![]() Countries participating in the NANP | |
Format | +1 NXX NXX-XXXX |
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Access codes | |
Country calling code | 1 |
International call prefix | 011 |
List of dialing codes |
The North American Numbering Plan (NANP) 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 international calling code 1. Some North American countries, most notably Mexico, do not participate in the NANP.
The concepts underlying the NANP were originally devised in the 1940s by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) for the Bell System and the independent telephone operators in North America. The goal was to unify the diverse local numbering plans that had been established in the preceding decades, speed call completion times, and reduce costs for toll calls, by reducing or eliminating manual labor by telephone operators, and eventually prepare the continent for direct-dialing of long-distance calls by customers. Direct dialing became possible in 1951 in a first trial, and was expanded across the nation in the decade following. AT&T continued to administer the numbering plan and the technical infrastructure until the breakup of the Bell System, when administration was delegated to the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA), a service that has been procured from the private sector by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the United States. Each participating country forms a regulatory authority that has plenary control over local numbering resources.[1] The FCC also serves as the U.S. regulator. Canadian numbering decisions are made by the Canadian Numbering Administration Consortium.[2]
The NANP divides the territories of its members into numbering plan areas (NPAs) which are encoded numerically with a three-digit telephone number prefix, commonly called the area code.[3] Each telephone is assigned a seven-digit telephone number unique only within its respective numbering plan area. The telephone number consists of a three-digit central office (sometimes called «exchange») code and a four-digit station number. The combination of an area code and the telephone number serves as a destination routing address in the public switched telephone network (PSTN). The North American Numbering Plan conforms with International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Recommendation E.164, which establishes an international numbering framework.[4]
History[edit]
Area code handbook issued by many telephone companies in 1962 to promote the newly introduced direct distance dialing
From the Bell System’s beginnings in 1876 and throughout the first part of the 20th century, telephone networks grew from essentially local or regional telephone systems. These systems expanded by growing their subscriber bases, as well as increasing their service areas by implementing additional local exchanges that were interconnected with tie trunks. It was the responsibility of each local administration to devise telephone numbering plans that accommodated the local requirements and growth.[5] As a result, the North American telephone service industry developed into an unorganized set of many differing local numbering systems. The diversity impeded the efficient operation and interconnection of exchanges into a nationwide system for long-distance telephone communication. By the 1940s, the Bell System set out to unify the various existing numbering plans to provide a unified, systematic approach for routing telephone calls across the nation and to provide efficient long-distance service that eventually did not require the involvement of switchboard operators.
In October 1947, AT&T published a new nationwide numbering plan in coordination with the independent telephone operators. The plan divided most of North America into eighty-six numbering plan areas (NPAs). Each NPA was assigned a unique three-digit code, typically called NPA code or simply area code. These codes were first used in Operator Toll Dialing by long-distance operators in establishing calls via trunks between toll offices. The goal of automatic service required additional technical advancements in the latest generation of toll-switching systems, completed by the early 1950s, and installation of new toll-switching systems in most numbering plan areas. The first customer-dialed direct call using an area code was made on November 10, 1951, from Englewood, New Jersey, to Alameda, California.[6] Direct distance dialing (DDD) was subsequently introduced across the country. By the early 1960s, DDD had become commonplace in cities and most towns in the United States and Canada. By 1967, the number of assigned area codes had grown to 129.[7]
The status of the network of the 1960s was reflected in a new name used in technical documentation: North American Integrated Network.[7] By 1975, the numbering plan was referred to as the North American Numbering Plan,[8] leading to the well-known acronym NANP, as other countries sought or considered joining in the standardization.
Foreign expansion[edit]
Although Bermuda and the Caribbean islands had been assigned the area code 809 as early as 1958 by the administrators at AT&T, individual participating countries or territories had no autonomy over their numbering plan as they received centrally assigned central office prefixes that needed to be unique from those of other countries with the same area code. Regions in Mexico with high call volumes to and from the US were assigned functional area codes as early as 1963, for the purpose of call routing, but a nationwide system of participation in the NANP eventually failed.
In the following decades, the NANP expanded to include all of the United States and its territories, Canada, Bermuda, and seventeen nations of the Caribbean.[9][10]
At the request of the British Colonial Office, the numbering plan was first expanded to Bermuda and the British West Indies because of their historic telecommunications administration through Canada as parts of the British Empire and their continued associations with Canada, especially during the years of the telegraph and the All Red Line system.
Not all North American polities participate in the NANP. Exceptions include Mexico, Greenland, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, the Central American countries and some Caribbean countries (Cuba, Haiti, the French Caribbean and the Dutch Caribbean, except for Sint Maarten). The only Spanish-speaking state in the system is the Dominican Republic. Mexican participation was planned,[11] but implementation stopped after three area codes (706, 903 and 905) had been assigned, and Mexico opted for an international numbering format, using country code 52.[12] The area codes in use were subsequently withdrawn in 1991.
The Dutch Caribbean territory of Sint Maarten joined the NANP in September 2011, receiving area code 721.[13] Sint Maarten shares the island with the French Collectivity of Saint Martin which, like the rest of the French Caribbean, is not part of the NANP.
Administration[edit]
The NANP is administered by the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA, formerly Administration).[14] This function is overseen by the Federal Communications Commission, which assumed the responsibility upon the breakup of the Bell System. The FCC solicits private sector contracts for the role of the administrator.
Before the breakup of the Bell System, administration of the North American Numbering Plan was performed by AT&T’s Central Services Organization. In 1984, this function was transferred to Bell Communications Research (Bellcore), a company created by the divestiture mandate to perform services for the newly created local exchange carriers. On January 19, 1998, the NANPA function was transferred to the IMS division of Lockheed Martin in Washington, D.C.[15] In 1999, the contract was awarded to Neustar, a company spun off from Lockheed for this purpose. The contract was renewed in 2004, and again in 2012.[16] On January 1, 2019, Somos assumed the NANPA function under a one-year bridge contract granted by the FCC with the goal of consolidating the NANPA function with the Pooling Administrator and identifying a long-term contract holder.[17][18] On December 1, 2020, Somos secured the $76 million contract for a term of eight years against one other bidder.[19]
Numbering plan[edit]
The vision and goal of the architects of the North American Numbering Plan was a system by which telephone subscribers in the United States and Canada could themselves dial and establish a telephone call to any other subscriber without the assistance of switchboard operators. While this required an expansion of most existing local numbering plans, many of which required only four or five digits to be dialed, or even fewer in small communities, the plan was designed to enable local telephone companies to make as few changes as possible in their systems.
Numbering plan areas and central offices[edit]
The new numbering plan divided the North American continent into regional service areas, called numbering plan areas (NPAs), primarily following the jurisdictional boundaries of U.S. states and Canadian provinces.[20] Some states or provinces needed to be divided into multiple areas. NPAs were created in accordance with principles deemed to maximize customer understanding and minimize dialing effort while reducing plant cost.[21] Each NPA was identified by a unique three-digit code number that was prefixed to the local telephone number, when calling from one NPA to another. Within the same numbering plan area, dialing the area code was not necessary.
The telephone exchanges–in the Bell System they were officially called central offices–became local exchange points in the nationwide system. Each of them was also assigned a three-digit number unique within its NPA. The combination of NPA code and central office code served as a destination routing code for use by operators to reach any central office through the switching network.[20] Due to the numerical structure of the numbering system, each NPA was technically limited to 540 central offices.[21]
Although the limitation to 540 central offices required the most populous states to be divided into multiple NPAs, it was not the sole reason to subdivide a state. An important aspect was the existing infrastructure for call routing, which had developed in preceding decades independently of state boundaries. The rules of determining areas also attempted to avoid cutting across busy toll traffic routes, so that most toll traffic remained within an NPA, and outgoing traffic in one area would not be tributary to toll offices in an adjacent area.[22][20] As a result, New York state was initially divided into five areas, the most of any state. Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas were assigned four NPAs each, and California, Iowa, and Michigan received three. Eight states and provinces were split into two NPAs.
Traditionally, central office switching systems were designed to serve up to ten thousand subscriber numbers. Thus, subscribers were assigned four-digit line or station numbers. This rounded out the total number of digits in a subscriber telephone number to ten: a three-digit area code, three-digit central office code, and four digits for each line. This fixed format defined the North American Numbering Plan as a closed numbering plan,[23] as opposed to developments in some other countries where the number of digits was not fixed.
The closed numbering plan did not require the subscriber to dial all digits. When making a local call or a call within their numbering plan area, the area code was omitted, resulting in seven-digit dialing. Ten-digit dialing was only necessary when placing foreign area calls to subscribers in another state or numbering plan area.[24] Exceptions existed for communities located on NPA boundaries, so that uniform local dialing was still possible in historically established communities.
Initial numbering system[edit]
In 1947, AT&T completed the new design for a nationwide toll network that established the original North American area codes. The new organization provided for 152 area codes, each with a capacity to serve up to 540 central offices.[25] Originally, only eighty-six area codes were assigned. New Jersey received the first NPA code in the new system, area code 201.[26] The second area code, 202, was assigned to the District of Columbia. The allocation of area codes was readjusted as early as 1948 to account for inadequacies in some metropolitan areas. For example, the Indiana numbering plan area 317 was divided to provide a larger numbering pool in the Indiana suburbs of Chicago (area code 219).
Initially, states divided into multiple numbering plan areas were assigned area codes with the digit 1 in the second position, while areas that comprised entire states or provinces received codes with 0 as the middle digit. This rule was broken by the early 1950s,[20] as NPAs with digit 0 in the middle had to be split, but until 1995 all area codes assigned had none other than the digits 0 and 1 in this position.
The eight codes of the form N11 (N = 2–9) were reserved as service codes. The easily recognizable codes of the form N00 were available in the numbering plan, but were not initially included in assignments.[7] Additional area code patterns were later assigned for other services; for example, the area codes N10 were implemented for the Teletypewriter Exchange Service (TWX).[27]
Central office codes[edit]
It was already common practice for decades that the digits 0 and 1 could not appear in the first two digits of the central office codes, because the system of using the first two letters of familiar names for central offices did not assign letters to these digits. The digit 0 was used for operator assistance, and 1, which is essentially a single pulse of loop interruption, was automatically ignored by most switching equipment of the time.[20] Therefore, the 0/1 rule for the area code provided a convenient means to distinguish seven-digit dialing from ten-digit dialing.
The use of telephone exchange names as part of telephone numbers had been a well-established practice, and this was preserved for convenience and expediency in the new network design. The letter-to-digit translations were printed on the face of every rotary dial in the metropolitan areas, according to a scheme designed by W.G. Blauvelt in 1917, that had been used in the Bell System in large metropolitan areas since the early 1920s.[28] The network reorganization standardized this system to using a two-letter, five-digit (2L-5N) representation of telephone numbers in most exchanges in North America,[29] or to using an equivalent all-numeric seven-digit numbering plans, as was practiced by some telephone companies.
All-number calling[edit]
Partitioning of the NANP prefix space under all-number-calling | |||
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000 — 099 | These 200 codes were used as toll center and system codes. | ||
100 — 199 | |||
area codes | service codes | area codes | central office codes |
200 — 210 | 211 | 212 — 219 | 220 — 299 |
300 — 310 | 311 | 312 — 319 | 320 — 399 |
400 — 410 | 411 | 412 — 419 | 420 — 499 |
500 — 510 | 511 | 512 — 519 | 520 — 599 |
600 — 610 | 611 | 612 — 619 | 620 — 699 |
700 — 710 | 711 | 712 — 719 | 720 — 799 |
800 — 810 | 811 | 812 — 819 | 820 — 899 |
900 — 910 | 911 | 912 — 919 | 920 — 999 |
152 area codes 8 special service codes | 640 CO codes |
All-number calling was a telephone numbering plan introduced in 1958,[30] that converted telephone numbers with exchange names to a numeric representation of seven digits.
The original plan of 1947 had been projected to be usable beyond the year 2000. However, by the late 1950s it became apparent that it would be outgrown by about 1975.[31] The limitations for the usable leading digits of central office codes, imposed by using common names for central office names, and their leading two characters as guides for customer dialing could no longer be maintained when opening new central offices. By 1962 it was forecast that in 1985 the number of telephones in the nation would equal its population of 280 million and increase to 600 million telephones for 340 million people in 2000.[29] As a result, the North American telephone administrations first introduced letter combinations that could not be linked to a familiar pronounceable central office name. Finally, they sought the elimination of central office names and letter codes, and introduced all-number calling (ANC).
Under all-number calling, the number of permissible central office prefixes increased from 540 to potentially 800, but the first two digits of the central office code were still restricted to the range 2 to 9, and the eight combinations that ended in 11 were reserved as special calling codes.[29] This increased the numbering pool for central office codes to 640, and resulted in the partitioning of the prefix space (000—999) according to the table at the right.[32]
Interchangeable central office codes[edit]
As the numbering plan grew in the 1960s under all-number calling, plan administrators at AT&T identified that by c. 1973 some of the largest area codes in urban centers might run out of central office prefixes to install more individual access lines. For relief in these cases, they finally removed the requirement that the middle digit of the central office code could not be 0 or 1. This resulted in the format of interchangeable central office codes, N X X, where N=2–9, and X is any digit. The first cities that required this action, in 1974, were the cities of Los Angeles with area code 213 and New York with 212. This change also required modification of the local dialing procedures to distinguish local calls from long-distance calls with area codes.
Requiring 1 to be dialed before the full number in some areas provided for area codes of the form N10, such as 210 in the San Antonio, Texas, area and 410 in eastern Maryland. Therefore, someone calling from San Jose, California, to Los Angeles before the change would have dialed 213-555-0123 and after the change 1-213-555-0123, which permitted the use of 213 as an exchange prefix in the San Jose area. The preceding 1 also ideally indicates a toll call; however, this is inconsistent across the NANP because the FCC has left it to the U.S. state public utilities commissions to regulate for traditional landlines, and it has since become moot for mobile phones and digital VoIP services that now offer nationwide calling without the extra digit.[citation needed]
Interchangeable NPA codes[edit]
In 1995, the North American Numbering Plan Administrator removed the requirement that the middle digit of an area code had to be either 0 or 1, implementing fully interchangeable NPA and central office codes, that had already been anticipated since the 1960s, when interchangeable central office codes were sanctioned.
Modern plan[edit]
The NANP numbering format may be summarized in the ten-digit notation NXX NXX-XXXX, where digits N denote any of 2–9, and X is any digit (0–9).
Component | Name | Number ranges | Notes |
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NXX often denoted NPA | Numbering plan area code | The first NXX block is the numbering plan area code. When the second and third digits are the same, the code is an easily recognizable code (ERC). ERCs designate special services; e.g., 800 for toll-free service. The NANP is not assigning area codes with 9 as the second digit.[33] | Covers Canada, the United States, parts of the Caribbean Sea, and some Atlantic and Pacific islands. The area code is often enclosed in parentheses. |
NXX | Central office code | The second NXX block is the central office code. Permissible numbers exclude easily recognizable codes N11, used for special services. | Also called exchange code |
XXXX | Line number | A unique four-digit number for each NPA, from 0000 to 9999 | Also called station code |
Using 0 or 1 as the first digit of an area code or central office code is invalid, as is a 9 as the middle digit of an area code; these are trunk prefixes or reserved for North American Numbering Plan expansion.
- For example, (234) 235-5678 is a valid telephone number; with area code 234, central office prefix (exchange) 235, and line number 5678. The number (234) 911-5678 is invalid, because the central office code must not be in the form N11. (314) 159-2653 is invalid, because the office code must not begin with 1. (123) 234-5678 is invalid, because the NPA must not begin with 0 or 1.[34][35][36][37]
Each three-digit area code has a capacity of 7,919,900 telephone numbers (7,918,900 in the United States).
Despite the widespread use of fictional telephone numbers of the form NXX 555-XXXX, only the block of line numbers from 0100 through 0199 are specifically reserved for this purpose, leaving the rest available for assignment.
The country calling code for all countries participating in the NANP is 1. The prefix 1 is also used with the NANP for long-distance dialing.
Non-geographic services[edit]
The North American Numbering Plan recognizes the need for non-geographic services by designating certain numbering blocks for such purposes. Many of these telephone numbers are selected from the easily recognizable codes (ERCs).
For system-wide toll-free calling, in which the receiving party is billed for the call, uses the number range with area codes of the form 8XX.
Area code and central office prefixes for other non-geographic services have the form 5XX-NXX. As of January 2021, the codes 500, 521, 522, 533, 544, 566, 577, 588, 523, 524, 525, and 526 have been designated.[38] These codes are used for fixed or mobile devices, and not assigned to rate centers. As addresses, they may or may not traverse the public switched telephone network (PSTN). Applications include the use as personal 500 numbers.
Some carrier-specific services have used area code 700. In Canada, area code 600 is used for non-geographic applications. Area code 900 has been used for high-toll 900 numbers.
Cellular mobile services[edit]
The North American Numbering Plan does not set aside special non-geographic area codes exclusively for cellular phones, as is customary in some other national telephone administrations. Only one regional exception exists in area code 600 in Canada.
For cellular services, telephone numbers in the NANP are allocated within each area code from special central office prefixes. Calls to them are billed at the same rate as any other call. Consequently, the caller pays pricing model adopted in other countries, in which calls to cellular phones are charged at a higher nationwide rate, but incoming mobile calls are not charged to the mobile user, could not be implemented. Instead, North American cellular telephone subscribers are also generally charged for receiving calls (subscriber pays). In the past, this has discouraged mobile users from publishing mobile telephone numbers, but by the first decade of the 21st century, most users selected bundle pricing plans that included an allotment of minutes expected to be used in the billing period, and most U.S. carriers now offer unlimited calling plans at mass-market prices.[39]
Industry observers have attributed the relatively low mobile phone penetration rate in the United States, compared to that of Europe, to the subscriber-pays model.[citation needed] In this model the convenience of the mobility is charged to the subscriber. Callers from outside the local-calling region of the assigned number, however, pay for a long-distance call, although domestic long-distance rates are generally lower than the rates in caller-pays systems. Conversely, an advantage of caller-pays is the relative absence of telemarketing and nuisance calls to mobile numbers. The integrated numbering plan also enables local number portability between fixed and wireless services within a region, allowing users to switch to mobile service while keeping their telephone number.
