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457. Louisiana (Shreveport–Bossier City, Monroe, Alexandria, Fisher, Tallulah, and most of northern Louisiana) September 25, 2025[3] will overlay area code 318 by 2026. previously a fictitious area code assigned to identify Naked DSL / Dry Loop and dedicated data lines in Saskatchewan.
Lists of North American area codes. The largest telephone numbering plan in North American is the North American Numbering Plan (NANP), serving 25 regions or countries. Other countries maintain an autonomous numbering plan with distinct country codes within the international E.164 specifications by the International Telecommunication Union.
1. International access. 011. List of dialing codes. The North American Numbering Plan (NANP a/k/a "World Zone 1 – 'WZ1' [1]) is a telephone numbering plan for twenty-five regions in twenty countries, primarily in North America and the Caribbean. This group is historically known as World Zone 1 and has the telephone country code 1.
The original North American area codes were established by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) in 1947, after the demonstration of regional Operator Toll Dialing during the World War II period. The program had the goal of speeding the connecting times for long-distance calling by eliminating intermediary telephone operators.
Area codes 205 and 659. Area code 206. Area code 207. Area codes 208 and 986. Area codes 209 and 350. Area codes 210 and 726. Area codes 212, 646, and 332. Area codes 213 and 323. Area codes 214, 469, 972, and 945.
Toll-free telephone numbers in the North American Numbering Plan. Toll-free telephone numbers in the North American Numbering Plan have the area code prefix 800, 833, 844, 855, 866, 877, and 888. Additionally, area codes 822, 880 through 887, and 889 are reserved for toll-free use in the future. 811 is excluded because it is a special dialing ...
555 (telephone number) The telephone number prefix 555 is a central office code in the North American Numbering Plan, used as the leading part of a group of 10,000 telephone numbers, 555-...., in each numbering plan area (NPA) (area code). It has traditionally been used only for the provision of directory assistance, when dialing NPA-555-1212.
Original numbering plan areas and area codes of Minnesota in 1952. When the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) created the first nationwide telephone numbering plan for Operator Toll Dialing in 1947 to automate and speed the connection of long-distance calls, the United States and Canada were divided into 86 geographic numbering plan areas (NPAs) and assigned the original North ...