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Area code 334 is a telephone Bellcore Information Letter IL94-01-029
/ref> Exhaustion projections in 2022 suggested that an additional area code will be needed in southeastern Alabama by 2024 or 2025.
Area code 334 is a telephone area code
A telephone numbering plan is a type of numbering scheme used in telecommunication to assign telephone numbers to subscriber telephones or other telephony endpoints. Telephone numbers are the addresses of participants in a telephone network, r ...
in the North American Numbering Plan
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 ...
(NANP) for southeastern Alabama
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, anthem = " Alabama"
, image_map = Alabama in United States.svg
, seat = Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County
, LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham
, area_total_km2 = 135,7 ...
. It was created on January 15, 1995, in an area code split from area code 205. and was the first new area code in Alabama since the implementation of area codes in 1947. To permit a transition period for the reconfiguration of equipment, such as computers and fax machines, use of area code 205 continued in the 334 region through May 13, 1995.
The numbering plan area (NPA) comprises the Montgomery, Auburn-Opelika
Opelika (pronounced ) is a city in and the county seat of Lee County in the east-central part of the U.S. state of Alabama. It is a principal city of the Auburn-Opelika Metropolitan Area. As of the 2020 census, the population of Opelika is ...
, and Dothan metropolitan areas, as well as Phenix City
Phenix City is a city in Lee and Russell counties in the U.S. state of Alabama, and the county seat of Russell County. As of the 2020 Census, the population of the city was 38,817.
Phenix City lies immediately west across the Chattahoochee Ri ...
and the Alabama side of the Columbus, Georgia
Columbus is a consolidated city-county located on the west-central border of the U.S. state of Georgia. Columbus lies on the Chattahoochee River directly across from Phenix City, Alabama. It is the county seat of Muscogee County, with which it o ...
metro area. The original 334 territory included the southern half of Alabama. Area code 251
Area code 251 is a telephone numbering plan code covering southwestern Alabama serving Mobile, Baldwin, and Washington counties and parts of six other counties. It was created on June 18, 2001, as a split from area code 334. In order to allow ...
was subsequently split from 334 in 2001 for southwest Alabama, including Mobile.
Area code 334 was the first interchangeable NPA code, not having the middle digit as ''0'' or ''1'', officially preceding Washington area code 360 by one minute./ref> Exhaustion projections in 2022 suggested that an additional area code will be needed in southeastern Alabama by 2024 or 2025.
See also
* List of Alabama area codes *List of NANP area codes
The North American Numbering Plan (NANP) divides the territories of its members into geographic numbering plan areas (NPAs). Each NPA is identified by one or more numbering plan area codes (''NPA codes'', or ''area codes''), consisting of three di ...
*North American Numbering Plan
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 ...
References
External links
Telecommunications-related introductions in 1995 334 334 {{areacode-stub