The initial plan for area code overlays did allow for providing separate area codes for use by mobile devices, although these were still assigned to a specific geographical area, and were charged at the same rate as other area codes. Initially, the area code 917 for New York City was specifically assigned for this purpose within the boroughs; however, a Federal court overturned the practice and the use of an area code for a specific telephony purpose.[citation needed] Since mobile telephony has been expanding faster than landline use, new area codes typically have a disproportionately large fraction of mobile and nomadic numbers, although landline and other services rapidly follow and local network portability can blur these distinctions.
Growth[edit]
Canada and the United States have experienced rapid growth in the number of area codes, particularly between 1990 and 2005. The widespread adoption of fax, modem, and mobile phone communication, as well as the deregulation of local telecommunication services in the United States in the mid-1990s, increased the demand for telephone numbers.
The Federal Communications Commission allowed telecommunication companies to compete with the incumbent local exchange carriers for services, usually by forcing the existing sole service provider to lease infrastructure to other local providers. Because of the original design of the numbering plan and the telephone switching network that assumed only a single provider, number allocations had to be made in 10,000-number blocks even when far fewer numbers were required for each new vendor. Due to the proliferation of service providers in some numbering plan areas, many area codes fell into jeopardy, facing exhaustion of numbering resources. The number blocks of failed service providers often remained unused, as no regulatory mechanism existed to reclaim and reassign these numbers.
Area codes are added by two principal methods, number plan area splits and overlays. Splits were implemented by dividing an area into two or more regions, one of which retained the existing area code and the other areas receiving a new code. In an overlay, multiple codes are assigned to the same geographical area, obviating the need for renumbering of existing services. Subtle variations of these techniques have been used as well, such as dedicated overlays, in which the new code is reserved for a particular type of service, such as cellular phones and pagers, and concentrated overlays, in which a part of the area retained a single code while the rest of the region received an overlay code. The only service-specific overlay in the NANP was area code 917 (New York City) when it was first installed; such service-specific area code assignments were later prohibited by the Federal Communications Commission.
Most area codes of the form N10, originally reserved for AT&T’s Teletypewriter eXchange (TWX) service, were transferred to Western Union in 1969 and were freed up for other use in 1981 after conversion to Telex II service was complete. The last of these, 610, was assigned to Canada, but reassigned in 1992. These new area codes, as well as a few other codes used for routing calls to Mexico, were used for telephone area code splits in the late 1980s and early 1990s, as all other area codes under the original plan had been consumed.
After the remaining valid area codes were used up by expansion, in 1995 the rapid increase in the need for more area codes forced the NANPA to allow the digits 2 through 8 to be used as a middle digit in new area code assignments, with 9 being reserved as a last resort for potential future expansion. At the same time, local exchanges were allowed to use 1 or 0 as a middle digit. The first area codes without a 1 or 0 as the middle digit were area code 334 in Alabama and area code 360 in Washington, which both began service on January 15, 1995. This was quickly followed by area code 520 serving Arizona on March 19, 1995.
By 1995, many cities in the United States and Canada had more than one area code, either from dividing a city into different areas (NPA split) or having more than one code for the same area (NPA overlay). The overlay method requires that the area code must be dialed in all cases, even for local calls, while the split plan may permit seven-digit dialing within the same area. The transition to ten-digit dialing typically starts with a permissive dialing phase, which is widely publicized, during which dialing all ten digits is optional. After a period of several months, mandatory dialing begins, when seven-digit dialing is no longer permissible. Atlanta was the first U.S. city to require mandatory ten-digit dialing throughout the metropolitan area, roughly coinciding with the 1996 Summer Olympics held there. Atlanta was used as the test case not only because of its size, but also because it had the world’s largest fiber-optic network at the time, five times larger than that of New York, and it was home to BellSouth (now part of AT&T), then the Southeastern Regional Bell Operating Company, with AT&T’s fiber optics manufacturing facility within the city.
Growth issues[edit]
Depending on the techniques used for area code and central office code relief, the effect on telephone users varies. In areas in which overlays were used, this generally avoids the need for converting telephone numbers, so existing directories, business records, letterheads, business cards, advertising, and «speed-dialing» settings can retain the same phone numbers, while the overlay is used for new number allocations. The primary effect on telephone users is the necessity of remembering and dialing 10- or 11-digit numbers when only 7-digit dialing was previously permissible.
Splitting instead of overlaying generally avoids the requirement for mandatory area-code dialing, but at the expense of having to convert a region to the new code. In addition to the requirements of updating records and directories to accommodate the new numbers, for efficient conversion this requires a period of «permissive dialing» in which the new and old codes are both allowed to work. Also, many splittings involved significant technical issues, especially when the area splittings occurred over boundaries other than phone network divisions.
In 1998 area code 612, assigned to the Minneapolis – Saint Paul Twin Cities, was split to create area code 651 for St. Paul and the eastern metropolitan area. The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission mandated that the new boundary exactly follow municipal boundaries, which were distinctly different from telephone exchange boundaries, and that all subscribers keep their seven-digit numbers. These two goals were directly at odds with the reason for the split, namely to provide additional telephone numbers. More than forty exchanges had territory that straddled the new boundary. As a result, prefixes were duplicated in both area codes, which counteracted much of the benefit of the split, with only 200 of 700 prefixes in area 612 moving entirely to area 651. In less than two years area code 612 again exhausted its supply of telephone numbers, and required a three-way split in 2000, creating the new area codes 763 and 952. The split followed political boundaries, rather than rate center boundaries, resulting in additional split prefixes; a few numbers moved from 612 to 651 and then to 763 in less than two years.
Decrease of growth rate[edit]
Recognizing that the proliferation of area codes was largely due to the telecom deregulation act and the assignment of numbers in blocks of ten thousand, the FCC instructed NANPA, by then administered by Neustar, to alleviate the numbering shortage. As a result, number pooling was piloted in 2001 as a system for allocating local numbers to carriers in blocks of 1,000 rather than 10,000. Because of the then design of the switched telephone network, this was a considerable technical obstacle. Number pooling was implemented with another technical obstacle, local number portability.
The program has been implemented in much of the United States by state regulators. Some cities have also implemented rate center consolidation; fewer rate centers resulted in more efficient use of telephone numbers, as carriers would reserve blocks of 1,000 or 10,000 numbers in each of multiple rate centers in the same area even if they had relatively few clients in the area.[40] (A rate center is a geographical area used by a Local Exchange Carrier (LEC) to determine the boundaries for local calling, billing and assigning phone numbers. Typically a call within a rate center is local, while a call from one rate center to another is a long-distance call.) Together with aggressive reclamation of unused number blocks from telecom providers, number pooling has reduced the need for additional area codes, so that many previously designated area splits and overlays have been postponed indefinitely.
Canada never implemented number pooling, so that even the smallest villages are rate centers and every CLEC is assigned blocks of ten thousand numbers.
New area codes outside the contiguous United States and Canada[edit]
Before 1995, all NANP countries and territories outside the contiguous United States, Alaska, Hawaii and Canada shared the area code 809. This included Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Each has since been assigned one or more distinct numbering plan areas; area code 809 now exclusively serves the Dominican Republic (along with area codes 829 and 849). The United States Pacific territories of the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam joined the NANP in 1997, and American Samoa became an NANP member in October 2004. The Dutch possession of Sint Maarten was originally scheduled to join the NANP on May 31, 2010, but the changeover was postponed to September 30, 2011.[13]
Bermuda | before 1995: served by area code 809 | 1995: assigned area code 441 |
Puerto Rico | before 1996: served by area code 809 | 1996: assigned area code 787 2001: overlaid with area code 939 |
U.S. Virgin Islands | before 1997: served by area code 809 | 1997: assigned area code 340 |
Northern Marianas | before 1997: reached via IDDD using country code 670 | 1997: assigned area code 670 |
Guam | before 1997: reached via IDDD using country code 671 | 1997: assigned area code 671 |
American Samoa | before October 1, 2004: reached via IDDD using country code 684 | 2004: assigned area code 684 |
Sint Maarten | before September 30, 2011: reached via IDDD using country code 599 | 2011: assigned area code 721 |
Telephone number size expansion[edit]
The NANP exhaust analysis estimates that the existing numbering system is sufficient beyond 2049, based on the assumptions that a maximum of 674 NPAs continue to be available, and that on average 3,990 central office codes are needed per year.[41]
In case of exhaustion, various plans are discussed for expanding the numbering plan. One option is to add the digit 1 or 0 either at the beginning or at the end of the area code, or prefixing it to the seven-digit subscriber number. This would require eleven-digit dialing even for local calls between any two NANP numbers. Another proposal introduces the digit 9 into the area code in the format x9xx, so that, for example, San Francisco’s 415 would become 4915. Other proposals include reallocating blocks of numbers assigned to smaller long-distance carriers or unused reserved services.[citation needed]
Dialing procedures[edit]
The structure of the North American Numbering Plan permits implementation of local dial plans in each plan area, depending on requirements. When multiple NPA codes serve an area in an overlay arrangement, ten-digit (10D) dialing is required. Seven-digit (7D) dialing may be permissible in areas with single area codes.[42] Depending on the requirement of toll alerting, it may be necessary to prefix a telephone number with 1. The NANPA publishes dial plan information for individual area codes.[43]
The standard dial plans in most cases are as follows:
Local within area code | Local outside area code | Toll within area code | Toll outside area code | |
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Single code area, with toll alerting | 7D or 10D | 7D or 10D | 1+10D | 1+10D |
Single code area, without toll alerting | 7D or 10D | 1+10D | 7D or 10D | 1+10D |
Overlaid area, with toll alerting | 10D | 10D | 1+10D | 1+10D |
Overlaid area, without toll alerting | 10D | 1+10D | 10D | 1+10D |
The number of digits dialed is unrelated to being a local call or a toll call when there is no toll alerting. Allowing 7D local dial across an area code boundary, which is uncommon today, requires central office code protection, locally if using toll alerting, across the entire area code otherwise, to avoid assignment of the same seven-digit number on both sides. Landlines occasionally require 1+10D where 10D is required, most notably in California.
Most areas permit local calls as 1+10D except for Texas, Georgia, and some jurisdictions in Canada which require that landline callers know which numbers are local and which are toll, dialing 10D for local calls and 1+10D for all toll calls.
In almost all cases, domestic operator-assisted calls are dialed 0+10D.
Special numbers and codes[edit]
Some common special numbers in the North American system:
- 0 – Operator assistance
- 00 – Long-distance operator assistance (formerly 2-1-1)
- 011 – International access code using direct dial (for all destinations outside the NANP).
- 01 – International access code using operator assistance (for all destinations outside the NANP).
- 101-xxxx – Used to select use of an alternative long-distance carrier
- 211 – Local community information or social services (in some cities)
- 311 – City government or non-emergency police matters
- 411 – Local telephone directory service (Some telephone companies provide national directory assistance)
- 511 – Traffic, road, and tourist information
- 611 – Telephone line repair service (formerly 4104), wireless operator customer service (formerly 811).
- 711 – Relay service for customers with hearing or speech disabilities.
- 811 – Local utility location services (United States), non-urgent telehealth/teletriage services in Canada (formerly telephone company business office)
- 911 – Emergency telephone number – fire department, medical emergency, police.
- 988 – National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (United States).[44]
- 950-xxxx – Feature group code for access to a carrier from a non-subscriber location. The feature requires the customer dial a 950-xxxx number and enter a calling card number and destination telephone number. It was originally used for locations where 101-xxxx dialing was not possible.
- 958-xxxx (local); 959-xxxx (long distance) – Plant test numbers, such as automatic number announcement circuits. It was once common to reserve entire unused exchange prefixes or N11 numbers (4101 was ringback number on many step-by-step switches), but these have largely moved to individual unpublished numbers within the standard 958-xxxx (local) or 959-xxxx (long-distance) plant test exchanges as numbers become scarce.
- 1 (NPA) 555-1212 – Non-local directory information (Canada and United States)
Vertical service codes are used for special calling features, such as:
- *51 and 1151: A history of unanswered calls on a telephone number, useful for those who are not Caller ID subscribers.
- *57 and 1157: Used to trace harassing, threatening, abusive, obscene, etc. phone calls, and keep results of trace at phone company.
- *66 and 1166: To keep retrying a busy-line (see also Called-party camp-on)
- *67 and 1167: Caller ID Block
- *69 and 1169: Call Return caller may press ‘1’ to return call after hearing number
- *70 and 1170: Cancel call waiting on a call-by-call basis
- *71 and 1171: Three-way calling, which lets a person talk to people in two different locations at the same time.
- *74 and 1174: Speed dial, which allows someone to quickly dial any of eight frequently called numbers using a one-digit code, from any phone on their line.
- *75 allows a total of 30 speed-call numbers with two digits.
- *77 activates Anonymous Call Rejection Service
- *82 and 1182: Releases Caller ID block on a call-by-call basis
- *87 deactivates Anonymous Call Rejection Service
The four-digit numbers are not implemented in some areas. The star codes (*) are for use on Touch-Tone telephones, whereas the four-digit numbers prefixed 11xx are used on rotary dial telephones which cannot dial the * symbol.
Not all NANP countries use the same codes. For example, the emergency telephone number is not always 911: Trinidad and Tobago and Dominica use 999, as in the United Kingdom. The country of Barbados uses 211 for police force, 311 for fire, and 511 for ambulance, while Jamaica uses 114 for directory assistance, 119 for police force, and 110 for fire and ambulance services.
Despite its early importance as a share of the worldwide telephone system, few of the NANP’s codes, such as 911, have been adopted outside the system. Determining that 911 requires unnecessary rotation time on rotary dial telephones, the European Union has adopted its own standardized number of 112, while countries in Asia and the rest of the world use a variety of other two- or three-digit emergency telephone number combinations. The 112 code is gaining prevalence because of its preprogrammed presence in mobile telephones that conform to the European GSM standard. The European Union and many other countries have chosen the International Telecommunication Union’s 00 as their international access number instead of 011. The toll-free prefix 800 has been widely adopted elsewhere, including as the international toll-free country code. It is often preceded by a 0 rather than a 1 in many countries where 0 is the trunk prefix.
International dialing[edit]
While international direct dialing was available in some locations in the United States by the late 1950s, a continental system was introduced as
International Direct Distance Dialing (IDDD) for the territories of the North American Numbering Plan in March 1970.[45]
While the NANP was designed as a closed numbering plan with ten digit telephone numbers, IDDD was implemented through extensive modifications in the switching systems to accommodate the international open numbering plan with seven to twelve digits in the national telephone numbers.[46] Access to the international network is facilitated by the dialing prefix 011, after which the country calling code and the national telephone number are dialed.
Number portability[edit]
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 (47 U.S.C. § 251 (b)(2)) authorizes the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to require all local exchange carriers (LECs) to offer local number portability.[47] The FCC regulations were enacted on June 27, 1996, with changes to take effect in the one hundred largest Metropolitan Statistical Areas by October 1, 1997, and elsewhere by December 31, 1998.[48]
The FCC directed the North American Numbering Council (NANC) to select one or more private-sector candidates for the local number portability administrator (LNPA) function,[49] in a manner akin to the selection of the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA).[50]
The toll-free telephone numbers in NPA 800, 888, 877, 866, 855, 844, and 833 have been portable through the RespOrg system since 1993.[51]
Toll charges[edit]
Calls between different countries and territories of the NANP are not typically charged at domestic rates. For example, most long-distance plans may charge a California subscriber a higher rate for a call to British Columbia than for a call to New York, even though both destinations are within the NANP. Similarly, calls from Bermuda to U.S. numbers (including 1-800 numbers, which are normally thought of as toll-free) incur international rates. This is because many of the island nations implemented a plan of subsidizing the cost of local phone services by directly charging higher pricing levies on international long-distance services.[citation needed]
Because of these higher fees, scams had taken advantage of customers’ unfamiliarity with pricing structure to call the legacy regional area code 809. Some scams lured customers from the United States and Canada into placing expensive calls to the Caribbean, by representing area code 809 as a regular domestic, low-cost, or toll-free call. The split of 809 (which formerly covered all of the Caribbean NANP points) into multiple new area codes created many new, unfamiliar prefixes which could be mistaken for U.S. or Canada domestic area codes but carried high tariffs. In various island nations, premium exchanges such as +1-876-HOT-, +1-876-WET- or +1-876-SEX- (where 876 is Jamaica) became a means to circumvent consumer-protection laws governing area code 900 or similar U.S.-domestic premium numbers.
These scams are on the decline, with many of the Cable and Wireless service monopolies being opened up to competition, hence bringing rates down. Additionally, many Caribbean territories have implemented local government agencies to regulate telecommunications rates of providers.[52][53]
Countries and territories[edit]
Of all states or territories, the U.S. state of California has the largest number of area codes assigned, followed by Texas, Florida and New York, while most countries of the Caribbean use only one.[54] Many Caribbean codes were assigned based on alphabetic abbreviations of the territory name, as indicated in the third column of the following table (Letter code). This follows the traditional letter assignments on telephone dials. For some Pacific islands, the NANPA area code is the same as the country code that was discontinued upon membership in the NANP.
