Mobile Network Identity Verification (MNO KYC)

Why use mobile-network identity data?

Corroborate identity against a different kind of source.

Many identity checks rely on large commercial datasets that can be bought, combined and redistributed between providers. Agreement between two checks does not always mean two genuinely independent sources agreed.

Mobile Network Identity Verification checks the details you were given against data associated with the mobile subscriber instead, giving you another source of evidence before you trust the identity.

What can you verify?

Use a mobile number plus one or more identity fields.

• Name

  Full name, first name, last name, middle name and last name at birth.

• Date of birth

  Check the supplied date of birth against the subscriber information available.

• Address

  Full address or individual address components including street number, street name, postcode, town / city and region.

• Country

  Corroborate the supplied country of residence.

• Additional identity details

  Where supported, Provero can also check email, gender, additional address information and identity document number.

Field availability varies by country, mobile network and the subscriber information available.

See the result for every field

Every identity field you submit is checked independently and returns its own outcome. There is no single overall KYC pass, fail or score to interpret.

Mixed results are useful. A name can match, an address can partially match and a date of birth can be unable to verify, all in the same response.

See how close the data is

Similarity is supporting evidence for a partial match, not a replacement for the field-level result.

For supported fields, Provero can return a similarity score when the submitted value is close but not identical. An exact value returns a match result rather than a score, and not every field returns similarity information.

• 85–99: strong partial match
• 80–84: moderate
• 75–79: possible
• 1–74: no match or low similarity
• 0: no similarity

UK and Spain available now

United Kingdom

Available now

Mobile Network Identity Verification runs against UK mobile-network subscriber data today.

Spain

Available now

The same field-level identity verification is available for Spanish mobile subscribers.

Europe

Available on application

Additional European countries are available on application. Coverage is strongest across contract mobile subscribers, with some PAYG subscribers also supported.

Built for real identity workflows

• Customer onboarding

  Corroborate identity details before or alongside wider KYC and IDV checks.

• Higher-risk actions

  Use another identity source during account recovery, profile changes or other higher-risk customer actions.

• Data provenance

  Compare customer information against a source independent from conventional commercial identity datasets.

• Existing customer records

  Run checks in bulk where you need to review or corroborate existing customer data.

• Combine signals

  Run Mobile Network Identity Verification alongside HLR, SIM Swap, Age Verification and other Provero checks.

What happens when the mobile network can't answer?

Don't let one unavailable source stop the workflow.

Not every number returns subscriber data

Mobile-network subscriber information is not available for every number. Coverage currently focuses primarily on contract subscribers, although some PAYG subscribers can also return results.

An alternative route can be made available

Where Provero cannot obtain an MNO KYC result from the mobile number and supplied identity details, an alternative identity-verification route can also be made available, giving you another way to continue the verification process rather than treating an unavailable network result as the end of the journey.

Real-time API or bulk verification

Run Mobile Network Identity Verification however your data arrives.

MNO KYC API example

POST /api/validate/kyc

{
  "mobile_number": "+447700900123",
  "full_name": "John Doe",
  "date_of_birth": "1985-06-15"
}

{
  "status": "success",
  "verification_id": "kyc_example",
  "mobile_number": "+447700900123",
  "results": {
    "full_name": {
      "result": "match"
    },
    "date_of_birth": {
      "result": "unable_to_verify"
    }
  }
}

Illustrative example. +447700900123 is a reserved number kept aside for documentation, so the result shown is not a real verification. Every submitted field carries its own result, and supported fields can also return similarity information alongside a partial match.

Mobile Network Identity Verification pricing

Pricing depends on volume and country / network coverage.

Mobile Network Identity Verification is quoted per account so the rate reflects the countries, networks and volumes you actually need. Everything else runs on the same prepaid Provero balance.

See published pricing.

Talk to us about pricing and coverage: pricing@provero.io

Related checks

Combine identity, network and risk checks in the same workflow.

• SIM Swap Detection See whether the SIM behind a number changed recently before using that number as a trusted identity or recovery factor.
• Age Verification Check whether somebody meets an age threshold using mobile-network data without requiring an identity document.
• HLR Phone Verification Know whether a mobile number is real, reachable and which network serves it.
• UK PAF Address Validation Check a UK address against Royal Mail PAF and return a clean, structured address.