New Ontario area code 343

by admin on May 19, 2010

Starting May 17, 2010 NANPA introduces a new area code for the province of Ontario, Canada as a relief plan for area code 613. The new area code is 343 and it will cover th exact same region currently covered by area code 613, including these following cities: Ottawa, Kingston, Cornwall. The solution of adding an overlay code is generally preferred to the splitting of a geographic area between the old and new area code due to lower implementation costs. 10 digit dialing will be a requirement within the new overlay complex 343/613.

NANPA announcement and map of area codes 343/613 (in PDF format)

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New Oregon area code 458

by admin on March 31, 2010

The state of Oregon has a new area code effective February 10, 2010. The new code is 458 and it will cover the same area served by area code 541 (larger cities served: Bend, Eugene, Medford, Springfield). As a result, all Oregon phone numbers will be dialed using 10 digits now, even for local calls.

See NANPA announcement.

We apologize for only announcing this new area code addition today.

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New Alabama area code 938

February 2, 2010

Starting June 10, 2010 the North American Numbering Plan Administration will introduce a new area code covering the same Alabama area currently served by area code 256 (Athens, Decatur, Florence, Huntsville, etc). The new area code is 938.
Starting November 7, 2009 a permissive dialing period began during which calls within area code 256 may be [...]

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New Connecticut area code 475

October 14, 2009

Starting December 12, 2009, Connecticut area code 203 covering cities such as Bridgeport, New Haven or Stamford wil be overlayed by the new area code 475. The new code will cover the exact same area currently covered by area code 203.
As a result of the introduction of this new area code, CT residents of these [...]

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New California area code 442

October 9, 2009

California area code 760 covering cities such as Calipatria, Escondido, Carlsbad, Encinitas and more (all cities here) will have an overlay code starting November 21, 2009. The new area code 442 will cover the same area currently served by 760. The permissive dialing period started on May 2, 2009 and will end on October 24, [...]

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New Illinois area code 872

October 5, 2009

NANPA is announcing a new area code for Chicago, Illinois: area code 872 will overlay both 312 and 773 area codes which cover Chicago and its surroundings (including O’Hare and Midway international airports for 773). The new area code will become active on November 7, 2009. This is the day when the 3 month permissive [...]

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October 2, 2009

This is the “News” section of AreaCodeLocations.info where I will publish mostly announcements of newly introduced area codes. Anyone can submit additional information or other comments by using the form at the bottom of every post.

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