Country/Territory | Area codes | Letter code | Regulator |
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![]() | 684* | American Samoa Telecommunications Authority | |
![]() | 264 | ANG | Public Utilities Commission of Anguilla |
![]() | 268 | ANT | Telecommunications Division of the Government of Antigua and Barbuda |
![]() | 242 | BHA | Utilities Regulation & Competition Authority |
![]() | 246 | BIM | Telecommunications Unit |
![]() | 441 | https://www.ra.bm/ | |
![]() | 284 | BVI | Telecommunications Regulatory Commission |
![]() | 204, 226, … 905 | Canadian Numbering Administration Consortium | |
![]() | 345 | Information and Communications Technology Authority | |
![]() | 767 | ROS (Roseau) | Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority |
![]() | 809, 829, 849 | Instituto Dominicano de las Telecomunicaciones | |
![]() | 473 | GRE | Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority |
![]() | 671* | Guam Telephone Authority | |
![]() | 876, 658[55] | Spectrum Management Authority | |
![]() | 664 | Montserrat Info-Communications Authority | |
![]() | 670* | ||
![]() | 787, 939 | PUR | Junta Reglamentadora de Telecomunicaciones de Puerto Rico |
![]() | 869 | National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission | |
![]() | 758 | SLU | National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission |
![]() | 784 | SVG | National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission |
![]() | 721 | Bureau Telecommunications and Post | |
![]() | 868 | TNT | Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago |
![]() | 649 | Telecommunications Commission | |
![]() | 201, 202, … 989 | Federal Communications Commission | |
![]() | 340 | Public Services Commission | |
* same as previous country code |
Membership in the NANP brings significant advantages for countries in the vicinity of the United States and Canada, which usually are already the top dialing destinations. Both countries also originate most of the tourism business for the Caribbean. This is enhanced by the integration from sharing the same dialing procedures, without international access codes, and the toll-free number system of the NANP, as businesses in all member countries are eligible to participate.
Alphabetic mnemonic system[edit]
digit | letters | Letters of the alphabet are mapped to the digits of the telephone dial pad. |
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2 | ABC | |
3 | DEF | |
4 | GHI | |
5 | JKL | |
6 | MNO | |
7 | P(Q)RS | |
8 | TUV | |
9 | WXY(Z) |
Many telephone dials and keypads maintain a tradition of alphabetic dialing. Usually each pushbutton from digit 2 to 9 also displays three letters, which is standardized in ISO 9995-8 and, in Europe, E.161. Historically, the letters Q and Z were omitted, although some modern telephones contain them. SMS-capable devices have all 26 letters. The alphabet is apportioned to the buttons as follows:
No letters are typically mapped to keys 1 and 0, although some corporate voicemail systems use 1 for Q and Z, and some old telephones assigned the Z to the digit 0.
Originally, this scheme was used as a mnemonic device for the exchange prefixes in telephone numbers. When telephone numbers in the United States were standardized in the mid-20th century to seven digits, the first two digits of the exchange prefix were expressed as letters rather than numbers, using the telephone exchange name. Before World War II, the largest cities used three letters and four or five numerals, while in most cities phone numbers had only six digits (2L-4N). The prefix was a name and the first two or three letters, listed as capital letters in directories, were dialed. Later, the third letter, where implemented, was replaced by a digit, or an extra digit was added. This generally happened after World War II, although New York City converted in 1930. The adoption of seven-digit local numbers (2L-5N) was chosen as the requirement for direct distance dialing and progressively deployed starting in the late 1940s.
The famous Glenn Miller tune PEnnsylvania 6-5000 refers to telephone number PE6-5000, a number in service at the Hotel Pennsylvania (212 736–5000) in New York up until 2020 when the hotel closed permanently. Similarly, the classic film BUtterfield 8 is set in the East Side of Manhattan between roughly 64th and 86th Streets, where the telephone prefixes include 288.
The letter system was phased out, beginning before 1965, although it persisted ten years later in some places. It was included in Bell of Pennsylvania directories until 1983. Even today, some businesses still display a 2L-5N number in advertisements, e.g., the Belvedere Construction Company in Detroit, Michigan not only still uses the 2L-5N format for its number (TYler 8-7100), it uses the format for the toll-free number (1-800-TY8-7100).
Despite the phasing out of the letter system, alphabetic phonewords remain as a commercial mnemonic gimmick, particularly for toll-free numbers. For example, one can dial 1-800-FLOWERS to order flowers, or 1-800-DENTIST to find a local dentist.
In addition to commercial uses, alphabetic dialing has occasionally influenced the choice of area codes. For example, when area code 423 (East Tennessee) was split in 1999, the region surrounding Knoxville was assigned area code 865, chosen to represent VOL, for The Volunteer State, the nickname of Tennessee, as well as athletic teams at the University of Tennessee.[56][57] Similarly, several Caribbean area codes were chosen as an alphabetic abbreviation of the country name.
Fictional telephone numbers[edit]
American television programs and films often use the central office code 555, or KLamath 5 and KLondike 5 in older movies and shows, for fictitious telephone numbers, to prevent disturbing actual telephone subscribers if anyone is tempted to dial a telephone number seen or referred to on screen. Not all numbers beginning with 555 are fictional. For example, 555-1212 is the standard number for directory assistance. Only 555-0100 through 555-0199 are reserved for fictional use. Where used, these are often routed to information services; Canadian telephone companies briefly promoted 555-1313 as a pay-per-use «name that number» reverse lookup in the mid-1990s.[58]
Occasionally, valid telephone numbers are used as song titles. The 1962 Motown hit «Beechwood 4-5789» was written by Marvin Gaye for the Marvelettes, while Stax/Volt Records’ Wilson Pickett scored a soul hit in the 1960s with the similarly named «634-5789». A more recent example is the 1981 song «867-5309/Jenny» by Tommy Tutone, which was the cause of a large number of prank calls.[59]
See also[edit]
- List of area code overlays
- List of North American Numbering Plan area codes
- Numbering Resource Utilization/Forecast Report
References[edit]
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- ^ «Canadian Numbering Administrator».
- ^ «NANPA : Number Resources — NPA (Area) Codes». Retrieved 2015-10-23.
- ^ ITU; ITU-T. «The International Public Telecommunication Numbering Plan». ITU. Retrieved 2015-07-25.
- ^ Nunn, W. H. (1952). «Nationwide Numbering Plan». Bell System Technical Journal. 31 (5): 851–9. doi:10.1002/j.1538-7305.1952.tb01412.x.
- ^ «1951: First Direct-Dial Transcontinental Telephone Call». AT&T Corporation. Retrieved 2007-06-08.
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- ^ AT&T, Notes on Distance Dialing (1975).
- ^ «NANPA: North American Numbering Plan Administration — About Us».
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- ^ AT&T, Notes on the Network, Section 3, p.8 (1980)
- ^ Green book, Volume 2, Part 1, International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee, International Telecommunication Union, 1973, page 129
- ^ a b c «PL-418: Introduction of NPA 721 (Sint Maarten)» (PDF). North American Numbering Plan Administration. 2011-01-05. Retrieved 2011-08-08. Updated by: «PL-423: Updated Information — Introduction of NPA 721 (Sint Maarten)» (PDF). North American Numbering Plan Administration. 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
- ^ «About the North American Numbering Plan».
- ^ Bellcore Planning Letter PL-NANP-106, (1997-12-23)
- ^ «About NANPA». Neustar. Retrieved 2015-06-23.
- ^ FCC News release: FCC selects Somos as NANPA and PA under one-year bridge contract.
- ^ «Somos, Inc. Is Awarded the North American Numbering Plan Administration and the Pooling Administration Contracts | Somos».
- ^ FCC awards $75M NANPA/PA/RNDA Services contract, G2Xchange FedCiv (2020-12-01), Retrieved 2021-05-04.
- ^ a b c d e AT&T (1955) Notes on Nationwide Dialing
- ^ a b Notes on the Network, AT&T (1980)
- ^ W.H. Nunn, Nationwide Numbering Plan, Bell System Technical Journal 31(5), 851 (1952)
- ^ AT&T, Notes on the Network, Section 10, p.3 (1980).
- ^ John Greene (2015-01-16). «Why Did Old Phone Numbers Start With Letters?». Mental Floss. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
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- ^ «Now You Can Call, If Your Calls Don’t Work Some Business Lines Aren’t Set Up To Call To New Area Codes» Archived 2008-03-16 at the Wayback Machine, The Virginian-Pilot, November 1, 1995. Accessed June 8, 2007. «When the first area code, 201, was introduced in New Jersey in 1951, phone-numbering experts thought there would be enough codes with a middle digit of 0 or 1 to last well into the next century.»
- ^ Statistical Abstract of the United States. 1960. p. 516. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
- ^ Bell Telephone Laboratories, A History of Engineering and Science in the Bell System — The Early Years (1875-1925), M.D. Fagan (ed.), 1975, p.126
- ^ a b c Blair N.D., Cosgrove M.P. (AT&T), why all numbers?, Bell Telephone Magazine, Autumn 1962, p.10
- ^ Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS), Numbering and Dialing Plans within the United States (ATIS-0300076), December 2008, p.7
- ^ AT&T, All-Number Calling Being Introduced In Bell System, Bell Laboratories Record 38(12) p.470 (December 1960)
- ^ Bell Telephone Laboratories, Engineering and Operations in the Bell System (1984), p.119
- ^ «Numbering Resources: NPA (Area) Codes». NANP. Neustar. Archived from the original on 2013-01-04. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
- ^ «CNA — North American Numbering Plan».
- ^ «NANPA : North American Numbering Plan Administration — About Us».
- ^ «NANP North American Numbering Plan useful facts».
- ^ «NANP: The North American Numbering Plan Explained». 28 December 2020.
- ^ North American Numbering Plan Administrator, Planning Letter PL-558, 2021-01-28.
- ^ See, e.g., AT&T plans, T-Mobile Magenta plans, and Verizon unlimited plans.
- ^ Rate Center Consolidations
- ^ «April 2019 North American Numbering Plan (NANP) Exhaust Analysis» (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-02-19.
- ^ «Uniform Dialing Plans».
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- ^ «FCC Designates 988 for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline». Federal Communications Commission. 2020-07-16. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
- ^ AT&T, Notes on Distance Dialing (1975)
- ^ AT&T, Notes on the Network, Section 10.3.02, p.3 (1980).
- ^ 11 FCC Rcd 8353
- ^ 11 FCC Rcd 8355. The regulations are located at 47 CFR 52, 47 CFR 52.20 et seq.
- ^ 47 CFR 1.1204
- ^ 11 FCC Rcd 8401
- ^ 10 FCC Rcd 12351
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- ^ «Call 658 … Jamaica gets additional area code, 10-digit dialling becomes mandatory May 2018». 28 August 2017.
- ^ Brewer, Bill. 423 Area Code To Become VOL In 9 ET Counties. Knoxville News-Sentinel. April 17, 1999.
- ^ Tennessee Regulatory Authority press release, April 29, 1999
- ^ «Canadian telco offers users a handy reverse directory». America’s Network. 1996-05-15.
- ^ «867-5309/Jenny». Urban Legends Reference Pages. snopes.com. 2014-07-09. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
External links[edit]
- North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA)
- Canadian Numbering Administrator
- Map of the original 86 area codes from 1947
- North American Numbering Council Archived 2022-01-20 at the Wayback Machine
- NANP Discussion 2003 Document — Understanding the North American Numbering Plan
![]() Countries participating in the NANP | |
Format | +1 NXX NXX-XXXX |
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Access codes | |
Country calling code | 1 |
International call prefix | 011 |
List of dialing codes |
The North American Numbering Plan (NANP) 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 international calling code 1. Some North American countries, most notably Mexico, do not participate in the NANP.
The concepts underlying the NANP were originally devised in the 1940s by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) for the Bell System and the independent telephone operators in North America. The goal was to unify the diverse local numbering plans that had been established in the preceding decades, speed call completion times, and reduce costs for toll calls, by reducing or eliminating manual labor by telephone operators, and eventually prepare the continent for direct-dialing of long-distance calls by customers. Direct dialing became possible in 1951 in a first trial, and was expanded across the nation in the decade following. AT&T continued to administer the numbering plan and the technical infrastructure until the breakup of the Bell System, when administration was delegated to the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA), a service that has been procured from the private sector by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the United States. Each participating country forms a regulatory authority that has plenary control over local numbering resources.[1] The FCC also serves as the U.S. regulator. Canadian numbering decisions are made by the Canadian Numbering Administration Consortium.[2]
The NANP divides the territories of its members into numbering plan areas (NPAs) which are encoded numerically with a three-digit telephone number prefix, commonly called the area code.[3] Each telephone is assigned a seven-digit telephone number unique only within its respective numbering plan area. The telephone number consists of a three-digit central office (sometimes called «exchange») code and a four-digit station number. The combination of an area code and the telephone number serves as a destination routing address in the public switched telephone network (PSTN). The North American Numbering Plan conforms with International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Recommendation E.164, which establishes an international numbering framework.[4]
History[edit]
Area code handbook issued by many telephone companies in 1962 to promote the newly introduced direct distance dialing
From the Bell System’s beginnings in 1876 and throughout the first part of the 20th century, telephone networks grew from essentially local or regional telephone systems. These systems expanded by growing their subscriber bases, as well as increasing their service areas by implementing additional local exchanges that were interconnected with tie trunks. It was the responsibility of each local administration to devise telephone numbering plans that accommodated the local requirements and growth.[5] As a result, the North American telephone service industry developed into an unorganized set of many differing local numbering systems. The diversity impeded the efficient operation and interconnection of exchanges into a nationwide system for long-distance telephone communication. By the 1940s, the Bell System set out to unify the various existing numbering plans to provide a unified, systematic approach for routing telephone calls across the nation and to provide efficient long-distance service that eventually did not require the involvement of switchboard operators.
In October 1947, AT&T published a new nationwide numbering plan in coordination with the independent telephone operators. The plan divided most of North America into eighty-six numbering plan areas (NPAs). Each NPA was assigned a unique three-digit code, typically called NPA code or simply area code. These codes were first used in Operator Toll Dialing by long-distance operators in establishing calls via trunks between toll offices. The goal of automatic service required additional technical advancements in the latest generation of toll-switching systems, completed by the early 1950s, and installation of new toll-switching systems in most numbering plan areas. The first customer-dialed direct call using an area code was made on November 10, 1951, from Englewood, New Jersey, to Alameda, California.[6] Direct distance dialing (DDD) was subsequently introduced across the country. By the early 1960s, DDD had become commonplace in cities and most towns in the United States and Canada. By 1967, the number of assigned area codes had grown to 129.[7]
The status of the network of the 1960s was reflected in a new name used in technical documentation: North American Integrated Network.[7] By 1975, the numbering plan was referred to as the North American Numbering Plan,[8] leading to the well-known acronym NANP, as other countries sought or considered joining in the standardization.
Foreign expansion[edit]
Although Bermuda and the Caribbean islands had been assigned the area code 809 as early as 1958 by the administrators at AT&T, individual participating countries or territories had no autonomy over their numbering plan as they received centrally assigned central office prefixes that needed to be unique from those of other countries with the same area code. Regions in Mexico with high call volumes to and from the US were assigned functional area codes as early as 1963, for the purpose of call routing, but a nationwide system of participation in the NANP eventually failed.
In the following decades, the NANP expanded to include all of the United States and its territories, Canada, Bermuda, and seventeen nations of the Caribbean.[9][10]
At the request of the British Colonial Office, the numbering plan was first expanded to Bermuda and the British West Indies because of their historic telecommunications administration through Canada as parts of the British Empire and their continued associations with Canada, especially during the years of the telegraph and the All Red Line system.
Not all North American polities participate in the NANP. Exceptions include Mexico, Greenland, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, the Central American countries and some Caribbean countries (Cuba, Haiti, the French Caribbean and the Dutch Caribbean, except for Sint Maarten). The only Spanish-speaking state in the system is the Dominican Republic. Mexican participation was planned,[11] but implementation stopped after three area codes (706, 903 and 905) had been assigned, and Mexico opted for an international numbering format, using country code 52.[12] The area codes in use were subsequently withdrawn in 1991.
The Dutch Caribbean territory of Sint Maarten joined the NANP in September 2011, receiving area code 721.[13] Sint Maarten shares the island with the French Collectivity of Saint Martin which, like the rest of the French Caribbean, is not part of the NANP.
Administration[edit]
The NANP is administered by the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA, formerly Administration).[14] This function is overseen by the Federal Communications Commission, which assumed the responsibility upon the breakup of the Bell System. The FCC solicits private sector contracts for the role of the administrator.
Before the breakup of the Bell System, administration of the North American Numbering Plan was performed by AT&T’s Central Services Organization. In 1984, this function was transferred to Bell Communications Research (Bellcore), a company created by the divestiture mandate to perform services for the newly created local exchange carriers. On January 19, 1998, the NANPA function was transferred to the IMS division of Lockheed Martin in Washington, D.C.[15] In 1999, the contract was awarded to Neustar, a company spun off from Lockheed for this purpose. The contract was renewed in 2004, and again in 2012.[16] On January 1, 2019, Somos assumed the NANPA function under a one-year bridge contract granted by the FCC with the goal of consolidating the NANPA function with the Pooling Administrator and identifying a long-term contract holder.[17][18] On December 1, 2020, Somos secured the $76 million contract for a term of eight years against one other bidder.[19]
Numbering plan[edit]
The vision and goal of the architects of the North American Numbering Plan was a system by which telephone subscribers in the United States and Canada could themselves dial and establish a telephone call to any other subscriber without the assistance of switchboard operators. While this required an expansion of most existing local numbering plans, many of which required only four or five digits to be dialed, or even fewer in small communities, the plan was designed to enable local telephone companies to make as few changes as possible in their systems.
