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An area code of three digits dialed after the country code determines the area served in the United States and its territories, Canada, and much of the Caribbean. Zone 2 uses two 2-digit codes (20, 27) and eight sets of 3-digit codes (21x–26x, 28x, 29x), mostly to serve Africa , but also Aruba , Faroe Islands , Greenland and British Indian ...
A permissive dialing period during which the old and the new area code could be used to call the new NPA was in effect for a period of one year until March 31, 1997. Foreign NPA calls to new telephone numbers in 268 required the new area code. [1] For local calling in Antigua and Barbuda, seven-digit dialing is in effect.
Canadian (and other North American Numbering Plan) telephone numbers are usually written as (NPA) NXX-XXXX. For example, 250 555 0199, a fictional number, could be written as (250) 555-0199, 250-555-0199, 250-5550199, or 250/555-0199. The Government of Canada's Translation Bureau recommends using hyphens between groups; e.g. 250-555-0199. [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.
This is a list of international dialing prefixes used in various countries for direct dialing of international telephone calls.These prefixes are typically required only when dialling from a landline, while in GSM-compliant mobile phone (cell phone) systems, the symbol + before the country code may be used irrespective of where the telephone is used at that moment; the network operator ...
(National number 4972, then expanded to four digit local numbers as N.N. 497) Antigua and Barbuda: 809-46x-xxxx (National number 46) The Bahamas: 809-32x-xxxx through 809-37x-xxxx: Barbados: 809-42x-xxxx 809-43x-xxxx (National number 43, then changed to 7D, as 42 or 43) Bermuda: 809-xxx-xxxx (National number 29, then changed to 7D, as 23 or 29)
The province's telephone companies wanted to spare Manitobans the expense and burden of changing telephone numbers. Area code 584 was reserved as a third area code for the region in February 2017. [3] It was implemented on October 29, 2022. [4] [5] The incumbent local exchange carrier for the area codes is Bell MTS.
Area codes 778, 236, and 672 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the Canadian province of British Columbia.They form an overlay complex with area code 604, which serves only a small southwestern section, the Lower Mainland, of the province (including Vancouver), and area code 250, which serves the rest of the province.