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At a glance

Active numbers
14,163
#141 of 481
Change over 4 years
-18,346
-56.4% · #112 of 156
Opportunism Index
0.35%
#125 of 228
Vanity matches
35.8%
#42 of 201
Median inventory age
16 mo
1.3 years since last change
#141 of 201 oldest
Sub-codes in use
1
ITI01

Inventory by NPA

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By status

  • WORKING 14,014 · 99.0%
  • DISCONN 135 · 1.0%

Inventory age buckets

  • 1–3 months 234 · 1.4%
  • 3–12 months 772 · 4.7%
  • 1–2 years 11,974 · 72.9%
  • 2–5 years 85 · 0.5%
  • 5+ years 949 · 5.8%

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
34K25K17K8K02018-032022-112026-04
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

Flow patterns (42-month cumulative)

Inbound (numbers acquired)

Direct transfer from another RespOrg16,098.0
Harvested from disconnect pool171.0
First assigned from spare pool8,361.0
Reactivated own disconnects2,397.0

Outbound (numbers lost)

Direct transfer to another RespOrg60,568.0
Standard disconnect aging process (3+ months in DISC)2,083
Abbreviated disconnect period (1–2 months in DISC)11,533
Released directly to spare pool1,332.0

Of the 13,616 disconnect episodes this RespOrg has sent through aging, 85% 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.

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RB188.0RingCentral

Top vanity holdings

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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