Numbering plan areas and central offices[edit]
The new numbering plan divided the North American continent into regional service areas, called numbering plan areas (NPAs), primarily following the jurisdictional boundaries of U.S. states and Canadian provinces.[20] Some states or provinces needed to be divided into multiple areas. NPAs were created in accordance with principles deemed to maximize customer understanding and minimize dialing effort while reducing plant cost.[21] Each NPA was identified by a unique three-digit code number that was prefixed to the local telephone number, when calling from one NPA to another. Within the same numbering plan area, dialing the area code was not necessary.
The telephone exchanges–in the Bell System they were officially called central offices–became local exchange points in the nationwide system. Each of them was also assigned a three-digit number unique within its NPA. The combination of NPA code and central office code served as a destination routing code for use by operators to reach any central office through the switching network.[20] Due to the numerical structure of the numbering system, each NPA was technically limited to 540 central offices.[21]
Although the limitation to 540 central offices required the most populous states to be divided into multiple NPAs, it was not the sole reason to subdivide a state. An important aspect was the existing infrastructure for call routing, which had developed in preceding decades independently of state boundaries. The rules of determining areas also attempted to avoid cutting across busy toll traffic routes, so that most toll traffic remained within an NPA, and outgoing traffic in one area would not be tributary to toll offices in an adjacent area.[22][20] As a result, New York state was initially divided into five areas, the most of any state. Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas were assigned four NPAs each, and California, Iowa, and Michigan received three. Eight states and provinces were split into two NPAs.
Traditionally, central office switching systems were designed to serve up to ten thousand subscriber numbers. Thus, subscribers were assigned four-digit line or station numbers. This rounded out the total number of digits in a subscriber telephone number to ten: a three-digit area code, three-digit central office code, and four digits for each line. This fixed format defined the North American Numbering Plan as a closed numbering plan,[23] as opposed to developments in some other countries where the number of digits was not fixed.
The closed numbering plan did not require the subscriber to dial all digits. When making a local call or a call within their numbering plan area, the area code was omitted, resulting in seven-digit dialing. Ten-digit dialing was only necessary when placing foreign area calls to subscribers in another state or numbering plan area.[24] Exceptions existed for communities located on NPA boundaries, so that uniform local dialing was still possible in historically established communities.
Initial numbering system[edit]
In 1947, AT&T completed the new design for a nationwide toll network that established the original North American area codes. The new organization provided for 152 area codes, each with a capacity to serve up to 540 central offices.[25] Originally, only eighty-six area codes were assigned. New Jersey received the first NPA code in the new system, area code 201.[26] The second area code, 202, was assigned to the District of Columbia. The allocation of area codes was readjusted as early as 1948 to account for inadequacies in some metropolitan areas. For example, the Indiana numbering plan area 317 was divided to provide a larger numbering pool in the Indiana suburbs of Chicago (area code 219).
Initially, states divided into multiple numbering plan areas were assigned area codes with the digit 1 in the second position, while areas that comprised entire states or provinces received codes with 0 as the middle digit. This rule was broken by the early 1950s,[20] as NPAs with digit 0 in the middle had to be split, but until 1995 all area codes assigned had none other than the digits 0 and 1 in this position.
The eight codes of the form N11 (N = 2–9) were reserved as service codes. The easily recognizable codes of the form N00 were available in the numbering plan, but were not initially included in assignments.[7] Additional area code patterns were later assigned for other services; for example, the area codes N10 were implemented for the Teletypewriter Exchange Service (TWX).[27]
Central office codes[edit]
It was already common practice for decades that the digits 0 and 1 could not appear in the first two digits of the central office codes, because the system of using the first two letters of familiar names for central offices did not assign letters to these digits. The digit 0 was used for operator assistance, and 1, which is essentially a single pulse of loop interruption, was automatically ignored by most switching equipment of the time.[20] Therefore, the 0/1 rule for the area code provided a convenient means to distinguish seven-digit dialing from ten-digit dialing.
The use of telephone exchange names as part of telephone numbers had been a well-established practice, and this was preserved for convenience and expediency in the new network design. The letter-to-digit translations were printed on the face of every rotary dial in the metropolitan areas, according to a scheme designed by W.G. Blauvelt in 1917, that had been used in the Bell System in large metropolitan areas since the early 1920s.[28] The network reorganization standardized this system to using a two-letter, five-digit (2L-5N) representation of telephone numbers in most exchanges in North America,[29] or to using an equivalent all-numeric seven-digit numbering plans, as was practiced by some telephone companies.
All-number calling[edit]
Partitioning of the NANP prefix space under all-number-calling | |||
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000 — 099 | These 200 codes were used as toll center and system codes. | ||
100 — 199 | |||
area codes | service codes | area codes | central office codes |
200 — 210 | 211 | 212 — 219 | 220 — 299 |
300 — 310 | 311 | 312 — 319 | 320 — 399 |
400 — 410 | 411 | 412 — 419 | 420 — 499 |
500 — 510 | 511 | 512 — 519 | 520 — 599 |
600 — 610 | 611 | 612 — 619 | 620 — 699 |
700 — 710 | 711 | 712 — 719 | 720 — 799 |
800 — 810 | 811 | 812 — 819 | 820 — 899 |
900 — 910 | 911 | 912 — 919 | 920 — 999 |
152 area codes 8 special service codes | 640 CO codes |
All-number calling was a telephone numbering plan introduced in 1958,[30] that converted telephone numbers with exchange names to a numeric representation of seven digits.
The original plan of 1947 had been projected to be usable beyond the year 2000. However, by the late 1950s it became apparent that it would be outgrown by about 1975.[31] The limitations for the usable leading digits of central office codes, imposed by using common names for central office names, and their leading two characters as guides for customer dialing could no longer be maintained when opening new central offices. By 1962 it was forecast that in 1985 the number of telephones in the nation would equal its population of 280 million and increase to 600 million telephones for 340 million people in 2000.[29] As a result, the North American telephone administrations first introduced letter combinations that could not be linked to a familiar pronounceable central office name. Finally, they sought the elimination of central office names and letter codes, and introduced all-number calling (ANC).
Under all-number calling, the number of permissible central office prefixes increased from 540 to potentially 800, but the first two digits of the central office code were still restricted to the range 2 to 9, and the eight combinations that ended in 11 were reserved as special calling codes.[29] This increased the numbering pool for central office codes to 640, and resulted in the partitioning of the prefix space (000—999) according to the table at the right.[32]
Interchangeable central office codes[edit]
As the numbering plan grew in the 1960s under all-number calling, plan administrators at AT&T identified that by c. 1973 some of the largest area codes in urban centers might run out of central office prefixes to install more individual access lines. For relief in these cases, they finally removed the requirement that the middle digit of the central office code could not be 0 or 1. This resulted in the format of interchangeable central office codes, N X X, where N=2–9, and X is any digit. The first cities that required this action, in 1974, were the cities of Los Angeles with area code 213 and New York with 212. This change also required modification of the local dialing procedures to distinguish local calls from long-distance calls with area codes.
Requiring 1 to be dialed before the full number in some areas provided for area codes of the form N10, such as 210 in the San Antonio, Texas, area and 410 in eastern Maryland. Therefore, someone calling from San Jose, California, to Los Angeles before the change would have dialed 213-555-0123 and after the change 1-213-555-0123, which permitted the use of 213 as an exchange prefix in the San Jose area. The preceding 1 also ideally indicates a toll call; however, this is inconsistent across the NANP because the FCC has left it to the U.S. state public utilities commissions to regulate for traditional landlines, and it has since become moot for mobile phones and digital VoIP services that now offer nationwide calling without the extra digit.[citation needed]
Interchangeable NPA codes[edit]
In 1995, the North American Numbering Plan Administrator removed the requirement that the middle digit of an area code had to be either 0 or 1, implementing fully interchangeable NPA and central office codes, that had already been anticipated since the 1960s, when interchangeable central office codes were sanctioned.
Modern plan[edit]
The NANP numbering format may be summarized in the ten-digit notation NXX NXX-XXXX, where digits N denote any of 2–9, and X is any digit (0–9).
Component | Name | Number ranges | Notes |
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NXX often denoted NPA | Numbering plan area code | The first NXX block is the numbering plan area code. When the second and third digits are the same, the code is an easily recognizable code (ERC). ERCs designate special services; e.g., 800 for toll-free service. The NANP is not assigning area codes with 9 as the second digit.[33] | Covers Canada, the United States, parts of the Caribbean Sea, and some Atlantic and Pacific islands. The area code is often enclosed in parentheses. |
NXX | Central office code | The second NXX block is the central office code. Permissible numbers exclude easily recognizable codes N11, used for special services. | Also called exchange code |
XXXX | Line number | A unique four-digit number for each NPA, from 0000 to 9999 | Also called station code |
Using 0 or 1 as the first digit of an area code or central office code is invalid, as is a 9 as the middle digit of an area code; these are trunk prefixes or reserved for North American Numbering Plan expansion.
- For example, (234) 235-5678 is a valid telephone number; with area code 234, central office prefix (exchange) 235, and line number 5678. The number (234) 911-5678 is invalid, because the central office code must not be in the form N11. (314) 159-2653 is invalid, because the office code must not begin with 1. (123) 234-5678 is invalid, because the NPA must not begin with 0 or 1.[34][35][36][37]
Each three-digit area code has a capacity of 7,919,900 telephone numbers (7,918,900 in the United States).
Despite the widespread use of fictional telephone numbers of the form NXX 555-XXXX, only the block of line numbers from 0100 through 0199 are specifically reserved for this purpose, leaving the rest available for assignment.
The country calling code for all countries participating in the NANP is 1. The prefix 1 is also used with the NANP for long-distance dialing.
Non-geographic services[edit]
The North American Numbering Plan recognizes the need for non-geographic services by designating certain numbering blocks for such purposes. Many of these telephone numbers are selected from the easily recognizable codes (ERCs).
For system-wide toll-free calling, in which the receiving party is billed for the call, uses the number range with area codes of the form 8XX.
Area code and central office prefixes for other non-geographic services have the form 5XX-NXX. As of January 2021, the codes 500, 521, 522, 533, 544, 566, 577, 588, 523, 524, 525, and 526 have been designated.[38] These codes are used for fixed or mobile devices, and not assigned to rate centers. As addresses, they may or may not traverse the public switched telephone network (PSTN). Applications include the use as personal 500 numbers.
Some carrier-specific services have used area code 700. In Canada, area code 600 is used for non-geographic applications. Area code 900 has been used for high-toll 900 numbers.
Cellular mobile services[edit]
The North American Numbering Plan does not set aside special non-geographic area codes exclusively for cellular phones, as is customary in some other national telephone administrations. Only one regional exception exists in area code 600 in Canada.
For cellular services, telephone numbers in the NANP are allocated within each area code from special central office prefixes. Calls to them are billed at the same rate as any other call. Consequently, the caller pays pricing model adopted in other countries, in which calls to cellular phones are charged at a higher nationwide rate, but incoming mobile calls are not charged to the mobile user, could not be implemented. Instead, North American cellular telephone subscribers are also generally charged for receiving calls (subscriber pays). In the past, this has discouraged mobile users from publishing mobile telephone numbers, but by the first decade of the 21st century, most users selected bundle pricing plans that included an allotment of minutes expected to be used in the billing period, and most U.S. carriers now offer unlimited calling plans at mass-market prices.[39]
Industry observers have attributed the relatively low mobile phone penetration rate in the United States, compared to that of Europe, to the subscriber-pays model.[citation needed] In this model the convenience of the mobility is charged to the subscriber. Callers from outside the local-calling region of the assigned number, however, pay for a long-distance call, although domestic long-distance rates are generally lower than the rates in caller-pays systems. Conversely, an advantage of caller-pays is the relative absence of telemarketing and nuisance calls to mobile numbers. The integrated numbering plan also enables local number portability between fixed and wireless services within a region, allowing users to switch to mobile service while keeping their telephone number.
The initial plan for area code overlays did allow for providing separate area codes for use by mobile devices, although these were still assigned to a specific geographical area, and were charged at the same rate as other area codes. Initially, the area code 917 for New York City was specifically assigned for this purpose within the boroughs; however, a Federal court overturned the practice and the use of an area code for a specific telephony purpose.[citation needed] Since mobile telephony has been expanding faster than landline use, new area codes typically have a disproportionately large fraction of mobile and nomadic numbers, although landline and other services rapidly follow and local network portability can blur these distinctions.
Growth[edit]
Canada and the United States have experienced rapid growth in the number of area codes, particularly between 1990 and 2005. The widespread adoption of fax, modem, and mobile phone communication, as well as the deregulation of local telecommunication services in the United States in the mid-1990s, increased the demand for telephone numbers.
The Federal Communications Commission allowed telecommunication companies to compete with the incumbent local exchange carriers for services, usually by forcing the existing sole service provider to lease infrastructure to other local providers. Because of the original design of the numbering plan and the telephone switching network that assumed only a single provider, number allocations had to be made in 10,000-number blocks even when far fewer numbers were required for each new vendor. Due to the proliferation of service providers in some numbering plan areas, many area codes fell into jeopardy, facing exhaustion of numbering resources. The number blocks of failed service providers often remained unused, as no regulatory mechanism existed to reclaim and reassign these numbers.
Area codes are added by two principal methods, number plan area splits and overlays. Splits were implemented by dividing an area into two or more regions, one of which retained the existing area code and the other areas receiving a new code. In an overlay, multiple codes are assigned to the same geographical area, obviating the need for renumbering of existing services. Subtle variations of these techniques have been used as well, such as dedicated overlays, in which the new code is reserved for a particular type of service, such as cellular phones and pagers, and concentrated overlays, in which a part of the area retained a single code while the rest of the region received an overlay code. The only service-specific overlay in the NANP was area code 917 (New York City) when it was first installed; such service-specific area code assignments were later prohibited by the Federal Communications Commission.
Most area codes of the form N10, originally reserved for AT&T’s Teletypewriter eXchange (TWX) service, were transferred to Western Union in 1969 and were freed up for other use in 1981 after conversion to Telex II service was complete. The last of these, 610, was assigned to Canada, but reassigned in 1992. These new area codes, as well as a few other codes used for routing calls to Mexico, were used for telephone area code splits in the late 1980s and early 1990s, as all other area codes under the original plan had been consumed.
After the remaining valid area codes were used up by expansion, in 1995 the rapid increase in the need for more area codes forced the NANPA to allow the digits 2 through 8 to be used as a middle digit in new area code assignments, with 9 being reserved as a last resort for potential future expansion. At the same time, local exchanges were allowed to use 1 or 0 as a middle digit. The first area codes without a 1 or 0 as the middle digit were area code 334 in Alabama and area code 360 in Washington, which both began service on January 15, 1995. This was quickly followed by area code 520 serving Arizona on March 19, 1995.
By 1995, many cities in the United States and Canada had more than one area code, either from dividing a city into different areas (NPA split) or having more than one code for the same area (NPA overlay). The overlay method requires that the area code must be dialed in all cases, even for local calls, while the split plan may permit seven-digit dialing within the same area. The transition to ten-digit dialing typically starts with a permissive dialing phase, which is widely publicized, during which dialing all ten digits is optional. After a period of several months, mandatory dialing begins, when seven-digit dialing is no longer permissible. Atlanta was the first U.S. city to require mandatory ten-digit dialing throughout the metropolitan area, roughly coinciding with the 1996 Summer Olympics held there. Atlanta was used as the test case not only because of its size, but also because it had the world’s largest fiber-optic network at the time, five times larger than that of New York, and it was home to BellSouth (now part of AT&T), then the Southeastern Regional Bell Operating Company, with AT&T’s fiber optics manufacturing facility within the city.
Growth issues[edit]
Depending on the techniques used for area code and central office code relief, the effect on telephone users varies. In areas in which overlays were used, this generally avoids the need for converting telephone numbers, so existing directories, business records, letterheads, business cards, advertising, and «speed-dialing» settings can retain the same phone numbers, while the overlay is used for new number allocations. The primary effect on telephone users is the necessity of remembering and dialing 10- or 11-digit numbers when only 7-digit dialing was previously permissible.
Splitting instead of overlaying generally avoids the requirement for mandatory area-code dialing, but at the expense of having to convert a region to the new code. In addition to the requirements of updating records and directories to accommodate the new numbers, for efficient conversion this requires a period of «permissive dialing» in which the new and old codes are both allowed to work. Also, many splittings involved significant technical issues, especially when the area splittings occurred over boundaries other than phone network divisions.
In 1998 area code 612, assigned to the Minneapolis – Saint Paul Twin Cities, was split to create area code 651 for St. Paul and the eastern metropolitan area. The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission mandated that the new boundary exactly follow municipal boundaries, which were distinctly different from telephone exchange boundaries, and that all subscribers keep their seven-digit numbers. These two goals were directly at odds with the reason for the split, namely to provide additional telephone numbers. More than forty exchanges had territory that straddled the new boundary. As a result, prefixes were duplicated in both area codes, which counteracted much of the benefit of the split, with only 200 of 700 prefixes in area 612 moving entirely to area 651. In less than two years area code 612 again exhausted its supply of telephone numbers, and required a three-way split in 2000, creating the new area codes 763 and 952. The split followed political boundaries, rather than rate center boundaries, resulting in additional split prefixes; a few numbers moved from 612 to 651 and then to 763 in less than two years.
