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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.
In 2016, area code 614 was overlaid with 380 in the Columbus/Central Ohio area for the same reason. In 2020, 326 was added as an all services overlay for 937. Area code 283 was added as an overlay for 513 on April 28, 2023. [2] [3] Area code 436 went into service on March 1, 2024, as an overlay of 440. [4]
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.
Until September 1999, East Timor formed part of the Indonesian numbering plan, using the country code +62, followed by area codes for the two largest cities, Dili (390) [1] and Baucau (399). [2] Following the violence in the wake of Indonesia's departure from the territory , most of the telecommunications infrastructure was destroyed, and ...
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, respectively. [1] As of July 2023, California has 38 active area codes.
Area code 307 is the telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan for the entire U.S. state of Wyoming. It is one of the 86 original North American area codes created by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) in 1947. Because it is sparsely populated, Wyoming is one of only eleven states (as of April 8, 2020) with only ...
The numbering plan area consists of Boston’s inner suburbs along the Route 128 corridor, and some outer suburbs, especially in the South Shore region. Major cities and towns with the area code include Waltham, Woburn, Lynn, Weymouth and Dedham. It was created as in an area code split of area code 617 on September 1, 1997. [1] Use of 781 ...
Area code 209 was created in an area code split of area code 415 on October 26, 1957. On November 14, 1998, the southern half of this numbering plan area received the assignment of area code 559 . On October 24, 2021, 209 was transitioned to 1+10-digit dialing despite not being part of an overlay complex at that time.