diff --git a/src/decorator/string/IsPhoneNumber.ts b/src/decorator/string/IsPhoneNumber.ts
index 65744a99ab..ddb21b9314 100644
--- a/src/decorator/string/IsPhoneNumber.ts
+++ b/src/decorator/string/IsPhoneNumber.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
+import { allPhoneNumberTypes, PhoneNumberType } from '../../utils/phone-number-type';
 import { ValidationOptions } from '../ValidationOptions';
 import { buildMessage, ValidateBy } from '../common/ValidateBy';
-import { parsePhoneNumber, CountryCode } from 'libphonenumber-js/max';
+
+/* Changed import to /max for all metadata provided in the library in order to check phone number type
+ * since the (default = /min) always returns undefined in the .getType()
+ * reference https://www.npmjs.com/package/libphonenumber-js
+ */
+import { parsePhoneNumberFromString, CountryCode } from 'libphonenumber-js/max';
 
 export const IS_PHONE_NUMBER = 'isPhoneNumber';
 
@@ -10,26 +16,30 @@ export const IS_PHONE_NUMBER = 'isPhoneNumber';
  *
  * @param value the potential phone number string to test
  * @param region 2 characters uppercase country code (e.g. DE, US, CH) for country specific validation.
+ * @param acceptedNumbersTypes list of accepted number types (MOBILE, PAGER, etc...) if not provided then accept all valid numbers.
  * If text doesn't start with the international calling code (e.g. +41), then you must set this parameter.
  */
-export function isPhoneNumber(value: string, region?: CountryCode): boolean {
-  if (typeof value !== 'string' || value.trim() !== value) {
-    return false;
-  }
-
+export function isPhoneNumber(
+  value: string,
+  region?: CountryCode,
+  acceptedNumbersTypes?: Array<PhoneNumberType>
+): boolean {
   try {
-    const phoneNumber = parsePhoneNumber(value, region);
-
-    /**
-     * We fail the validation if the user provided a region code
-     * and it doesn't match with the country code of the parsed number.
-     **/
-    if (region && phoneNumber.country !== region) {
-      return false;
+    // the list of all phone number types that are the output of .getType() method
+    let checkedNumberTypes: Array<PhoneNumberType> = allPhoneNumberTypes;
+
+    // Checking if accepted types array is passed to override the default
+    if (acceptedNumbersTypes) {
+      checkedNumberTypes = acceptedNumbersTypes;
     }
 
-    return phoneNumber.isValid();
+    const phoneNum = parsePhoneNumberFromString(value, region);
+
+    // number must be valid and is one of the phone types the function accepts (ALL TYPES PROVIDED IN phone-number-types.ts)
+    const result: boolean = !!phoneNum?.isValid() && !!checkedNumberTypes.some(item => item === phoneNum?.getType());
+    return result;
   } catch (error) {
+    // logging?
     return false;
   }
 }
@@ -39,17 +49,33 @@ export function isPhoneNumber(value: string, region?: CountryCode): boolean {
  * the intl. calling code, if the calling code wont be provided then the region must be set.
  *
  * @param region 2 characters uppercase country code (e.g. DE, US, CH) for country specific validation.
+ * @param acceptedNumbersTypes list of accepted number types (MOBILE, PAGER, etc...) if not provided then accept all valid phone numbers
  * If text doesn't start with the international calling code (e.g. +41), then you must set this parameter.
  */
-export function IsPhoneNumber(region?: CountryCode, validationOptions?: ValidationOptions): PropertyDecorator {
+export function IsPhoneNumber(
+  region?: CountryCode,
+  validationOptions?: ValidationOptions,
+  acceptedNumbersTypes?: Array<PhoneNumberType>
+): PropertyDecorator {
+  // the list of all phone number types that are the output of .getType() method
+  let checkedNumberTypes: Array<PhoneNumberType> = allPhoneNumberTypes;
+
+  // Checking if accepted types array is passed to override the default
+  if (acceptedNumbersTypes) {
+    checkedNumberTypes = acceptedNumbersTypes;
+  }
+
   return ValidateBy(
     {
       name: IS_PHONE_NUMBER,
       constraints: [region],
       validator: {
-        validate: (value, args): boolean => isPhoneNumber(value, args?.constraints[0]),
+        validate: (value, args): boolean => isPhoneNumber(value, args?.constraints[0], checkedNumberTypes),
         defaultMessage: buildMessage(
-          eachPrefix => eachPrefix + '$property must be a valid phone number',
+          eachPrefix =>
+            eachPrefix +
+            '$property must be a valid phone number and of the following types: ' +
+            checkedNumberTypes.toString(),
           validationOptions
         ),
       },
diff --git a/src/utils/phone-number-type.ts b/src/utils/phone-number-type.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..30f64bad9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/phone-number-type.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+  types of all possible return values of the .getType() in the phone number libphonenumber-js/max library
+*/
+export type PhoneNumberType =
+  | 'FIXED_LINE_OR_MOBILE'
+  | 'MOBILE'
+  | 'FIXED_LINE'
+  | 'PREMIUM_RATE'
+  | 'TOLL_FREE'
+  | 'SHARED_COST'
+  | 'VOIP'
+  | 'PERSONAL_NUMBER'
+  | 'PAGER'
+  | 'UAN'
+  | 'VOICEMAIL';
+
+  export const allPhoneNumberTypes:Array<PhoneNumberType> = [
+    'FIXED_LINE_OR_MOBILE',
+    'MOBILE',
+    'FIXED_LINE',
+    'PREMIUM_RATE',
+    'TOLL_FREE',
+    'SHARED_COST',
+    'VOIP',
+    'PERSONAL_NUMBER',
+    'PAGER',
+    'UAN',
+    'VOICEMAIL',
+  ];
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