Decrease of growth rate[edit]
Recognizing that the proliferation of area codes was largely due to the telecom deregulation act and the assignment of numbers in blocks of ten thousand, the FCC instructed NANPA, by then administered by Neustar, to alleviate the numbering shortage. As a result, number pooling was piloted in 2001 as a system for allocating local numbers to carriers in blocks of 1,000 rather than 10,000. Because of the then design of the switched telephone network, this was a considerable technical obstacle. Number pooling was implemented with another technical obstacle, local number portability.
The program has been implemented in much of the United States by state regulators. Some cities have also implemented rate center consolidation; fewer rate centers resulted in more efficient use of telephone numbers, as carriers would reserve blocks of 1,000 or 10,000 numbers in each of multiple rate centers in the same area even if they had relatively few clients in the area.[40] (A rate center is a geographical area used by a Local Exchange Carrier (LEC) to determine the boundaries for local calling, billing and assigning phone numbers. Typically a call within a rate center is local, while a call from one rate center to another is a long-distance call.) Together with aggressive reclamation of unused number blocks from telecom providers, number pooling has reduced the need for additional area codes, so that many previously designated area splits and overlays have been postponed indefinitely.
Canada never implemented number pooling, so that even the smallest villages are rate centers and every CLEC is assigned blocks of ten thousand numbers.
New area codes outside the contiguous United States and Canada[edit]
Before 1995, all NANP countries and territories outside the contiguous United States, Alaska, Hawaii and Canada shared the area code 809. This included Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Each has since been assigned one or more distinct numbering plan areas; area code 809 now exclusively serves the Dominican Republic (along with area codes 829 and 849). The United States Pacific territories of the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam joined the NANP in 1997, and American Samoa became an NANP member in October 2004. The Dutch possession of Sint Maarten was originally scheduled to join the NANP on May 31, 2010, but the changeover was postponed to September 30, 2011.[13]
Bermuda | before 1995: served by area code 809 | 1995: assigned area code 441 |
Puerto Rico | before 1996: served by area code 809 | 1996: assigned area code 787 2001: overlaid with area code 939 |
U.S. Virgin Islands | before 1997: served by area code 809 | 1997: assigned area code 340 |
Northern Marianas | before 1997: reached via IDDD using country code 670 | 1997: assigned area code 670 |
Guam | before 1997: reached via IDDD using country code 671 | 1997: assigned area code 671 |
American Samoa | before October 1, 2004: reached via IDDD using country code 684 | 2004: assigned area code 684 |
Sint Maarten | before September 30, 2011: reached via IDDD using country code 599 | 2011: assigned area code 721 |
Telephone number size expansion[edit]
The NANP exhaust analysis estimates that the existing numbering system is sufficient beyond 2049, based on the assumptions that a maximum of 674 NPAs continue to be available, and that on average 3,990 central office codes are needed per year.[41]
In case of exhaustion, various plans are discussed for expanding the numbering plan. One option is to add the digit 1 or 0 either at the beginning or at the end of the area code, or prefixing it to the seven-digit subscriber number. This would require eleven-digit dialing even for local calls between any two NANP numbers. Another proposal introduces the digit 9 into the area code in the format x9xx, so that, for example, San Francisco’s 415 would become 4915. Other proposals include reallocating blocks of numbers assigned to smaller long-distance carriers or unused reserved services.[citation needed]
Dialing procedures[edit]
The structure of the North American Numbering Plan permits implementation of local dial plans in each plan area, depending on requirements. When multiple NPA codes serve an area in an overlay arrangement, ten-digit (10D) dialing is required. Seven-digit (7D) dialing may be permissible in areas with single area codes.[42] Depending on the requirement of toll alerting, it may be necessary to prefix a telephone number with 1. The NANPA publishes dial plan information for individual area codes.[43]
The standard dial plans in most cases are as follows:
Local within area code | Local outside area code | Toll within area code | Toll outside area code | |
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Single code area, with toll alerting | 7D or 10D | 7D or 10D | 1+10D | 1+10D |
Single code area, without toll alerting | 7D or 10D | 1+10D | 7D or 10D | 1+10D |
Overlaid area, with toll alerting | 10D | 10D | 1+10D | 1+10D |
Overlaid area, without toll alerting | 10D | 1+10D | 10D | 1+10D |
The number of digits dialed is unrelated to being a local call or a toll call when there is no toll alerting. Allowing 7D local dial across an area code boundary, which is uncommon today, requires central office code protection, locally if using toll alerting, across the entire area code otherwise, to avoid assignment of the same seven-digit number on both sides. Landlines occasionally require 1+10D where 10D is required, most notably in California.
Most areas permit local calls as 1+10D except for Texas, Georgia, and some jurisdictions in Canada which require that landline callers know which numbers are local and which are toll, dialing 10D for local calls and 1+10D for all toll calls.
In almost all cases, domestic operator-assisted calls are dialed 0+10D.
Special numbers and codes[edit]
Some common special numbers in the North American system:
- 0 – Operator assistance
- 00 – Long-distance operator assistance (formerly 2-1-1)
- 011 – International access code using direct dial (for all destinations outside the NANP).
- 01 – International access code using operator assistance (for all destinations outside the NANP).
- 101-xxxx – Used to select use of an alternative long-distance carrier
- 211 – Local community information or social services (in some cities)
- 311 – City government or non-emergency police matters
- 411 – Local telephone directory service (Some telephone companies provide national directory assistance)
- 511 – Traffic, road, and tourist information
- 611 – Telephone line repair service (formerly 4104), wireless operator customer service (formerly 811).
- 711 – Relay service for customers with hearing or speech disabilities.
- 811 – Local utility location services (United States), non-urgent telehealth/teletriage services in Canada (formerly telephone company business office)
- 911 – Emergency telephone number – fire department, medical emergency, police.
- 988 – National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (United States).[44]
- 950-xxxx – Feature group code for access to a carrier from a non-subscriber location. The feature requires the customer dial a 950-xxxx number and enter a calling card number and destination telephone number. It was originally used for locations where 101-xxxx dialing was not possible.
- 958-xxxx (local); 959-xxxx (long distance) – Plant test numbers, such as automatic number announcement circuits. It was once common to reserve entire unused exchange prefixes or N11 numbers (4101 was ringback number on many step-by-step switches), but these have largely moved to individual unpublished numbers within the standard 958-xxxx (local) or 959-xxxx (long-distance) plant test exchanges as numbers become scarce.
- 1 (NPA) 555-1212 – Non-local directory information (Canada and United States)
Vertical service codes are used for special calling features, such as:
- *51 and 1151: A history of unanswered calls on a telephone number, useful for those who are not Caller ID subscribers.
- *57 and 1157: Used to trace harassing, threatening, abusive, obscene, etc. phone calls, and keep results of trace at phone company.
- *66 and 1166: To keep retrying a busy-line (see also Called-party camp-on)
- *67 and 1167: Caller ID Block
- *69 and 1169: Call Return caller may press ‘1’ to return call after hearing number
- *70 and 1170: Cancel call waiting on a call-by-call basis
- *71 and 1171: Three-way calling, which lets a person talk to people in two different locations at the same time.
- *74 and 1174: Speed dial, which allows someone to quickly dial any of eight frequently called numbers using a one-digit code, from any phone on their line.
- *75 allows a total of 30 speed-call numbers with two digits.
- *77 activates Anonymous Call Rejection Service
- *82 and 1182: Releases Caller ID block on a call-by-call basis
- *87 deactivates Anonymous Call Rejection Service
The four-digit numbers are not implemented in some areas. The star codes (*) are for use on Touch-Tone telephones, whereas the four-digit numbers prefixed 11xx are used on rotary dial telephones which cannot dial the * symbol.
Not all NANP countries use the same codes. For example, the emergency telephone number is not always 911: Trinidad and Tobago and Dominica use 999, as in the United Kingdom. The country of Barbados uses 211 for police force, 311 for fire, and 511 for ambulance, while Jamaica uses 114 for directory assistance, 119 for police force, and 110 for fire and ambulance services.
Despite its early importance as a share of the worldwide telephone system, few of the NANP’s codes, such as 911, have been adopted outside the system. Determining that 911 requires unnecessary rotation time on rotary dial telephones, the European Union has adopted its own standardized number of 112, while countries in Asia and the rest of the world use a variety of other two- or three-digit emergency telephone number combinations. The 112 code is gaining prevalence because of its preprogrammed presence in mobile telephones that conform to the European GSM standard. The European Union and many other countries have chosen the International Telecommunication Union’s 00 as their international access number instead of 011. The toll-free prefix 800 has been widely adopted elsewhere, including as the international toll-free country code. It is often preceded by a 0 rather than a 1 in many countries where 0 is the trunk prefix.
International dialing[edit]
While international direct dialing was available in some locations in the United States by the late 1950s, a continental system was introduced as
International Direct Distance Dialing (IDDD) for the territories of the North American Numbering Plan in March 1970.[45]
While the NANP was designed as a closed numbering plan with ten digit telephone numbers, IDDD was implemented through extensive modifications in the switching systems to accommodate the international open numbering plan with seven to twelve digits in the national telephone numbers.[46] Access to the international network is facilitated by the dialing prefix 011, after which the country calling code and the national telephone number are dialed.
Number portability[edit]
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 (47 U.S.C. § 251 (b)(2)) authorizes the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to require all local exchange carriers (LECs) to offer local number portability.[47] The FCC regulations were enacted on June 27, 1996, with changes to take effect in the one hundred largest Metropolitan Statistical Areas by October 1, 1997, and elsewhere by December 31, 1998.[48]
The FCC directed the North American Numbering Council (NANC) to select one or more private-sector candidates for the local number portability administrator (LNPA) function,[49] in a manner akin to the selection of the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA).[50]
The toll-free telephone numbers in NPA 800, 888, 877, 866, 855, 844, and 833 have been portable through the RespOrg system since 1993.[51]
Toll charges[edit]
Calls between different countries and territories of the NANP are not typically charged at domestic rates. For example, most long-distance plans may charge a California subscriber a higher rate for a call to British Columbia than for a call to New York, even though both destinations are within the NANP. Similarly, calls from Bermuda to U.S. numbers (including 1-800 numbers, which are normally thought of as toll-free) incur international rates. This is because many of the island nations implemented a plan of subsidizing the cost of local phone services by directly charging higher pricing levies on international long-distance services.[citation needed]
Because of these higher fees, scams had taken advantage of customers’ unfamiliarity with pricing structure to call the legacy regional area code 809. Some scams lured customers from the United States and Canada into placing expensive calls to the Caribbean, by representing area code 809 as a regular domestic, low-cost, or toll-free call. The split of 809 (which formerly covered all of the Caribbean NANP points) into multiple new area codes created many new, unfamiliar prefixes which could be mistaken for U.S. or Canada domestic area codes but carried high tariffs. In various island nations, premium exchanges such as +1-876-HOT-, +1-876-WET- or +1-876-SEX- (where 876 is Jamaica) became a means to circumvent consumer-protection laws governing area code 900 or similar U.S.-domestic premium numbers.
These scams are on the decline, with many of the Cable and Wireless service monopolies being opened up to competition, hence bringing rates down. Additionally, many Caribbean territories have implemented local government agencies to regulate telecommunications rates of providers.[52][53]
Countries and territories[edit]
Of all states or territories, the U.S. state of California has the largest number of area codes assigned, followed by Texas, Florida and New York, while most countries of the Caribbean use only one.[54] Many Caribbean codes were assigned based on alphabetic abbreviations of the territory name, as indicated in the third column of the following table (Letter code). This follows the traditional letter assignments on telephone dials. For some Pacific islands, the NANPA area code is the same as the country code that was discontinued upon membership in the NANP.
Country/Territory | Area codes | Letter code | Regulator |
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![]() | 684* | American Samoa Telecommunications Authority | |
![]() | 264 | ANG | Public Utilities Commission of Anguilla |
![]() | 268 | ANT | Telecommunications Division of the Government of Antigua and Barbuda |
![]() | 242 | BHA | Utilities Regulation & Competition Authority |
![]() | 246 | BIM | Telecommunications Unit |
![]() | 441 | https://www.ra.bm/ | |
![]() | 284 | BVI | Telecommunications Regulatory Commission |
![]() | 204, 226, … 905 | Canadian Numbering Administration Consortium | |
![]() | 345 | Information and Communications Technology Authority | |
![]() | 767 | ROS (Roseau) | Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority |
![]() | 809, 829, 849 | Instituto Dominicano de las Telecomunicaciones | |
![]() | 473 | GRE | Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority |
![]() | 671* | Guam Telephone Authority | |
![]() | 876, 658[55] | Spectrum Management Authority | |
![]() | 664 | Montserrat Info-Communications Authority | |
![]() | 670* | ||
![]() | 787, 939 | PUR | Junta Reglamentadora de Telecomunicaciones de Puerto Rico |
![]() | 869 | National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission | |
![]() | 758 | SLU | National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission |
![]() | 784 | SVG | National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission |
![]() | 721 | Bureau Telecommunications and Post | |
![]() | 868 | TNT | Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago |
![]() | 649 | Telecommunications Commission | |
![]() | 201, 202, … 989 | Federal Communications Commission | |
![]() | 340 | Public Services Commission | |
* same as previous country code |
Membership in the NANP brings significant advantages for countries in the vicinity of the United States and Canada, which usually are already the top dialing destinations. Both countries also originate most of the tourism business for the Caribbean. This is enhanced by the integration from sharing the same dialing procedures, without international access codes, and the toll-free number system of the NANP, as businesses in all member countries are eligible to participate.
Alphabetic mnemonic system[edit]
digit | letters | Letters of the alphabet are mapped to the digits of the telephone dial pad. |
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2 | ABC | |
3 | DEF | |
4 | GHI | |
5 | JKL | |
6 | MNO | |
7 | P(Q)RS | |
8 | TUV | |
9 | WXY(Z) |
Many telephone dials and keypads maintain a tradition of alphabetic dialing. Usually each pushbutton from digit 2 to 9 also displays three letters, which is standardized in ISO 9995-8 and, in Europe, E.161. Historically, the letters Q and Z were omitted, although some modern telephones contain them. SMS-capable devices have all 26 letters. The alphabet is apportioned to the buttons as follows:
No letters are typically mapped to keys 1 and 0, although some corporate voicemail systems use 1 for Q and Z, and some old telephones assigned the Z to the digit 0.
Originally, this scheme was used as a mnemonic device for the exchange prefixes in telephone numbers. When telephone numbers in the United States were standardized in the mid-20th century to seven digits, the first two digits of the exchange prefix were expressed as letters rather than numbers, using the telephone exchange name. Before World War II, the largest cities used three letters and four or five numerals, while in most cities phone numbers had only six digits (2L-4N). The prefix was a name and the first two or three letters, listed as capital letters in directories, were dialed. Later, the third letter, where implemented, was replaced by a digit, or an extra digit was added. This generally happened after World War II, although New York City converted in 1930. The adoption of seven-digit local numbers (2L-5N) was chosen as the requirement for direct distance dialing and progressively deployed starting in the late 1940s.
The famous Glenn Miller tune PEnnsylvania 6-5000 refers to telephone number PE6-5000, a number in service at the Hotel Pennsylvania (212 736–5000) in New York up until 2020 when the hotel closed permanently. Similarly, the classic film BUtterfield 8 is set in the East Side of Manhattan between roughly 64th and 86th Streets, where the telephone prefixes include 288.
The letter system was phased out, beginning before 1965, although it persisted ten years later in some places. It was included in Bell of Pennsylvania directories until 1983. Even today, some businesses still display a 2L-5N number in advertisements, e.g., the Belvedere Construction Company in Detroit, Michigan not only still uses the 2L-5N format for its number (TYler 8-7100), it uses the format for the toll-free number (1-800-TY8-7100).
Despite the phasing out of the letter system, alphabetic phonewords remain as a commercial mnemonic gimmick, particularly for toll-free numbers. For example, one can dial 1-800-FLOWERS to order flowers, or 1-800-DENTIST to find a local dentist.
In addition to commercial uses, alphabetic dialing has occasionally influenced the choice of area codes. For example, when area code 423 (East Tennessee) was split in 1999, the region surrounding Knoxville was assigned area code 865, chosen to represent VOL, for The Volunteer State, the nickname of Tennessee, as well as athletic teams at the University of Tennessee.[56][57] Similarly, several Caribbean area codes were chosen as an alphabetic abbreviation of the country name.
Fictional telephone numbers[edit]
American television programs and films often use the central office code 555, or KLamath 5 and KLondike 5 in older movies and shows, for fictitious telephone numbers, to prevent disturbing actual telephone subscribers if anyone is tempted to dial a telephone number seen or referred to on screen. Not all numbers beginning with 555 are fictional. For example, 555-1212 is the standard number for directory assistance. Only 555-0100 through 555-0199 are reserved for fictional use. Where used, these are often routed to information services; Canadian telephone companies briefly promoted 555-1313 as a pay-per-use «name that number» reverse lookup in the mid-1990s.[58]
Occasionally, valid telephone numbers are used as song titles. The 1962 Motown hit «Beechwood 4-5789» was written by Marvin Gaye for the Marvelettes, while Stax/Volt Records’ Wilson Pickett scored a soul hit in the 1960s with the similarly named «634-5789». A more recent example is the 1981 song «867-5309/Jenny» by Tommy Tutone, which was the cause of a large number of prank calls.[59]
See also[edit]
- List of area code overlays
- List of North American Numbering Plan area codes
- Numbering Resource Utilization/Forecast Report
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- ^ AT&T, Notes on the Network, Section 3, p.8 (1980)
- ^ Green book, Volume 2, Part 1, International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee, International Telecommunication Union, 1973, page 129
- ^ a b c «PL-418: Introduction of NPA 721 (Sint Maarten)» (PDF). North American Numbering Plan Administration. 2011-01-05. Retrieved 2011-08-08. Updated by: «PL-423: Updated Information — Introduction of NPA 721 (Sint Maarten)» (PDF). North American Numbering Plan Administration. 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
- ^ «About the North American Numbering Plan».
