- 559 357 Area Codes - California Public Utilities Commission
The 559 area code is expected to exhaust all available prefixes by September 2025 The CPUC’s action on Dec 14, 2023, approves the request of the North American Numbering Plan Administrator, the neutral third-party area code relief planner for California, for an area code overlay to provide additional numbering resources to meet the demand for telephone numbers while minimizing customer
- CPUC Reminds Consumers of the New Dialing Procedure and the New 357 . . .
The new 357 area code will serve the same geographic area currently served by the existing 559 area code The addition of the 357 area code will require a new dialing procedure for anyone with a 559 or 357 area code To complete calls from a landline phone, anyone with a 559 or 357 area code must dial 1+ area code + telephone number
- CPUC Provides More Numbers for 559 Area Code
The 559 area code covers central California in the San Joaquin Valley, including all or portions of Fresno, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Tulare, and Kings counties It serves cities and communities including but not limited to Clovis, Coalinga, Fresno, Madera, Porterville, Reedley, Selma, and Visalia, as well as unincorporated areas
- CPUC Highlights New Dialing Procedure for Customers in 559 Area Code
The 559 357 area code overlay will not require customers to change their existing area code However, the overlay will require customers with the 559 and 357 area codes to dial “1” plus the area code and telephone number for all calls, including local calls within the same area code
- Area Codes and Numbering
The new area code to overlay the 559 area code is the 357 area code 559 area code webcast 559 area code presentation 530 837 Area Code The 530 area code is running out of available prefixes, and it's expected to be exhausted by September 2025
- Why a New Area Code is Necessary
The 209 was split in 1997 which created the 559 area code Implementation of thousand-block number pooling helped to extend the life of the area code The 209 now has a limited number of available prefixes remaining NANPA forecasted the 209 area code to exhaust all prefixes by December 2022
- ALJ SRM smt Date of Issuance 12 19 2023
3 2 The 559 Area Code troduced the 559 NPA in November 1998 As previously noted, the 559 NPA is located in centr California in the San Joaquin Valley It includes all or portions of Fresno, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Tulare, and Kings counties and serves communities including but not limited to Clovis, Coalinga, