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In 1947, the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) devised the first nationwide telephone numbering plan and assigned the original North American area codes. The state of California was divided into three numbering plan areas (NPAs) with distinct area codes: 213, 415, and 916, for the southern, central, and northern parts of the state ...
Each NPA is identified by one or more numbering plan area codes (NPA codes, or area codes), consisting of three digits that are prefixed to each local telephone number having seven digits. A numbering plan area with multiple area codes is called an overlay. Area codes are also assigned for non-geographic purposes.
The postal abbreviation is the same as the ISO 3166-2 subdivision code for each of the fifty states. These codes do not overlap with the 13 Canadian subnational postal abbreviations. The code for Nebraska changed from NB to NE in November 1969 to avoid a conflict with New Brunswick. [4]
Mobile phones use geographic area codes (two digits): after that, all numbers assigned to mobile service have nine digits, starting with 6, 7, 8 or 9 (example: 55 15 99999–9999). 90 is not possible, because collect calls start with this number.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Wednesday said the league is aware of a lawsuit that accuses musician Jay-Z of rape but said it is not impacting the NFL's partnership with the rap mogul's Roc ...
The initiative, called Ballot Measure 2, adopted sweeping changes to the state's elections system. The plaintiffs objected to what they called some of the most stringent disclosure requirements in ...
The vehicle "somehow went off the roadway, became airborne, and struck a support column" in Newark, New Jersey, prosecutors said.
(1,570 km 2) Butte County: 007: Oroville: 1850: original: Sutter Buttes, which were mistakenly thought to be in the county at the time of its establishment: Charter 207,172: 1,640 sq mi (4,248 km 2) Calaveras County: 009: San Andreas: 1850: original: Calaveras River; calaveras is Spanish for "skulls". General Law 46,565: 1,020 sq mi (2,642 km 2 ...