- ^ Bellcore Planning Letter PL-NANP-106, (1997-12-23)
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- ^ FCC awards $75M NANPA/PA/RNDA Services contract, G2Xchange FedCiv (2020-12-01), Retrieved 2021-05-04.
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- ^ Bell Telephone Laboratories, A History of Engineering and Science in the Bell System — The Early Years (1875-1925), M.D. Fagan (ed.), 1975, p.126
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- ^ Rate Center Consolidations
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- ^ 11 FCC Rcd 8353
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External links[edit]
- North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA)
- Canadian Numbering Administrator
- Map of the original 86 area codes from 1947
- North American Numbering Council Archived 2022-01-20 at the Wayback Machine
- NANP Discussion 2003 Document — Understanding the North American Numbering Plan
В одном из самых автомобилизированных государств мира регистрационные номерные знаки имеют очень важное значение. Первые официальные номера были введены в США 25 апреля 1901 года в штате Нью-Йорк. Всех владельцев машин обязали зарегистрировать свои фамилии и адрес, а также описание автомобиля. Регистрация стоила 1 доллар, после чего вручалась табличка с инициалами владельца. В первый год было выдано 954 номера.
До 1920 года номера изготавливали из кожи, фарфора, резины и металла — главное, чтобы символы были контрастными с фоном таблички. После этого пластины очень сильно эволюционировали и представляют интерес коллекционеров всего мира. Я собираю американские номера машин и мотоциклов уже более 10 лет и в этой статье расскажу в подробностях о стандартах, видах, регистрации, креплению и персонализации автомобильных знаков США. В качестве бонуса таблица с дизайном 2019 года.
Содержание
- 1 Размеры номеров
- 2 Форматы и специальные символы
- 3 Плоский или выдавленный?
- 4 Индивидуальные и специальные номера
- 5 Профессиональные и правительственные номера
- 6 Правила получения номерного знака в США
- 7 Регистрация и продление — всё о наклейках
- 8 Жизненный цикл номеров
- 9 Крепление переднего и заднего номера
- 10 Временные и транзитные номера
- 11 Таблица дизайна по штатам (50 + 1)
Размеры номеров
В 1956 году Америка и Канада пришли к соглашению с Ассоциацией автопроизводителей, согласно которому стали изготавливаться номерные знаки 6 на 12 дюймов (15 на 30 см) для всех легковых автомобилей. Размеры могут незначительно отличаться в зависимости от завода изготовителя.
В Северной Америке только Сен-Пьер и Микелон не приняли эти стандарты (хотя на Северо-Западных территориях есть номер в форме белого медведя, вырезанный из стандартной прямоугольной пластины). Для мотоциклов, мопедов, некоторых типов прицепов и строительной техники делают знаки меньшего размера. Также в Пуэрто-Рико есть специальная европейская табличка.
Форматы и специальные символы
Буквенно-цифровые форматы номеров рассчитываются для предоставления достаточного количества уникальных комбинаций всем находящимся в штате автомобилям, которым необходима регистрация. Например, небольшие штаты Делавэр и Род-Айленд могут использовать форматы 123456, в то время как в Калифорнии используется семизначный формат 1ABC234, а в некоторых других густонаселенных штатах используются семисимвольные форматы ABC-1234 или AB-12345. Другие форматы включают систему кодирования округа или месяц истечения срока действия. Формат нумерации и дизайн номеров пассажирских автомобилей отличается от остального транспорта.
Большинство штатов создают индивидуальный стиль своему номеру. Дизайн содержит символы, цвета, лозунги, характеризующие жизнь населения. У некоторых штатов имеются несколько разных слоганов, но логотип или символ, как правило один и не меняется много лет. Для Вайоминга отличительным знаком служит ковбой, Вермонт делает свои таблички в зелёно белом цвете, Аляска предпочитает синий и жёлтый.
Три штата с самыми незначительными изменениями в дизайне с 1960-х годов — Делавэр, Колорадо, Миннесота.
Плоский или выдавленный?
Изначально номерные знаки изготавливались плоскими в различных формах, обычно прямоугольных. В 1930-х годах штаты обнаружили, что их легко выковать самостоятельно, и впоследствии начали выдавливать символы, чтобы предотвратить подделку.
Кроме основных символов была другая идентифицирующая информация: название места изготовления, класс транспортного средства, год выпуска. Для продления регистрации и изменения года сначала использовались металлические накладные фрагменты. Впоследствии регистрацию меняли наклейками, а вся остальная информация, кроме основных символов, стала плоской.
С приходом современных технологий необходимость эмбоссирования потеряла актуальность. Постепенно штаты переходят на цифровую печать номеров. Для нас — коллекционеров это, несомненно, печальный факт, потому что в плоских табличках отсутствует та изюминка, которая была в старых выдавленных. Но цифровая печать позволяет сделать картинку более реалистичной, с высоким разрешением. И дизайнеры пользуются этим для создания всё более красивых знаков.
Таблица распределения технологий, используемых в разных штатах в 2019 году.
Для наглядности все штаты на карте.
В 2018 году в Калифорнии была запущена пилотная программа, в рамках которой город Сакраменто за дополнительную плату выпустил номерные знаки на цифровых дисплеях с батарейным питанием. Регистрационный номер отображается на экране электронной бумаги, который теоретически может обновляться для отображения различных сообщений. Номерной знак также оборудован маяком, который можно отследить в случае угона автомобиля.
Индивидуальные и специальные номера
В каждом из 50 штатов, а также в округе Колумбия автовладелец имеет право сделать себе персональный номер (vanity plate) с любой доступной комбинацией символов. Нельзя заказать номер с нецензурными словами, но формулировка непристойных значений различается в каждом штате.
Также запрещено использовать слова «NO PLATE», «MISSING», «NOTAG», «VOID», «NONE» и «XXXXXXX», по причине ошибок в системе распознавания.
Кроме букв и цифр в Калифорнии, например, можно разместить символ руки, сердца, звезды или знака плюс. В штатах Нью-Гэмпшир и Северная Каролина также доступны нестандартные символы. Десятая часть всех персональных табличек регистрируется в Вирджинии, которая предлагает более 200 разных дизайнов.
Интересно, что количество символов на табличке может влиять на цену, которую просят коллекционеры. Так три символа на номере Делавэра оцениваются в 50 000 долларов, два символа — 200 000 долларов, а один символ может стоить 400 000 долларов на аукционе.
При заказе тематических знаков требуется предоставить документы, подтверждающие принадлежность к определённой группе. Например, ветеранам, инвалидам, радиолюбителям, пожарным, полицейским, индейцам, масонам. Во многих штатах дополнительная плата за такой знак не взимается.
Радиолюбители используют позывной на номере, но закон принимался ещё до повсеместного введения индивидуальных табличек, и для них действуют особые условия и скидки. Также они имеют право использовать одинаковые знаки на нескольких автомобилях, потому что позывной уникален по всей стране.
В некоторых штатах можно заказать себе специальные номера: с изображением природы, эмблемы университета, посвящённые какому-нибудь событию или юбилею. Средства от этих табличек уходят в соответствующие организации. Символы могут быть серийными или персональными.
Профессиональные и правительственные номера
Различные ведомства имеют свои отличительные знаки, со специальным набором символов:
- Воружённые силы — некоторые подразделения могут вообще не иметь табличек, а только нанесенный на кузов идентификационный номер.
- Почтовая служба — аналогично военным может частично ездить без классических знаков.
- General Services Administration — управление общего обслуживания, изготавливает свои номера в стандартном формате.
- Транспортные средства USPS — начинаются с буквы “P”.
Часто дизайн профессиональных табличек не отличается от остальных, и узнать их можно по специальным порядкам нумерации или обозначениям типа «government», «official», «state owned», «municipal», or «exempt», что означает освобождение от налогов.
Многие штаты выдают такие таблички представителям определённых профессий, которым требуются льготы или привилегии (парковка, проезд за полицейскими): пресса, врачи, медсёстры, фельдшеры, пожарные, судьи, некоторые должностные лица.
Отдельной категорией идут дипломатические номера, которые выдаются государственным департаментом США в Нью-Йорке и округе Колумбия. Они имеют формат “S LL NNNN”, где первой буквой идёт статус владельца, далее страна, а следом четырёхзначный код. Члены ООН получают знаки с зеркальным отображением символов “NNNN LL S”.
Правила получения номерного знака в США
В Соединённых Штатах номера выдаются департаментом транспортных средств (DMV, аналог МРЭО, но не относится к полиции), агентством правительства штата или округа, в случае с Округом Колумбия. Дипломатические знаки выпускает Федеральное правительство.
Порядок получения такой:
- Посещаете отдел автотранспорта (DMV) в вашем районе. Можно осуществить процедуру по почте, загрузив форму из интернета, однако, предоставив документы лично, вы получите номерные знаки в тот же день.
- Предоставляете подтверждение права собственности.
- Заполняете заявку на получение свидетельства о праве собственности, которое называется Тайтл (Title).
- Предоставляете акт осмотра ТС. Сертифицированная инспекция проверяет тонировку, клиренс и другие стандартные требования для автомобилей.
- Показываете чек (Bill of Sale). С этой суммы вы заплатите налог.
- Оплачиваете соответствующие сборы. Получаете номерные знаки.
При покупке у дилера вся процедура выполняется в автосалоне.
Регистрация и продление — всё о наклейках
На заре автомобилестроения номера выпускались каждый год. Позже американское правительство решило прекратить расточительство и внедрило наклейки.
В США ежегодный денежный сбор с владельца транспорта неразрывно связан с номерным знаком. Это примерно как в России техосмотр, налог и страховка вместе взятые. По номеру гаишник определяет все ли ежегодные процедуры прошла машина: осмотр на предмет соответствия нормативам выбросов из выхлопной трубы, страховка и т. п. Также старая наклейка может свидетельствовать о неоплаченных дорожных и парковочных билетах или угоне автомобиля.
Наклейки изготавливаются из винила с очень крепким клеящим слоем — их практически невозможно оторвать. Андрей Герасимов 10 лет назад в своём блоге написал, что некоторые ушлые американцы всё же воруют чужие наклейки, поэтому дилер рекомендовал ему специально порезать их ножом для защиты. Примечательно, что после прочтения этой заметки я и увлёкся изучением американских номерных знаков.
В разных штатах клеят один или два стикера, которые обозначают год и месяц. Также на них выбивается серийный номер, по которому можно определить принадлежность к конкретному авто. Для удобства стражей правопорядка применяется кодирование цветом стикера с годом. Если гаишник заметит «неправильный» цвет, он сразу смотрит на месяц — просроченные наклейки — повод остановить машину.
В округе Колумбия подтверждающая наклейка помещается под ветровое стекло. Она также служит разрешением для парковки жителей района.
Жизненный цикл номеров
Согласно законодательству США, если вы переезжаете в другой штат с намерением остаться на неопределенный срок, вы обязаны зарегистрировать транспортное средство в этом штате, после чего вам выдаются новые номера. Исключение составляют военнослужащие, проходящие военную службу и студенты бакалавриата, посещающие колледж или университет за пределами штата, в котором они проживают.
При продаже автомобиля, в зависимости от закона конкретного штата, номерные знаки могут передаваться вместе с машиной новому владельцу или остаться у продавца, который за определенную плату переносит таблички и неиспользованную регистрацию на новый автомобиль. Некоторые штаты выпускают новый знак после каждой продажи авто.
Существуют разные схемы переоформления номерных знаков, называемые «replating». В первом случае номера выдаются один раз и меняются только по просьбе автовладельца. В других штатах они обновляются после достижения определённого возраста. Иногда знаки аннулируются для перевыпуска с новым дизайном. Это может происходить на регулярной основе или спонтанно. Часто в определенном штате в данный момент действует только один конкретный дизайн или серия.
Крепление переднего и заднего номера
В Америке нет единого закона, по которому автовладелец должен вешать оба номера спереди и сзади. Отчасти это связано с тем, что часть производителей авто не выпускают креплений для переднего номера.
Законы могут не распространяться на транспорт принадлежащий дилеру или правительству, а также коммерческих или исторических автомобилей.
В исключение попадают мотоциклы и прицепы, для которых выдаётся только задняя табличка.
Для наглядности размещаю таблицу по штатам, которая поможет понять при покупке б/у знаков, существует ли пара к номеру того штата, который вы решили приобрести.
Временные и транзитные номера
Автомобиль, купленный у дилера всегда будет иметь временную регистрацию с соответствующими номерными знаками. Это делается для удобства перемещения машины к месту эксплуатации. Времянка будет висеть на авто до тех пор пока местный филиал DMV не обработает информацию о покупке и не выдаст вам постоянные номера.
Вы можете купить авто в одном штате и перевести его в другой с иными законами. В этом случае выдаются транзитные таблички, позволяющие управлять машиной до момента регистрации по месту жительства.
Временные и транзитные знаки бывают:
- бумажными, картонными, пластиковыми, которые следует заменить постоянными через 15, 30 или 45 дней;
- стандартными металлическими с временной наклейкой, в этом случае вам будет выдан новый стикер;
- в виде бланка или наклейки на лобовое стекло.
В 2019 году Калифорния приняла закон о временных знаках. Раньше на машинах этого штата в течение месяца и более после покупки, могли находиться стандартные дилерские таблички с рекламой или вообще ничего. Калифорния была единственным штатом, с таким послаблением. Это создавало проблемы. Водители пользовались лазейкой в законе, чтобы ездить без оплаты по мостам и платным дорогам, а камеры не могли распознать их. Ситуацию усугубил смертельный случай с пешеходом, где не удалось найти виновника. После этого закон был изменён.
Таблица дизайна по штатам (50 + 1)
Для наглядности я предлагаю посмотреть вам стандартный вид номеров, выдаваемых в 2019 году по каждому штату. Расположены они по английскому алфавиту, в конце округ Колумбия.
