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In 1947, Georgia was a single numbering plan area (NPA) with area code 404. In 1954, 912 was assigned to its southern and central areas. The state operated with two area codes until May 3, 1992, when area code 706 was created for the two separate areas outside of the metro Atlanta area.
Category: Area codes in Georgia (U.S. state) 1 language. ... List of Georgia area codes; 0–9. Area code 229; Area code 404; Area code 478; Area codes 678, 470, and 943;
The configuration of two area codes for Kansas remained unchanged for more than forty years. By the mid-1990s, the proliferation of cell phones, the growing population in the Kansas City metropolitan area (most notably Johnson County and Overland Park, as well as deregulation mandated by the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the pool for exchange codes in area code 913 were quickly being exhausted.
Area codes are also assigned for non-geographic purposes. The rules for numbering NPAs do not permit the digits 0 and 1 in the leading position. [1] Area codes with two identical trailing digits are easily recognizable codes (ERC). NPAs with 9 in the second position are reserved for future format expansion.
When dialing a telephone number, the area code may have to be preceded by a trunk prefix or national access code for domestic calls, and for international calls by the international access code and country code. Area codes are often quoted by including the national access code. For example, a number in London may be listed as 020 7946 0321.
Area code Location 316: city of Wichita and the surrounding area 620: most of southern Kansas, excluding those areas covered by the 316 area code 785: most of northern Kansas, excluding those areas covered by the 913 area code 913: the Kansas portion of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area
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Mobile phones use geographic area codes. Exchanges may service on mobile devices; local numbers are portable between wired and wireless carriers. While area code 600 has been established as a non-geographic code that can be used by mobile phones, the only significant mobile usage has been for satellite phone service in remote regions.