LincMad’s Planned Area Codes Not Yet in Service

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(If you would like to see my unofficial guesses for upcoming new area codes, try the Predictions page.)
new NPA Location old NPA(s) effective NANPA PLs & CRTC Decisions status
(227) MD: Washington suburbs 301 & 240 PL-603 [now in use] announced in 2001, finally actually happened!
235 MO: Columbia, Jefferson City 573 PL-596 Active
257 BC: entire province 604, 250, etc. PL-612, CRTC 2023-135 Active • actif
324 FL: Jacksonville 904 PL-598 Active
327 AR: Jonesboro 870
PL-604, PL-587, PL-437, PL-400 Active, officially scheduled, date advanced by 3½ months;
note that Arkansas is also planning a “boundary elimination” overlay for the entire state in early 2025, resulting in the 501 & 479 & 870 & 327 overlay area.
(353) WI: Madison, southwestern 608 PL-605 [now in use]
(382) 🇨🇦 ON: London, Windsor 519 & 226 & 548 PL-583, CRTC 2022-51 [now in use • maintenant en vigueur]
436 OH: Ashtabula, Lorain, outer suburbs of Cleveland 440 PL-610, PUCO announcement Active: new date confirmed
457 LA: Shreveport, Alexandria 318 PL-617, LPSC decision Active
460 🇨🇦 ON: Sudbury 705 CRTC 2022-308 [en] • CRTC 2022-308 [fr] Active • actif: officially announced, subject to change • officiellement annoncé, sous réserve
564 WA: Seattle 360 & 564
206		 PL-620 360 & 564 overlay will expand to include 206 (and later 425 and 253)
(623) AZ: Phoenix metro area 602, 480, 623 PL-576 The 602/480/623 split boundaries were erased, creating the 602 & 480 & 623 overlay; in practice, mostly new 623 numbers will be assigned into the current 480 and 602 areas
624 NY: Buffalo, western tip 716 PL-607, NY-PSC press release [PDF] Active, date corrected; 716 ⇒ 10D
(633) 🇨🇦 Canada: non-geographic • non géographique 600, 622 PL-611 [now in use], supplements Canadian non-geographic numbers in area codes 600 and 622
[maintenant en vigueur], augmente les ressources des indicatifs 600 et 622
(645) FL: Miami/Dade, Florida Keys 305 & 786 PL-588, “Consumer Information Summary” [PDF] [now in use]
679 MI: Detroit 313, 734 PL-618, PL-227, PL-209 Active: reinstated and scheduled
686 VA: Richmond, Petersburg 804 PL-608 Active: officially announced and scheduled
729 TN: Chattanooga, Bristol 423 PL-619, press release Active, date confirmed
(730) IL: East St Louis 618 PL-595 [now in use] Finally happened in
738 CA: downtown Los Angeles 213 & 323 PL-614, CPUC order, press release Active, effective date officially announced
821 SC: Greenville, northwestern 864 PL-606 Active, officially scheduled
837 CA: Redding, Lake Tahoe 530 PL-621, press release Active, officially scheduled
879 🇨🇦 NL: entire province 709


(official/
officielle) 		PL-622, CRTC 2023-319, PL-557, CRTC 2021-13, PL-521, PL-514, PL-503, CRTC 2018-333, CRTC 2018-59, CRTC 2017-35 Active • actif:
Note that 709 changed to 10D on as part of Canada’s 988 mandate
709 changea à la composition locale à dix chiffres le dans le cadre du mandat 988 du Canada
924 MN: Rochester, Mankato 507 PL-616, news article, MN PUC decision Active: officially announced and scheduled
942 🇨🇦 ON: Toronto 416 & 647 & 437 PL-613, CRTC 2023-135 Active • actif
975 MO: Kansas City 816 PL-597, PL-568, PL-303, PL-280, PL-262 Active: Finally officially scheduled, but then postponed by 8 months; 816 ⇒ 10D

 

About This Table

This table lists area codes (NPAs) that have been assigned but are not yet active, in numerical order by the new area code. The location lists the principal city of the area in question. The old NPA(s) is/are the currently active area code(s) of that area: if two or more codes are separated by ampersands (&), those area codes are already in an overlay and the new area code will be added to that overlay complex; if two codes are separated by commas, those area codes currently serve two distinct geographic areas, but the new area code will overlay both. The effective date is the earliest date on which end-user numbers in the new area code can be made available; dates shown in italics? are not yet officially confirmed. Note: all dates are in year-month-day format, so = April 29, 2023. The notation indicates the 2nd Quarter of 2027.

NANPA PLs identifies the Planning Letters related to the new NPA; click on the link to download the Planning Letter (PDF format). Items labeled as CRTC are official documents from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes), rather than from the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA), per se. [Pour accéder à ces documents en français, cliquer sur le lien ici vers le document anglais, puis cliquer sur «Français» dans le coin supérieur droit de la page.] Within each category, the Planning Letters or other documents are listed in reverse chronological order. The status is generally either Active (the activation of the new area code has been scheduled, or administrative proceedings are currently in process) or Suspended (area code activation not scheduled and administrative proceedings formally suspended), with other information as appropriate. A year shown with a question mark is an estimate based on best available information.

In addition, the Canadian CRTC recently announced several codes planned for the next decade. Area codes 403 and 780, the entire province of Alberta, will be overlaid with 568, probably around 2027. Area code 902, the provinces of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, will be overlaid with 851, and area code 905, the suburbs of Toronto, will be overlaid with 537, both probably around 2028. Area code 705 in central Ontario will be overlaid with 460, probably around 2031.

NANPA has also released a list of codes planned for future expansion of 500 non-geographic services: 532, 535, 538, 542, 543, 545, 546, 547, 549, 550, 552, 553, 554, 556, 558, 569, 578, and 589. All of the so-called 5YY codes (500, 522, 533, 544, 566, 577, and 578; 511, 555, and 599 are reserved) have been assigned, so NANPA is now assigning random unused 5XX codes, beginning with 521 and 523 through 529, to be followed by the codes shown above.

This table is modeled after NANPA’s page Planned NPAs Not Yet in Service, but with accurate and up-to-date information, for a refreshing change.