# Tomba Phone Validator

> Tomba Phone Validator is a paid API for AI agents from Tomba API at mpp.orthogonal.com, paid per call via MPP, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-12).

Validates a phone number and returns carrier information including line type and validity status.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://mpp.orthogonal.com/tomba/v1/phone-validator?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: MPP
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-12
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Provider: Tomba API
- Docs: https://api.tomba.io
- Website: https://api.tomba.io
- Tags: email, verification, finder, data
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/tomba-api-tomba-phone-validator-8b29ff59
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_PawJQbZbFGda6rTPs_0wX

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability tomba-api-tomba-phone-validator-8b29ff59
```

Example prompt: Can you validate the phone number +14155552671 and tell me if it's a real number and what carrier it belongs to?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to verify phone numbers for contact list hygiene, pre-screen numbers before SMS campaigns, or enrich contact records with carrier and line-type information. It is part of the Tomba API suite, making it ideal when you are already using Tomba for email verification or person lookup workflows.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or malformed phone number returns an error or invalid status
- Missing phone number parameter returns a 400 bad request
- Rate limit exceeded returns a 429 error
- Non-existent or unassigned number may return invalid status
- Country not supported may return limited carrier data

## How this service works

Validate a phone number and get carrier information.

## Output

Returns whether the phone number is valid, the carrier name, line type (mobile, landline, VoIP), country, and formatted number representation.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/tomba-api-tomba-phone-validator-8b29ff59/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from mpp.orthogonal.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/mpp.orthogonal.com/llms.txt)