 15 83 0
2024-06 15,254 226 3 22 21 0
2024-07 15,306 75 0 23 19 0
2024-08 14,990 63 0 379 6 0
2024-09 14,967 37 0 60 12 0
2024-10 14,995 60 0 32 27 0
2024-11 14,938 159 0 216 89 0
2024-12 14,886 39 0 91 6 0
2025-01 15,250 523 18 159 433 0
2025-02 15,279 55 0 26 15 0
2025-03 15,279 0 0 0 0 0
2025-04 14,565 84 0 798 55 0
2025-05 14,833 312 0 44 153 0
2025-06 14,288 107 3 652 65 0
2025-07 14,339 95 1 44 57 0
2025-08 14,370 56 1 25 30 0
2025-09 14,329 117 17 158 60 0
2025-10 14,256 62 1 135 18 0
2025-11 14,387 152 0 21 94 0
2025-12 14,325 89 0 151 52 0
2026-01 14,315 79 0 89 34 0
2026-02 14,422 197 0 90 72 0
2026-03 14,470 91 0 43 39 0
2026-04 14,163 85 0 392 46 0
2026-05 14,197 78 0 44 22 0
2026-06 14,469 381 8 109 45 0

Flow patterns (42-month cumulative)

Inbound (numbers acquired)

Direct transfer from another RespOrg61,065.0
Harvested from disconnect pool345.0
First assigned from spare pool30,954.0
Reactivated own disconnects18,336.0

Outbound (numbers lost)

Direct transfer to another RespOrg142,828.0
Standard disconnect aging process (3+ months in DISC)3,163
Abbreviated disconnect period (1–2 months in DISC)11,538
Released directly to spare pool18,916.0

Of the 14,701 disconnect episodes this RespOrg has sent through aging, 78% were abbreviated (1–2 snapshots in DISC status). That's a strong early-disconnector signal, this RespOrg routinely releases numbers before the full 3–4 month aging window. Worth checking daily for vanity drops.

Top direct-transfer sources (INto IT)

TW3,247.0Twilio
EU2,136.0TELUS Corporation
CN1,858.0Bell Canada
GE1,705.0Fibernetics
UX1,662.0Allstream Business (Allstream)
QC1,528.0382 Communications
NU963.0Navigata
XH910.0ISP TELECOM
RL749.0Rogers Communications
GA708.0Comet Media

Top direct-transfer destinations (OUT of IT)

QY7,605.0Inteliquent
TW6,566.0Twilio
GA4,966.0Comet Media
GE3,356.0Fibernetics
LQ3,110.0Inteliquent
CN1,544.0Bell Canada
SO1,405.0Signal One
XH1,098.0ISP TELECOM
IU1,001.0Interactive RespOrg Management
JY915.0Bandwidth

Summary

A Canadian phone company...

About Iristel

Iristel is Canada's largest independent telecommunications carrier, providing voice, data, cloud, mobility, and secure communications solutions to businesses, carriers, governments, and communities. Founded in 1999 by Samer Bishay and headquartered in Markham, Ontario, Canada (675 Cochrane Drive, East Tower, 6th Floor), the privately held company operates as a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) with a nationwide network and approximately 200 employees and $73.9 million in revenue.

Affiliations: Operates Ice Wireless, a GSM carrier in Canada's Far North.

AI-generated summary (confidence: medium), last updated 2026-04-30. Verify against primary sources before quoting.

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