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  2. Telephone exchange names - Wikipedia

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    Telephone numbers listed in 1920 in New York City having three-letter exchange prefixes. In the United States, the most-populous cities, such as New York City, Philadelphia, Boston, and Chicago, initially implemented dial service with telephone numbers consisting of three letters and four digits (3L-4N) according to a system developed by W. G. Blauvelt of AT&T in 1917. [1]

  3. List of California area codes - Wikipedia

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    Much of the City of Los Angeles and several inner suburbs: originally split off from 213 to form a ring around downtown Los Angeles and the city of Montebello on June 13, 1998; in August 2017, the boundary between 213 and 323 was erased to form an overlay. On November 1, 2024, it was overlaid by area code 738.

  4. List of North American Numbering Plan area codes - Wikipedia

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    The North American Numbering Plan (NANP) divides the territories of its members into geographic numbering plan areas (NPAs). 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.

  5. Area codes 213, 323, and 738 - Wikipedia

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    Area codes 213, 323, and 738 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the U.S. state of California. They are assigned in an overlay complex to a numbering plan area (NPA) that comprises, roughly, the area of downtown Los Angeles City, as well as several southeast Los Angeles County cities, such as Bell and ...

  6. Telephone numbering plan - Wikipedia

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    A broad division is commonly recognized between closed and open numbering plans. A closed numbering plan, as found in North America, features fixed-length area codes and local numbers, while an open numbering plan has a variance in the length of the area code, local number, or both of a telephone number assigned to a subscriber line. The latter ...

  7. LERG Routing Guide - Wikipedia

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    The Local Exchange Routing Guide (LERG) is a database of telecommunications numbering resources for use in the administration and operation of the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) by the NANP administrator (NANPA) and telecommunications service providers. This data supports the local exchange network of the NANP and identifies planning ...

  8. List of mobile telephone prefixes by country - Wikipedia

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    Users can switch carriers while keeping number and prefix (so prefixes are not tightly coupled to a specific carrier). 7 Claro 8: Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (Kölbi) Croatia +385: 91: 9: A1 Hrvatska: Due to Mobile number portability the prefix of an existing number does not determine the carrier. Any new number will follow the ...

  9. National conventions for writing telephone numbers - Wikipedia

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    Area codes start with a trunk prefix "0" and extend for up to four digits but usually 3; followed by the local phone number of up to seven digits. In industry jargon, these area codes and prefixes are referred to as NDCs (National Dialing Codes). This is the term used by ComReg and technical documents, as they include non-geographic codes ...