№ | Фото | Название штата и описание |
1 | ![]() | Алабама (Alabama) Слоган: Сердце Дикси (Heart of Dixie) Форматы: 12A3BCD (на фото) и другие (в начале коды округов) Выпускается с 2022 года |
2 | ![]() | Аляска (Alaska) Лозунг: Последняя граница (Last Frontier) Серийный формат: ABC 123 Выпуск с января 2010 года |
3 | ![]() | Аризона (Arizona) Лозунг: Штат Великого Каньона (Grand Canyon State) Формат: ABC1234 Выпускается с 2008 года |
4 | ![]() | Арканзас (Arkansas) Лозунг: Естественный штат (The Natural State) Формат: 123 ABC Выпускается с 2006 года |
5 | ![]() | Калифорния (California) Надпись: dmv.ca.gov Формат: 1ABC123 Выпускается с 2011 года |
6 | ![]() | Колорадо (Colorado) Формат: ABC-D12 Выпускается с 2018 года |
7 | ![]() | Коннектикут (Connecticut) Слоган: Штат конституции (Constitution State) Формат: AB·12345 Выпускается с 2015 года |
8 | ![]() | Делавэр (Delaware) Слоган: Первый штат (The First State) Формат: 123456 Выпускается с 2008 года |
9 | ![]() | Флорида (Florida) Лозунги: Солнечный штат (Sunshine State) Верим в Бога (In God We Trust) Форматы: AB1 2CD ABC D12 Z12 3BC Выпускается с 1 октября 2008 года |
10 | ![]() | Джорджия (Georgia) Слоган: Персиковый штат (Peach State на дизайне с персиковым деревом) Формат: ABC1234 Выпускается с мая 2012 года |
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11 | ![]() | Гавайи (Hawaii) Слоган: Аллоха штат (Aloha State) Формат: ABC 123 Выпускается с 1991 года |
12 | ![]() | Айдахо (Idaho) Слоган: Знаменитый картофель (Famous Potatoes) Формат: 10B A123 Выпускается с 2008 года |
13 | ![]() | Иллинойс (Illinois) Лозунг: Земля Линкольна (Land of Lincoln) Формат: AB 12345 Выпускается с января 2017 года |
14 | ![]() | Индиана (Indiana) Форматы: 123A 123AB 123ABC Выпускается с 2017 года |
15 | ![]() | Айова (Iowa) В качестве лозунга выступает название округа Формат: ABC 123 Выпускается с апреля 2018 года |
16 | ![]() | Канзас (Kansas) Формат: 123 ABC Выпускается с плоскими символами с 15 августа 2018 года |
17 | ![]() | Кентукки (Kentucky) Слоганы: Штат Мятлика (Bluegrass State) Необузданный дух (Unbridled Spirit) На Бога уповаем (In God We Trust — альтернатива с 2011) Формат: 123 ABC Выпускается с января 2011 года |
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18 | ![]() | Луизиана (Louisiana) Слоган: Рай спортсмена (Sportsman’s Paradise) Формат: 123 ABC Выпускается с января 2016 на базе макета 2005-2011 годов |
19 | ![]() | Мэн (Maine) Лозунг: Vacationland Формат: 1234 AB Выпускается с 1999 года |
20 | ![]() | Мэриленд (Maryland) Слоган: Гордый Мэриленд (Maryland Proud) Формат: 1AB2345 Выпускается с 26 сентября 2016 года |
21 | ![]() | Массачусетс (Massachusetts) Лозунг: Дух Америки (The Spirit of America) 10 различных форматов с одним и тем же дизайном Выпускается с 1993 года |
22 | ![]() | Мичиган (Michigan) Надпись: michigan.org Формат: ABC 1234 Выпускается с апреля 2013 года |
23 | ![]() | Миннесота (Minnesota) Слоган: 10 000 озёр (10,000 Lakes) Формат: ABC 123 Выпускается с 2017 года |
24 | ![]() | Миссисипи (Mississippi) Вместо лозунга используется название округа Формат: ABC 1234 Выпускается с января 2019 года |
25 | ![]() | Миссури (Missouri) Юбилейный с надписью: Двухсотлетие (Bicentennial) 1821 * 2021 Формат: AA1 B2C (месячная кодировка) Выпускается с 15 октября 2018 года |
26 | ![]() | Монтана (Montana) Слоганы: Страна Большого Неба (Big Sky Country) Штат сокровищ (Treasure state) Формат: 1 -12345A 10 -1234A ABC123 Выпускается на базе дизайна 2006-2009 года |
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27 | ![]() | Небраска (Nebraska) Надпись: 1867 * 2017 Формат:ABC 123 (Округи Douglas, Lancaster, Sarpy) 3-A1234 3-AB123 10-A123 10-AB12 (остальные округи) Выпускается с января 2017 года |
28 | ![]() | Невада (Nevada) Слоган: Дом значит Невада (Home Means Nevada) Формат: 123·A45 Выпускается с 1 ноября 2016 года |
29 | ![]() | Нью-Хемпшир (New Hampshire) Лозунг: Живи свободным или умри (Live Free or Die) Формат: 123 4567 Выпускается с 1999 года |
30 | ![]() | Нью-Джерси (New Jersey) Слоган: Штат садов (Garden State) Формат: A12-BCD Выпускается с апреля 2014 года |
31 | ![]() | Нью-Мексико (New Mexico) Лозунги: Земля Очарования (Land of Enchantment — округи yucca, turquoise, chile) Чили — столица мира (Chile Capital of the World — только chile) Формат: 123-ABC (yucca) ABC-123 (turquoise) ABCD12 (chile) |
32 | ![]() | Нью-Йорк (New York) Слоган: EXCELSIOR. Латинское слово, означающее «всё выше», иногда используется в английском языке как междометие. На номере изображён Ниагарский водопад и вид на город. Формат: ABC-1234 Выпускается с июня 2020 года |
33 | ![]() | Северная Каролина (North Carolina) Слоган: Первые в полёте (First in Flight, стандарт) Первые в свободе (First in Freedom, альтернативный вариант) Формат: ABC-1234 Выпускается с июля 2015 года |
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34 | ![]() | Северная Дакота (North Dakota) Лозунги: Легендарная Северная Дакота (Legendary North Dakota) Штат Мировых Садов (Peace Garden State) Формат: 123 ABC Выпускается с ноября 2016 года |
35 | ![]() | Огайо (Ohio) Надпись: Место рождения авиации (Birthplace of Aviation) сверху на развивающейся ленте Формат: ABC 1234 Выпускается с 2022 года |
36 | ![]() | Оклахома (Oklahoma) Слоганы: Исследуй Оклахому (Explore Oklahoma) TravelOK.com Формат: ABC-123 Выпускается с января 2017 года |
37 | ![]() | Орегон (Oregon) Формат: 123 ABC Выпускается с 2004 года |
38 | ![]() | Пенсильвания (Pennsylvania) Надпись: visitPA.com Формат: ABC-1234 Изготавливается с июня 2017 года Стикер отсутствует, электронная проверка |
39 | ![]() | Род Айленд (Rod Island) Слоган: Штат Океана (Ocean State) Форматы: AB-123 и 123-456 Выпускается с 1996 года |
40 | ![]() | Южная Каролина (South Carolina) Лозунг: Пока дышу, надеюсь (While I Breathe, I Hope) Формат: ABC 123 Выпускается с февраля 2016 года |
41 | ![]() | Южная Дакота (South Dakota) Слоган: Великие Лица. Великие Места. (Great Faces. Great Places.) Форматы: 1A1 234 1AB 123 10A 123 (первые цифры в зависимости от округа) Выпускаются с января 2016 года |
42 | ![]() | Теннесси (Tennessee) Обновлённый дизайн 2022 г. Формат: ABC-1234 Лозунг: Штат добровольцев (The Volunteer State) размещён в левом верхнем углу. Фраза Уповаем на Бога (In God We Trust) в центре. Снизу адрес сайта tnvacacation.com Старый дизайн выпускался с апреля 2016 и с июля 2017 го по 2022 год. |
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43 | ![]() | Техас (Texas) Лозунг: Штат Одинокой Звезды (The Lone Star State) Формат: ABC-1234 Выпускается с июля 2012 года |
44 | ![]() | Юта (Utah) Слоганы: Мы верим в Бога / Мы едины (In God We Trust / United We Stand) Формат: 1A2BC Выпускается с апреля 2018 года |
45 | ![]() | Вермонт (Vermont) Лозунг: Штат зеленых гор (Green Mountain State) Формат: ABC 123 Выпускается с 1 января 1990 года |
46 | ![]() | Виргиния (Virginia) Лозунг: Вирджиния для влюбленных (Virginia is for Lovers) Формат: ABC-1234 Выпускается с марта 2014 года |
47 | ![]() | Вашингтон (Washington) Слоган: Вечнозелёный штат (Evergreen State) Формат: ABC1234 Выпускается с 1 января 2010 года |
48 | ![]() | Западная Виргиния (West Virginia) Слоган: Дикий, Замечательный (Wild, Wonderful) Форматы: 0 AB 123 0 1A 123 A AB 123 A 1A 123 (с кодировкой по месяцам) Выпускается с 2006 года |
49 | ![]() | Висконсин (Wisconsin) Слоган: Молочная Земля Америки (America’s Dairyland) Формат: ABC-1234 Выпускается с апреля 2017 года |
50 | ![]() | Вайоминг Форматы: 1 -12345 1 / 0 -12345 (первые цифры зависят от округа) Выпускается с января 2016 года |
51 | ![]() | Округ Колумбия (Washington, DC) Лозунг: Прекратить налогообложение без представительства (End Taxation Without Representation) Формат: AB 1234 Выпускается с апреля 2017 года |
Предлагаю обсудить столь интересные и разнообразные пластины из Америки. Скажите, какие штаты и года вам больше нравятся, что коллекционируете, про какие номера хотели бы увидеть больше информации? Пожалуйста, в случае нахождения неточностей или ошибок в статье, пишите в комментариях достоверные источники.
Содержание
- 1 Как совершать звонки внутри США
- 2 Как звонить в Америку из России
- 2.1 С городского телефона
- 2.2 С сотового телефона
- 3 Как звонить из США в Россию
- 3.1 Со стационарного телефона
- 3.2 С мобильного телефона
- 4 Код выхода на международное соединение
- 5 Телефонные коды штатов США
Инструкция по набору кодов и префиксов для связи внутри США или для звонков между США и Россией будет полезна тем, кто собирается в Северную Америку.
Если вы или ваш близкий человек один из таких людей, то данная статья именно то, что вам нужно.
Как совершать звонки внутри США
Вся территория США поделена не территориальные зоны, каждой из которых присвоен свой телефонный код. Каждый крупный штат чаще всего разделен на несколько зон, а территории более мелких могут совпадать с одной конкретной зоной.
Чтобы позвонить внутри страны в пределах одной зоны следует просто набрать местный семизначный номер телефона.
Для звонка внутри США между территориальными зонами (штатами) следует набрать:
1 – код штата или мобильного оператора – номер абонента
Примеры:
- Чтобы совершить звонок по городской связи в Нью-Йорке нужно набирать: xxx-xx-xx
- Для звонка из Нью-Йорка в Вермонт на стационарный телефон следует набрать: 1-802-xxx-xx-xx
Как звонить в Америку из России
Звонки можно совершать как с использованием стационарного телефона, так и мобильного. Именно эти два случая и рассмотрим.
Международный телефонный код США: 1.
В конце статьи приведены коды выхода на международную линию для основных провайдеров городской связи в РФ, а также коды североамериканских штатов. Привязка номера телефона к мобильному оператору в Штатах отсутствует.
С городского телефона
Для звонка в США из России со стационарного телефона нужно набрать:
8 – код выхода на международное соединение – 1 – код города или мобильного оператора – номер абонента
Примеры:
- Для звонка с городского телефона Ростелеком из Москвы на стационарный номер на Аляску наберите: 8-10-1-907-xxx-xx-xx
- Нужно с городского телефона оператора ТрансТелеКом из Астрахани позвонить на сотовый в США абоненту T-Mobile: 8-57-1-xxx-xxx-xx-xx
С сотового телефона
Для совершения звонка с мобильного из России в США нужно набирать:
+ 1 – код города или мобильного оператора – номер абонента
Примеры:
- Вам необходимо позвонить с мобильного из Волгограда в Денвер (штат Колорадо) на городской. Для этого наберите: +1-303-xxx-xx-xx
- Чтобы с мобильного из Сочи позвонить абоненту AT&T на мобильный в Майами (штат Флорида), нужно набрать: +1-xxx-xxx-xx-xx
Как звонить из США в Россию
С помощью указанной выше информации вы сможете позвонить в США из РФ. А как же быть в обратной ситуации, когда в Штатах находитесь вы и вам нужно связаться с абонентом в России? Рассмотрим порядок действий при использовании мобильного и городского телефонов.
Телефонный код России — 7.
Со стационарного телефона
Чтобы позвонить из США в Россию с городского (стационарного) телефона следует набрать:
011 – 7 – код города или мобильного оператора в РФ – номер абонента
011 — код выхода не международную линию. Если он не подходит, то обратитесь в справочную оператора городской связи, услугами которого пользуетесь в Северной Америке. Там вам подскажут актуальный код.
Примеры:
- Для звонка абоненту МТС в Москву с городского телефона из Вашингтона наберите: 011-7-910-xxx-xx-xx
- Для вызова с мобильного из Колорадо на городской в Краснодар нужно набрать: 011-7-861-xxx-xx-xx
С мобильного телефона
Чтобы с мобильного телефона из Америки позвонить человеку в РФ нужно набрать:
+7 – код города или сотового оператора в РФ – номер абонента
Примеры:
- С сотового телефона оператора T-Mobile звоним из Алабамы на городской в Челябинск: +7-351-xxx-xx-xx
- С мобильного из Миннесоты звоним на сотовый абоненту Теле2 в Новосибирск: +7-951-xxx-xx-xx
Код выхода на международное соединение
Оператор стационарного телефона | Код |
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Ростелеком | 10 |
Арктел | 26 |
Синтерра | 27 |
Комстар-ОТС | 28 |
Совинтел (Билайн) | 56 |
ТрансТелеКом | 57 |
МТТ | 58 |
Эквант (Orange) | 59 |
Телефонные коды штатов США
Штат | Код |
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Айдахо | 208, 986 |
Айова | 319, 515, 563, 641, 712 |
Алабама | 205, 251, 256, 334, 938 |
Аляска | 907 |
Аризона | 480, 520, 602, 623, 928 |
Арканзас | 479, 501, 870 |
Вайоминг | 307 |
Вашингтон | 206, 253, 360, 425, 509, 564 |
Вашингтон, округ Колумбия | 202 |
Вермонт | 802 |
Виргиния | 276, 434, 540, 571, 703, 757, 804 |
Висконсин | 262, 414, 534, 608, 715, 920 |
Гавайи | 808 |
Делавэр | 302 |
Джорждия | 229, 404, 470, 478, 678, 706, 762, 770, 912 |
Западная Виргиния | 304, 681 |
Иллинойс | 217, 224, 309, 312, 331, 618, 630, 708, 773, 779, 815, 847, 872 |
Индиана | 219, 260, 317, 463, 574, 765, 812, 930 |
Калифорния | 209, 213, 279, 310, 323, 408, 415, 424, 442, 510, 530, 559, 562, 619, 626, 628, 650, 657, 661, 669, 707, 714, 747, 760, 805, 818, 820, 831, 858, 909, 916, 925, 949, 951 |
Канзас | 316, 620, 785, 913 |
Кентукки | 270, 364, 502, 606, 859 |
Колорадо | 303, 719, 720, 970 |
Коннектикут | 203, 475, 860, 959 |
Луизиана | 225, 318, 337, 504, 985 |
Массачусетс | 339, 351, 413, 508, 617, 774, 781, 857, 978 |
Миннесота | 218, 320, 507, 612, 651, 763, 952 |
Миссисипи | 228, 601, 662, 769 |
Миссури | 314, 417, 573, 636, 660, 816 |
Мичиган | 231, 248, 269, 313, 517, 586, 616, 734, 810, 906, 947, 989 |
Монтана | 406 |
Мэн | 207 |
Мэриленд | 240, 301, 410, 443, 667 |
Небраска | 308, 402, 531 |
Невада | 702, 725, 775 |
Нью-Гэмпшир | 603 |
Нью-Джерси | 201, 551, 609, 640, 732, 848, 856, 862, 908, 973 |
Нью-Йорк | 212, 315, 332, 347, 516, 518, 585, 607, 631, 646, 680, 716, 718, 838, 845, 914, 917, 929, 934 |
Нью-Мексико | 505, 575 |
Огайо | 216, 220, 234, 330, 380, 419, 440, 513, 567, 614, 740, 937 |
Оклахома | 405, 539, 580, 918 |
Орегон | 458, 503, 541, 971 |
Пенсильвания | 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 610, 717, 724, 814, 878 |
Род-Айленд | 401 |
Северная Дакота | 701 |
Северная Каролина | 252, 336, 704, 743, 828, 910, 919, 980, 984 |
Теннесси | 423, 615, 629, 731, 865, 901, 931 |
Техас | 210, 214, 254, 281, 325, 346, 361, 409, 430, 432, 469, 512, 682, 713, 726, 737, 806, 817, 830, 832, 903, 915, 936, 940, 956, 972, 979 |
Флорида | 239, 305, 321, 352, 386, 407, 561, 727, 754, 772, 786, 813, 850, 863, 904, 941, 954 |
Южная Дакота | 605 |
Южная Каролина | 803, 843, 854, 864 |
Юта | 385, 435, 801 |
Кратко о том как звонить в США
C мобильного в США из России
+ 1 [код города | код оператора] + [номер телефона]
С стационарного в США из России
8 10 1 [код города | код оператора] + [номер телефона]
С домашнего вСША из России
8 10 1 [код города | код оператора] + [номер телефона]
Из офиса в США из России
9 8 10 1 [код города | код оператора] + [номер телефона]
Важные заметки при наборе номера
- 8 — код выхода на межгородскую связь
- 10 — код выхода на международную связь
- 1 — телефонный код США
- 9 — как правило, данный код применяется для выхода на городскую связь
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Список городов и информации США
(Код 1)
Телефонные коды городов
США . Обратите внимание, некоторые города могут иметь несколько кодов, тогда коды указаны через запятую. Телефонные коды других стран смотрите на странице коды стран
Порядок набора телефонного номера для США (код 1 = код США)
Как позвонить в ?
С городского: 8-гудок-10-1-(код города)-(телефонный номер абонента)*
С городского (внутри страны): 8-гудок-(код города)-(телефонный номер абонента)
С мобильного: +1-(код города)-(номер телефона абонента)**
* при звонке из страны с кодом «1» код страны (из которой совершаете звонок совпадает с кодом страны куда хотите позвонить) в большинстве случаев нужно опускать, так же как и код выхода на международную связь (код 10 — код выхода на международную связь, код зависит от оператора связи)
