626 Area Code
Eastern Los Angeles County, comprising portions of “Pasadena, Alhambra, LaPuente, El Monte, Covina, Baldwin Park, Azusa, Monrovia, Glendora, and Arcadia,” is covered by the ‘626 area code.’ The Los Angeles-Long Beach Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes the ‘626 area code.’
Smaller “Numbering Plan Areas” (NPAs) within the NANP’s service region are designated by three-digit NPA codes, often known as area codes. NANP stands for “North American Numbering Plan Administrator.” There are 792 “prefixes” that can be used to service a specific geographic area; each prefix has 10,000 numbers. The three-digit number that appears between the ‘area code’ and the four-digit line number is called a “prefix” (NXX). NXX code is also known as an exchange, prefix, or a ‘Central Office (CO) code.’
| 626 Code information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type of Code | General Purpose Code | |
| Location | CA | |
| Country | US | |
| Time Zone | P (Pacific Time Zone) | |
| Parent NPA | 818 | |
| Is this an overlay*** code | No | |
| Jeopardy | No | |
| Relief Planning in Progress | No | |
| Dialing Plan for this NPA | Standard** | Permissive** |
| Operator Assistance (Special handling calls) | 0+10D | |
| Home NPA Local Calls | 1+10D | NA |
| Foreign NPA Local Calls | 1+10D | NA |
| Home NPA Toll Calls | 1+10D | NA |
| Foreign NPA Toll Calls | 1+10D | |
| **a NPA’s general dialing plan/pattern is referred to as “Standard.” Based on ‘particular’ local circumstances, there may be exceptions. “Permissive” describes the ‘temporary or transitory’ dialing plan/pattern that can be utilized | ||
| 1+10D stands for “one plus 10 digits.” Calls that result in ‘toll charges’ are known as “toll calls” | ||
| ***when multiple ‘area codes’ cover the same geographic area, it’s known as an area code “overlay” | ||
| ‘Home NPA’ means within the same NPA (or ‘area code’). ‘Foreign NPA’ means NPA other than ‘Home NPA’ | ||
There are about 7.9 million phone numbers in the ‘626 area code.’ Telecommunications firms who receive these numbers from the NANPA can use them. The distribution of ‘total phone numbers’ as of 2019 was as follows: 60.7% Assigned, 1.5% Intermediate (shared by OCNs), 0.5% Reserved (by user for future use), 3.0% Aging (user discontinued the service), 0.8% Administrative, and 33.6% Available. 47 OCNs were in operation in the area as of 2019.
An ‘area code’ that has the identical second and third digits is known as an “Easily Recognizable Code” (ERC). The ERCs (e.g., 888 for toll-free service) denote unique services.
In the US, ‘telephone number administration’ falls under the jurisdiction of the “Federal Communications Commission” (FCC).
Cities/Towns under ‘626 area code’ -
| City | County | State |
|---|---|---|
| Alhambra | Los Angeles | CA |
| Altadena | Los Angeles | CA |
| Arcadia | Los Angeles | CA |
| Azusa | Los Angeles | CA |
| Baldwin Park | Los Angeles | CA |
| Covina | Los Angeles | CA |
| Duarte | Los Angeles | CA |
| El Monte | Los Angeles | CA |
| Glendora | Los Angeles | CA |
| Hacienda Heights | Los Angeles | CA |
| La Puente | Los Angeles | CA |
| Monrovia | Los Angeles | CA |
| Monterey Park | Los Angeles | CA |
| Pasadena | Los Angeles | CA |
| Rosemead | Los Angeles | CA |
| Rowland Heights | Los Angeles | CA |
| San Gabriel | Los Angeles | CA |
| South El Monte | Los Angeles | CA |
| South Pasadena | Los Angeles | CA |
| South San Jose Hills | Los Angeles | CA |
| Temple City | Los Angeles | CA |
| Valinda | Los Angeles | CA |
| Walnut | Los Angeles | CA |
| West Covina | Los Angeles | CA |
| West Puente Valley | Los Angeles | CA |
List of companies holding “prefixes” (NXX) for the ‘626 area code’ -
| OCN**** | NAME OF THE COMPANY |
|---|---|
| 6967 | 33 Wireless, Inc. |
| 996H | AireSpring, Inc. |
| 9748 | American Messaging Services, LLC |
| 6906 | American Messaging Services, LLC |
| 7421 | AT&T Local |
| 516C | AT&T Corp. |
