UK shortcode whois service - sort of

While I was hunting for details of the owner of the shortcode being used for the Miami Vice movie’s mobile services (about which I’ve just blogged), I remembered this Three service I found the other day. 

There must be a UK shortcode whois registry somewhere that tells you who owns what.  There must be?  If there is, I couldn’t find it. 

This Three service is almost as good though.  Ostensibly it’s provided to help Three customers check if services are available and contact service operators in the event of a query.   However, provided the shortcode is working on Three, it’s pretty neat for looking up who own’s ’em too.

I looked up the QVC shortcode (80782) and the image on the left is a screenshot of the results. Smart, eh?

You can find the service here:
http://3mail.com/customer/shortCodes.omp