** набирать «+» или «8» перед кодом страны, зависит от мобильного оператора.
Наименование | Код страны | Код города |
Абердин | 1 | (605) |
Адамстаун | 1 | (610) |
Айдахо-Фолс | 1 | (208) |
Айронтон | 1 | (610) |
Акрон | 1 | (330) |
Алегзандрия | 1 | (318) |
Аллентаун | 1 | (610) |
Алтуна | 1 | (814) |
Альбукерке | 1 | (505) |
Анкоридж | 1 | (907) |
Ардмор | 1 | (580) |
Ардмор | 1 | (405) |
Атланта | 1 | (404) |
Атлантик-Сити | 1 | (609) |
Ашвилл | 1 | (828) |
Ашленд | 1 | (606) |
Байрон | 1 | (610) |
Байрон | 1 | (810) |
Балтимор | 1 | (410) |
Бангор | 1 | (207) |
Бартон-Пилгрим | 1 | (810) |
Бат | 1 | (207) |
Бат | 1 | (207) |
Батон-Руж | 1 | (504) |
Бей-Сити | 1 | (517) |
Бейкерсфилд | 1 | (805) |
Беллингхен | 1 | (360) |
Беркли | 1 | (415) |
Берлингтон | 1 | (802) |
Бетлехем | 1 | (610) |
Биллингс | 1 | (406) |
Бингемтон | 1 | (607) |
Бирмингем | 1 | (205) |
Бирмингем | 1 | (248) |
Бисмарк | 1 | (701) |
Блумфилд Хилс | 1 | (248) |
Блуфилд | 1 | (304) |
Бойсе | 1 | (208) |
Боконт | 1 | (409) |
Боссир-Сити | 1 | (318) |
Бостон | 1 | (617) |
Боулдер | 1 | (303) |
Боулинг-Грин | 1 | (502) |
Брайтон | 1 | (810) |
Браунсвилл | 1 | (956) |
Бремертон | 1 | (360) |
Буффало | 1 | (716) |
Валдоста | 1 | (912) |
Вальехо | 1 | (707) |
Вашингтон | 1 | (202) |
Вашингтон | 1 | (810) |
Вуменсдорф | 1 | (610) |
Гаррисберг | 1 | (717) |
Гастония | 1 | (704) |
Глендейл | 1 | (323) |
Гранд-Айленд | 1 | (308) |
Гранд-Бленк | 1 | (810) |
Гранд-Рапидс | 1 | (616) |
Грейт-Фолс | 1 | (406) |
Грили | 1 | (970) |
Грин-Бей | 1 | (414) |
Гринвилл | 1 | (601) |
Гринвилл | 1 | (843) |
Гэри | 1 | (219) |
Давенпорт | 1 | (319) |
Даллас | 1 | (972) |
Дарби | 1 | (215) |
Дарем | 1 | (910) |
Даунингтаун | 1 | (610) |
Де-Мойн | 1 | (515) |
Дейтона-Бич | 1 | (904) |
Декейтер | 1 | (217) |
Денвер | 1 | (303) |
Денвер | 1 | (610) |
Детроид | 1 | (313) |
Джеймстаун | 1 | (701) |
Джексон | 1 | (901) |
Джексонвилл | 1 | (217) |
Джерси-Сити | 1 | (201) |
Джолиет | 1 | (815) |
Джонсон-Сити | 1 | (423) |
Джонстаун | 1 | (814) |
Джоплин | 1 | (417) |
Джорджия | 1 | (706) |
Джэксон | 1 | (601) |
Джэксонвилл | 1 | (904) |
Довер | 1 | (302) |
Дубьюк | 1 | (319) |
Дулут | 1 | (218) |
Игл | 1 | (610) |
Имлей Сити | 1 | (810) |
Истон | 1 | (610) |
Каламазу | 1 | (616) |
Калифорния | 1 | (310) |
Канзас-Сити | 1 | (913) |
Канзас-Сити | 1 | (816) |
Карсон-Сити | 1 | (702) |
Карсонвилл | 1 | (810) |
Каспер | 1 | (307) |
Катасокуа | 1 | (610) |
Каунсил-Блафс | 1 | (712) |
Кемптон | 1 | (610) |
Кингстон | 1 | (914) |
Клайо | 1 | (810) |
Кламат-Фолс | 1 | (541) |
Клинтон | 1 | (319) |
Клинтон | 1 | (217) |
Клледжвил | 1 | (610) |
Колорадо-Спрингс | 1 | (719) |
Колумбия | 1 | (573) |
Колумбия | 1 | (803) |
Колумбус | 1 | (404) |
Колумбус | 1 | (614) |
Конкорд | 1 | (603) |
Коншахокен | 1 | (610) |
Куперстаун | 1 | (610) |
Лайма | 1 | (419) |
Лансинг | 1 | (517) |
Лапир | 1 | (810) |
Ларедо | 1 | (956) |
Лас-Вегас | 1 | (702) |
Лас-Крусес | 1 | (505) |
Лафейетт | 1 | (318) |
Лейкленд | 1 | (941) |
Лексингтон | 1 | (606) |
Ливония | 1 | (248) |
Линкольн | 1 | (402) |
Линн | 1 | (617) |
Линчбург | 1 | (804) |
Литл-Рок | 1 | (501) |
Лонг-Бич | 1 | (310) |
Лорейн | 1 | (440) |
Лос-Анджелес | 1 | (232) |
Льюистон | 1 | (207) |
Мадисон | 1 | (608) |
Майами | 1 | (305) |
Мандан | 1 | (701) |
Манитовск | 1 | (920) |
Мансвилд | 1 | (419) |
Манчестер | 1 | (603) |
Марион | 1 | (740) |
Маркетт | 1 | (906) |
Маскигон | 1 | (616) |
Мейкон | 1 | (912) |
Мемфис | 1 | (901) |
Меридиан | 1 | (601) |
Меса | 1 | (520) |
Мигиган-Сити | 1 | (219) |
Миннеаполис | 1 | (612) |
Митчелл | 1 | (605) |
Монро | 1 | (318) |
Монтгомери | 1 | (334) |
Монтроз | 1 | (810) |
Моргантаун | 1 | (610) |
Мэриленд | 1 | (410) |
Назарет | 1 | (610) |
Наювилл | 1 | (615) |
Ниагара-Фолс | 1 | (716) |
Нови | 1 | (248) |
Новый Орлеан | 1 | (504) |
Норман | 1 | (405) |
Норристаун | 1 | (610) |
Норт-Бранч | 1 | (810) |
Норт-Литл-Pок | 1 | (501) |
Норт-Платт | 1 | (308) |
Нортвилл | 1 | (248) |
Нортгемптон | 1 | (610) |
Норфолк | 1 | (402) |
Нью-Бедфорд | 1 | (508) |
Нью-Йорк | 1 | (212) |
Нью-Касл | 1 | (724) |
Нью-Хейвен | 1 | (203) |
Нью-Хейвен | 1 | (810) |
Ньюпорт-Ньюс | 1 | (757) |
Огаста | 1 | (404) |
Огаста | 1 | (207) |
Огден | 1 | (801) |
Огденсберг | 1 | (315) |
Одесса | 1 | (915) |
Окала | 1 | (352) |
Оклахома-Сити | 1 | (405) |
Окленд | 1 | (415) |
Окснард | 1 | (805) |
Олбани | 1 | (912) |
Олимпия | 1 | (206) |
Омаха | 1 | (402) |
Орландо | 1 | (407) |
Осуиго | 1 | (315) |
Оуэнсборо | 1 | (502) |
Падьюка | 1 | (502) |
Палмертон | 1 | (610) |
Панама-Сити | 1 | (850) |
Паркерфорд | 1 | (610) |
Парксберг | 1 | (610) |
Пасадина | 1 | (323) |
Патерсон | 1 | (201) |
Пен-Арджил | 1 | (610) |
Пеория | 1 | (309) |
Питерсберг | 1 | (804) |
Покателло | 1 | (208) |
Понтиак | 1 | (248) |
Порт-Артур | 1 | (409) |
Порт-Гурон | 1 | (810) |
Портленд | 1 | (207) |
Портленд | 1 | (503) |
Провиденс | 1 | (401) |
Прово | 1 | (801) |
Пуэбло | 1 | (719) |
Рапид-Сити | 1 | (605) |
Расин | 1 | (414) |
Рединг | 1 | (215) |
Ригелсвил | 1 | (610) |
Рино | 1 | (702) |
Ричмонд | 1 | (804) |
Ричмонд | 1 | (510) |
Роанок | 1 | (540) |
Розвилл | 1 | (248) |
Розуэлл | 1 | (505) |
Ройал | 1 | (248) |
Роки-Маунт | 1 | (252) |
Рокфорд | 1 | (815) |
Ром | 1 | (704) |
Ром | 1 | (315) |
Рочестер | 1 | (716) |
Рочестер | 1 | (507) |
Сагино | 1 | (517) |
Сакраменто | 1 | (916) |
Салайна | 1 | (785) |
Салинас | 1 | (831) |
Сан-Антонио | 1 | (830) |
Сан-Бернардино | 1 | (909) |
Сан-Диего | 1 | (760) |
Сан-Франциско | 1 | (415) |
Сан-Хосе | 1 | (408) |
Санта-Барбара | 1 | (805) |
Санта-Круз | 1 | (831) |
Санта-Мария | 1 | (805) |
Санта-Моника | 1 | (310) |
Санта-Роза | 1 | (707) |
Санта-Фе | 1 | (505) |
Санфорд | 1 | (407) |
Саффилд | 1 | (810) |
Сейлем | 1 | (503) |
Сент-Джозеф | 1 | (816) |
Сент-Клэр | 1 | (248) |
Сент-Луис | 1 | (314) |
Сиракьюс | 1 | (315) |
Сиэтл | 1 | (206) |
Скенектади | 1 | (518) |
Скрантон | 1 | (717) |
Слейтингтон | 1 | (610) |
Солт-Лейк-Сити | 1 | (801) |
Спартанберг | 1 | (864) |
Спокан | 1 | (509) |
Спрингфилд | 1 | (217) |
Спрингфилд | 1 | (413) |
Спрингфилд | 1 | (417) |
Спрингфилд | 1 | (937) |
Стерлинг | 1 | (303) |
Стоктон | 1 | (209) |
Сьюпириор | 1 | (715) |
Такома | 1 | (253) |
Таллахаси | 1 | (850) |
Талса | 1 | (918) |
Тампа | 1 | (727) |
Терре-Хот | 1 | (812) |
Техас-Сити | 1 | (409) |
Топика | 1 | (785) |
Топтан | 1 | (610) |
Траверс-Сити | 1 | (616) |
Трентон | 1 | (609) |
Трой | 1 | (248) |
Трой | 1 | (518) |
Тусон | 1 | (520) |
Уайт-Лейк | 1 | (248) |
Уинстон-Сейлби | 1 | (919) |
Уичито | 1 | (316) |
Уоррен | 1 | (248) |
Уотерфорд | 1 | (248) |
Уоттертаун | 1 | (315) |
Уэст Блумфилд | 1 | (810) |
Фармингтон | 1 | (248) |
Фействил | 1 | (910) |
Фентон | 1 | (810) |
Ферндейл | 1 | (610) |
Филадельфия | 1 | (215) |
Финикс | 1 | (602) |
Флагстафф | 1 | (520) |
Флашинг | 1 | (810) |
Флинт | 1 | (248) |
Флоренс | 1 | (256) |
Форт-Коллинс | 1 | (303) |
Форт-Пирс | 1 | (561) |
Франкфорт | 1 | (502) |
Фресно | 1 | (559) |
Фэрбанкс | 1 | (907) |
Хайленд | 1 | (248) |
Хамберг | 1 | (610) |
Хамбург | 1 | (810) |
Хантингтон | 1 | (304) |
Хардфорд | 1 | (860) |
Хаттисбург | 1 | (601) |
Хатчинсон | 1 | (316) |
Хейстингс | 1 | (402) |
Хелена | 1 | (406) |
Холи | 1 | (248) |
Хони-Брук | 1 | (610) |
Хот-Спрингс | 1 | (501) |
Хьюрон | 1 | (605) |
Хьюстон | 1 | (281) |
Чарлстон | 1 | (304) |
Чарлстон | 1 | (843) |
Чаттануга | 1 | (423) |
Честер | 1 | (610) |
Чикаго | 1 | (312) |
Шерридан | 1 | (915) |
Шерридан | 1 | (307) |
Элмайраш | 1 | (607) |
Эммейес | 1 | (610) |
Энглвуд | 1 | (303) |
Ютика | 1 | (315) |
Телефонные коды штатов США список (Таблица)
Справочная таблица содержит список телефонных кодов всех штатов США.
Телефонные коды штатов США таблица
Штат США | Телефонные коды штатов США |
Алабама/Alabama | 205, 251, 256, 334 |
Аляска/Alaska | 907 |
Аризона/Arizona | 480, 520, 602, 623, 928 |
Арканзас/Arkansas | 501, 870 |
Калифорния/California | 209, 213, 310, 323, 408, 415, 510, 530, 559, 562, 619, 626, 650, 661, 707, 714, 760, 805, 818, 831, 858, 909, 916, 925, 949 |
Колорадо/Colorado | 303, 719, 720, 970 |
Конектикут / Connecticut | 203, 860 |
Делавер / Delaware | 302 |
Флорида / Florida | 305, 321, 352, 386, 407, 561, 727, 754, 772, 786, 813, 850, 863, 904, 941, 954 |
Джорджиа / Georgia | 229, 404, 478, 678, 706, 770, 912 |
Гавайи / Hawaii | 808 |
Айдахо / Idaho | 208 |
Илинойс / Illinois | 217, 309, 312, 618, 630, 708, 773, 815, 847 |
Индиана / Indiana | 219, 260, 317, 574, 765, 812 |
Айова / Iowa | 319, 515, 563, 641, 712 |
Канзас / Kansas | 316, 620, 785, 913 |
Кентуки / Kentucky | 270, 502, 606, 859 |
Луизиана / Louisiana | 225, 318, 337, 504, 985 |
Мэн / Maine | 207 |
Мэриленд / Maryland | 240, 301, 410, 443 |
Массачусетс / Massachusetts | 339, 351, 413, 508, 617, 774, 781, 857, 978 |
Мичиган / Michigan | 231, 248, 313, 517, 586, 616, 734, 810, 906, 989 |
Минесота / Minnesota | 218, 320, 507, 612, 651, 763, 952 |
Миссисипи / Mississippi | 228, 601, 662 |
Миссури / Missouri | 314, 417, 573, 636, 660, 816 |
Монтана / Montana | 406 |
Небраска / Nebraska | 308, 402 |
Невада / Nevada | 702, 775 |
Нью Хемпшир / New Hampshire | 603 |
Штат Нью-Джерси / New Jersey | 201, 609, 732, 856, 908, 973 |
Штат Нью-Мехико / New Mexico | 505 |
Штат Нью-Йорк / New York | 212, 315, 347, 516, 518, 607, 631, 646, 716, 718, 845, 914, 917 |
Северная Каролина / North Carolina | 252, 336, 704, 828, 910, 919, 980 |
Северная Дакота / North Dakota | 701 |
Огайо / Ohio | 216, 234, 330, 419, 440, 513, 614, 740, 937 |
Оклахова / Oklahoma | 405, 580, 918 |
Орегон / Oregon | 503, 541, 971 |
Пенсильвания / Pennsylvania | 215, 267, 412, 484, 570, 610, 717, 724, 814, 878 |
Род-Айленд / Rhode Island | 401 |
Южная Каролина / South Carolina | 803, 843, 864 |
Южная Дакота / South Dakota | 605 |
Теннеси / Tennessee | 423, 615, 731, 865, 901, 931 |
Техас / Texas | 210, 214, 254, 281, 361, 409, 469, 512, 682, 713, 806, 817, 830, 832, 903, 915, 936, 940, 956, 972, 979 |
Юта / Utah | 435, 801 |
Вермонт / Vermont | 802 |
Вирджиния / Virginia | 276, 434, 540, 571, 703, 757, 804 |
Штат Вашингтон / Washington | 206, 253, 360, 425, 509 |
Западная Вирджиния / West Virginia | 304 |
Висконсин / Wisconsin | 262, 414, 608, 715, 920 |
Вайоминг / Wyoming | 307 |
Штат США | Телефонные коды штатов США |
Чтобы позвонить кому-нибудь в США, вам понадобится код Америки с мобильного из России или другой страны, в которой вы проживаете либо находитесь. Сегодня большинство людей пользуются сотовыми телефонами, а не стационарными, поэтому, скорее всего, вам может понадобиться мобильный код США. Если вы не уверены в выборе международного набора, кодах городов или способах связи, читайте дальше. Этот материал – ваш путеводитель по звонкам «за океан».
Как мне позвонить в США?
Как и в любой другой стране, в США есть собственный международный код. Набирая его, вы звоните в Штаты из-за границы. Телефонные номера состоят из 3-значного кода города (либо штата), за которым следует 7-значный местный номер.
Чтобы позвонить в Америку с мобильного из-за границы, вы должны использовать следующий международный код страны: +1.
В отличие от некоторых других стран, в США нет других кодов, которые нужно набирать при звонке в США из другой страны. Просто не забудьте добавить «+» перед набором номера, а затем нажмите «1».
Наиболее распространенные телефонные коды городов в США
Каждый город в США имеет один или несколько кодов городов для всех номеров в этом регионе. Ниже приведены некоторые из самых популярных:
Город | Код города/штата |
Лос-Анджелес | 213, 323, 661, 310, 424 |
Чикаго | 773, 312, 872 |
Нью-Йорк | 917, 212, 718, 347, 929 |
Майами | 305, 786 |
Детройт | 313 |
Даллас | 214, 469, 972 |
Вашингтон | 202 |
Сан-Франциско | 415, 628 |
Бостон | 617, 508 |
Филадельфия | 215, 267 |
Сиэттл | 206 |
Пример номера телефона в США
Чтобы позвонить в США с мобильного по американскому номеру телефона, вам потребуется произвести набор в определенной очередности. Вот как это выглядит, если вы звоните, находясь за пределами США. Например, если вы позвоните в посольство Великобритании в Вашингтоне, местный номер (202) 588-6500. Итак, чтобы позвонить в посольство Великобритании с мобильного из России, наберите:
- 1 – телефонный код США.
- Далее 202 – местный код города (Вашингтон).
- Затем 588-6500 – остальные цифры номера посольства.
Итак, если вы видите (202 588-6500), вы набираете +1-202-588-6500.
Почему мой звонок в США не сработал?
Ваш звонок мог не пройти по нескольким причинам. В числе наиболее распространенных – следующие:
- Вы забыли использовать телефонный код США (с мобильного или городского – не важно) +1, чтобы позвонить из своей страны.
- Вы могли набрать неверный код города.
- Вы звоните на мобильный телефон, который не принимает международные звонки (у американских операторов бывает и такое).
Если вы звоните через мессенджер (WhatsApp, Viber, Skype и другие), то набор номера не отличается от того, как если бы вы звонили с обычного телефона вашего мобильного оператора.
Другие интересные моменты касаемо американской сотовой связи
Будь то стационарный или мобильный телефон, почти каждый номер в США привязан к голосовой почте. Большинство людей предпочитают иметь персонализированное сообщение, предлагающее вызывающему абоненту оставить голосовое послание.
Что касается того, как звучит мелодия звонка, когда вы звоните в США. Наиболее распространенные телефонные сигналы, которые вы можете услышать:
- Гудок — стандартный гудок, похожий на гудки других стран.
- Сигнал «занято» – повторяющийся звуковой сигнал, сообщающий, что телефон, по которому вы звоните, занят или трубка снята.
- Сообщение о недоступности – стандартное уведомление о том, что номер, по которому вы звоните, недоступен.
Итак, еще раз повторим: код США с мобильного из России, из Беларуси, Украины и любой другой страны мира – это +1. Если вы будете набирать американский номер со своего сотового телефона по указанному выше образцу – то без проблем дозвонитесь куда вам нужно.