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title: "Available numbers show which business-address area applies"
description: "Available numbers now name the area a local number's business address must be in for its ownership paperwork, when that area is known."
canonical: "https://bird.com/changelog/docs-update-2026-11-12-cc737ac"
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[Get](/docs/api/reference/get-available-number) and [list available numbers](/docs/api/reference/list-available-numbers) can now return `ownership_address_area_name` (for example `Amsterdam`) for a local number whose `ownership_address_scope` is `number_area`, meaning its ownership paperwork needs a business address inside the number's own area. The field names the area when it is known and is omitted otherwise. The [buying numbers guide](/docs/guides/numbers/buying-numbers) also now states that a number carrying `ownership_address_scope` is removed if its paperwork isn't approved by the registration deadline, with any setup fee credited back but its first recurring charge not refunded.

Also in this release:

- **WhatsApp and Apple Messages for Business conversation labels match in any casing.** Updating a conversation's `labels`, or filtering conversations by `label`, now matches your workspace's labels regardless of case, and responses return the workspace's spelling. Updating with a name your workspace doesn't have creates a new workspace label (up to 100 per workspace), unless it uses a reserved name, which now also includes `archive`, `blocked`, `outbox`, `scheduled`, and `sent`; labels your workspace already has keep working. Filtering by a name your workspace doesn't have matches nothing. See [update a WhatsApp conversation](/docs/api/reference/update-whatsapp-conversation) and [update an Apple Messages for Business conversation](/docs/api/reference/update-amb-conversation).
- **10DLC brand registration now requires your website and sign-in email to share a domain.** Submitting or resubmitting a brand needs a live website whose main domain matches the domain of the email address you sign in with; an address on a subdomain or a free email provider is refused. See [Register a 10DLC brand](/docs/guides/sms/10dlc).

## Related resources

- [SMS numbers](/sms-api/features/numbers) (product)
- [Number types](/docs/guides/numbers/number-types) (docs)
- [What is a virtual phone number (VMN)?](/explained/numbers/what-is-a-virtual-phone-number) (answer)

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