Area code 908 is a

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in the

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(NANP) in the northern part of the

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. The numbering plan area (NPA) comprises communities in Union County, Somerset County, northern parts of Middlesex County,

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, and parts of Morris County as well as some cell phones in

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Counties.

History

Area code 201 Area codes 201 and 551 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan in the U.S. State of New Jersey. Area code 201 was the area code assigned to the entire state of New Jersey in 1947, when the North American area code system ...

, originally the only area code for New Jersey when the

was created in 1947, had been the area code for all of northern and central New Jersey since 1958. In June 1989, New Jersey Bell announced a split of numbering plan area 201 to create a new area code, 908, in North Jersey. The area code became functional in January 1990, which started a permissive dialing period for the 314 central offices during which existing telephone numbers in the service area could be dialed with 201 or 908 area codes. The permissive dialing period ended on June 8, 1991, making the split fully effective. Customers in the remaining 201 area had to prefix existing and new numbers in 908 with 1–908. At the time of the split, 1.5 million access lines were served by the new area code. On January 1, 1997, 908 was reduced to its western portion, forming

area code 732 Area codes 732 and 848 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for parts of the U.S. state of New Jersey. History In the original configuration of the first nationwide telephone numbering plan of 1947, all of New Je ...

in the central eastern region of New Jersey.Newman, Andy
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'', June 2, 1997. Accessed January 23, 2008. It was the penultimate area code added in the X0X format when

909 __NOTOC__ Year 909 ( CMIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Britain * King Edward the Elder and his sister, Princess Æthelflæd of Mercia, raid Danish ...

was added a year later in California. Middlesex County is largely 908 in South Plainfield and parts of Edison (particularly Inman Avenue and north of Oak Tree Road) and

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(particularly the New Market area near Plainfield). 908 and the

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are the only area codes in the state that have yet to be overlaid. Prior to October 2021, area code 908 had telephone numbers assigned for the

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988. In 2020, ''988'' was designated nationwide as a dialing code for the

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, which created a conflict for exchanges that permit

seven-digit dialing Seven-digit dialing is a telephone dialing procedure customary in some territories of the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for dialing telephone numbers in the same numbering plan area (NPA). NANP telephone numbers consist of ten digits, of wh ...

. This area code was therefore scheduled to transition to

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by October 24, 2021.

References

External links

List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 908 Area Code
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908 __NOTOC__ Year 908 ( CMVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * May 15 – The three-year-old Constantine VII, the son of Emperor L ...

History

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