| 981E | Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC |
| 026K | Barr Tell USA, Inc. |
| 819H | BluIP Inc. |
| 6006 | Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless |
| 508J | CenturyLink Communications, LLC |
| 776C | Charter Fiberlink CA-CCO, LLC (Brand “spectrum”) |
| 939H | Commio, LLC |
| 863D | ConnectTo Communications, Inc. |
| 490J | DISH Wireless, LLC, d/b/a Boost Mobile |
| 478A | DMR Communications Inc. |
| 114J | Exiant Communications LLC |
| 965H | FracTEL, LLC |
| 2319 | Frontier California, Inc. |
| 8690 | Global Crossing Local Services, Inc. |
| 321J | HD Carrier, LLC |
| 707H | Integrated Path Communications, LLC |
| 515J | IP Horizon LLC |
| 8826 | Level 3 Communications, LLC (Brand “LUMEN”) |
| 7718 | Level 3 Telecom of California, LP (Brand “LUMEN”) |
| 7229 | MCImetro Access Transmission Services, LLC, d/b/a Verizon |
| 7240 | MCImetro Access Transmission Services, LLC, d/b/a Verizon |
| 899D | MetroPCS Networks LLC (Brand “Metro by T-Mobile”) |
| 6010 | New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC, d/b/a AT&T MOBILITY |
| 7894 | North County Communications Corporation of California |
| 4129 | O1 Communications, Inc. |
| 624H | Onvoy Spectrum, LLC (Brand “Sinch”) |
| 649C | Onvoy, LLC (Brand “Sinch”) |
| 9740 | Pacific Bell d/b/a AT&T |
| 7480 | Pacific Bell (Competitive) d/b/a AT&T |
| 4733 | PAETEC Communications, Inc. (Brand “Windstream”) |
| 373F | Peerless Network of California, LLC |
| 156J | RCLEC, Inc. (Brand “RingCentral”) |
| 0051 | Shelcomm, Inc. |
| 622J | Skye Telecom, LLC, d/b/a Skyetel |
| 6664 | Sprint Spectrum, LP (Brand “T-mobile”) |
| 6529 | T-Mobile USA, Inc. |
| 7139 | Teleport Communications America, LLC, d/b/a AT&T |
| 073H | Telnyx, LLC |
| 145J | Terra Nova Telecom, Inc. |
| 576C | Time Warner Cable Information Services d/b/a Time Warner Cable (Brand “Spectrum”) |
| 516J | Ton80 Communications, LLC (Brand “CoreTel”) |
| 671J | U.S. TelePacific Corp., d/b/a TPx Communications |
| 6630 | USA Mobility Wireless, Inc. (Brand “spok”) |
| 9262 | Utility Telecom Group, LLC |
| 197D | Vonage America, Inc. |
| 553J | Whitesky Communications, LLC |
| 252F | Wide Voice, LLC |
| 7262 | XO California, Inc. d/b/a XO Communications, Inc. (Brand “verizon”) |
| 258E | Ymax Communications Corp. (Brand “Ymax Corp”) |
| ****an “Operating Company Number” (OCN) is a four-digit ‘alphanumeric’ code that serves as a unique means of identifying local telecom service providers. OCN is also referred to as ‘Company Code.’ The “National Exchange Carrier Association” (NECA) assigns OCN, which is also used to report NRUF data | |
| ‘d/b/a’ stands for “doing business as” | |
| The acronym ‘CA-CCO’ denotes the operation of the mentioned entity in California (CA) under the “Charter Communications Operating (CCO) LLC” | |
List of Exchanges to ‘626 area code’ -
| EXCHANGE ABBREVIATION | MSA* NAME | MSA RANK |
|---|---|---|
| ALHAMBRA | Los Angeles-Long Beach CA | 1 |
| ARCADIA | Los Angeles-Long Beach CA | 1 |
| AZUSA | Los Angeles-Long Beach CA | 1 |
| COVINA | Los Angeles-Long Beach CA | 1 |
| EL MONTE | Los Angeles-Long Beach CA | 1 |
| LA PUENTE | Los Angeles-Long Beach CA | 1 |
| LSAN DA 01 | Los Angeles-Long Beach CA | 1 |
| LSAN DA 14 | Los Angeles-Long Beach CA | 1 |
| MONROVIA | Los Angeles-Long Beach CA | 1 |
| PSDN PSDN | Los Angeles-Long Beach CA | 1 |
| SIERRAMADR | Los Angeles-Long Beach CA | 1 |
| SNGBLCNN | Los Angeles-Long Beach CA | 1 |
| *MSA stands for Metropolitan Statistical Area | ||
^^^ the aforementioned data came from “docs.cpuc.ca.gov/Published/Report/8645.htm”, “docs.cpuc.ca.gov/publishedDocs/published/REPORT/31851.htm”, “secure.nanpa.com/public-report/npa/search-area-codes”, “nanpa.com/enas/npa_city_query.do”, “localcallingguide.com/lca_telco.php?page=1&npa=626”, etc.
The official source of ‘area code’ information is: https://www.nanpa.com/.
That’s all friends.
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