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  2. Telephone number - Wikipedia

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    For example, The United States 555 (KLondike-5) exchange code was never assigned (with limited exceptions such as 555–1212 for directory assistance). Therefore, American films and TV shows have used 555-xxxx numbers, in order to prevent a number used in such a work from being called.

  3. North American Numbering Plan - Wikipedia

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    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 NYX 555-XXXX, only the block of line numbers from 0100 through 0199 are reserved specifically for this purpose, leaving the rest available for assignment.

  4. National conventions for writing telephone numbers - Wikipedia

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    It is usually written as (0XXX) YYY YYYY (For landlines registered in large metropolises, it is written in the format (0XXX) YYYY YYYY), where 0 is the trunk code, XXX is the area code (2 or 3 digits) and YYYY YYYY is the local number (7 or 8 digits). For example, (0755) XXXX YYYY indicates a Shenzhen number.

  5. Telephone numbers in the Americas - Wikipedia

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    Telephone numbers in the Americas. The prefixes in the Americas start with one of 1,2,5. All countries in the Americas use codes that start with "5", with the exception of the countries of the North American Numbering Plan, such as Canada and the United States, which use country code 1, and Greenland and Aruba with country codes starting with ...

  6. Telephone exchange names - Wikipedia

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    Kenmore 9392 is a five-pull (1L-4N) small-city telephone number for the Kenmore exchange in Fort Wayne, Indiana. MArket 7032 is a six-digit (2L-4N) telephone number. This format was in use from the 1920s through the 1950s, and was phased out c. 1960. BALdwin 6828 is an urban 3L-4N example, used only in the largest cities before conversion to ...

  7. List of country calling codes - Wikipedia

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    NANP members are assigned three-digit numbering plan area (NPA) codes under the common country prefix 1, shown in the format 1 (NPA). 1 North American Numbering Plan; 1 – United States, including United States territories: 1 (340) – United States Virgin Islands; 1 (670) – Northern Mariana Islands; 1 (671) – Guam; 1 (684) – American Samoa

  8. Telephone numbering plan - Wikipedia

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    A telephone numbering plan is a type of numbering scheme used in telecommunication to assign telephone numbers to subscriber telephones or other telephony endpoints. [1] Telephone numbers are the addresses of participants in a telephone network, reachable by a system of destination code routing. Telephone numbering plans are defined in each of ...

  9. Category:Telephone numbers in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Telephone directory publishing companies of the United States‎ (11 P) Pages in category "Telephone numbers in the United States" The following 69 pages are in this category, out of 69 total.