Area code news

A dated log of changes to the North American Numbering Plan — new and planned area codes, overlays, and relief planning — humanized from the official NANPA database and refreshed monthly.

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Recent numbering changes

  • October 1, 2026 — Area code 368 (Calgary, AB) had its overlay-complex membership updated. 368 (Calgary, AB)
  • October 1, 2026 — Area code 403 (Calgary, AB) had its overlay-complex membership updated. 403 (Calgary, AB)
  • October 1, 2026 — Area code 500 (personal communications service) had its overlay-complex membership updated. 500 (personal communications service)
  • October 1, 2026 — Area code 521 (personal communications service) had its overlay-complex membership updated. 521 (personal communications service)
  • October 1, 2026 — Area code 522 (personal communications service) had its overlay-complex membership updated. 522 (personal communications service)
  • October 1, 2026 — Area code 523 (personal communications service) had its overlay-complex membership updated. 523 (personal communications service)
  • October 1, 2026 — Area code 524 (personal communications service) had its overlay-complex membership updated. 524 (personal communications service)
  • October 1, 2026 — Area code 525 (personal communications service) had its overlay-complex membership updated. 525 (personal communications service)
  • October 1, 2026 — Area code 526 (personal communications service) had its overlay-complex membership updated. 526 (personal communications service)
  • October 1, 2026 — Area code 527 (personal communications service) had its overlay-complex membership updated. 527 (personal communications service)
  • October 1, 2026 — Area code 528 (personal communications service) had its overlay-complex membership updated. 528 (personal communications service)
  • October 1, 2026 — Area code 529 (personal communications service) had its overlay-complex membership updated. 529 (personal communications service)
  • October 1, 2026 — Area code 532 (personal communications service) had its overlay-complex membership updated. 532 (personal communications service)
  • October 1, 2026 — Area code 533 (personal communications service) had its overlay-complex membership updated. 533 (personal communications service)
  • October 1, 2026 — Area code 538 (personal communications service) had its overlay-complex membership updated. 538 (personal communications service)
  • October 1, 2026 — Area code 542 (personal communications service) had its overlay-complex membership updated. 542 (personal communications service)
  • October 1, 2026 — Area code 543 (personal communications service) went into service; has an in-service date of September 21, 2026; had its overlay-complex membership updated. 543 (personal communications service)
  • October 1, 2026 — Area code 544 (personal communications service) had its overlay-complex membership updated. 544 (personal communications service)
  • October 1, 2026 — Area code 566 (personal communications service) had its overlay-complex membership updated. 566 (personal communications service)
  • October 1, 2026 — Area code 568 (Airdrie, AB) status changed to active; has an in-service date of June 10, 2028; was assigned; has an assignment date of September 29, 2026; entered relief planning — an overlay is being planned for the area and no new area code has been assigned yet; had its overlay-complex membership updated; is now located in ALBERTA. 568 (Airdrie, AB)
  • October 1, 2026 — Area code 577 (personal communications service) had its overlay-complex membership updated. 577 (personal communications service)
  • October 1, 2026 — Area code 587 (Calgary, AB) had its overlay-complex membership updated. 587 (Calgary, AB)
  • October 1, 2026 — Area code 588 (personal communications service) had its overlay-complex membership updated. 588 (personal communications service)
  • October 1, 2026 — Area code 780 (Edmonton, AB) had its overlay-complex membership updated. 780 (Edmonton, AB)
  • October 1, 2026 — Area code 782 (Halifax, NS) had its overlay-complex membership updated. 782 (Halifax, NS)
  • October 1, 2026 — Area code 825 (Calgary, AB) had its overlay-complex membership updated. 825 (Calgary, AB)
  • October 1, 2026 — Area code 851 (Amherst, NS) status changed to active; has an in-service date of May 27, 2028; was assigned; has an assignment date of July 29, 2026; entered relief planning — an overlay is being planned for the area and no new area code has been assigned yet; had its overlay-complex membership updated; is now located in NOVA SCOTIA - PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. 851 (Amherst, NS)
  • October 1, 2026 — Area code 902 (Halifax, NS) had its overlay-complex membership updated. 902 (Halifax, NS)
  • October 1, 2026 — Area code 949 (Irvine, CA) status changed to active; entered relief planning — an overlay is being planned for the area and no new area code has been assigned yet. 949 (Irvine, CA)
  • September 13, 2026 — Area code 509 (Spokane, WA) status changed to active; entered relief planning — an overlay is being planned for the area and no new area code has been assigned yet. 509 (Spokane, WA)
  • September 13, 2026 — Area code 565 (Savannah, GA) status changed to active; has an in-service date of December 6, 2027. 565 (Savannah, GA)
  • September 13, 2026 — Area code 580 (Lawton, OK) status changed to active; entered relief planning — an overlay is being planned for the area and no new area code has been assigned yet. 580 (Lawton, OK)
  • September 13, 2026 — Area code 912 (Savannah, GA) status changed to active. 912 (Savannah, GA)
  • August 2, 2026 — NANPA assigned area code 543 as a non-geographic services code on July 16, 2026. It joins the 5XX block used for services not tied to any one region, and is not yet in service — no start date has been announced. 543 (personal communications service)
  • August 2, 2026 — Area code 822 is now located in NANP AREA. 822
  • August 2, 2026 — Area code 988 is now located in NANP AREA. 988
  • July 4, 2026 — Area code 956 (Laredo, TX) entered relief planning — an overlay is being planned for the area and no new area code has been assigned yet. 956 (Laredo, TX)
  • July 4, 2026 — NANPA normalized the metadata for the 5XX non-geographic services complex (500, 521–529, 532, 533, 535, 538, 542, 544, 558, 566, 577, 588, 589): the overlay-complex membership list was reordered and expanded, and blank location and country fields were backfilled. No dialing, assignment, or in-service changes. 500 (personal communications service)

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Sourced from the official NANPA (North American Numbering Plan Administrator) numbering database, current as of October 1, 2026. Refreshed monthly.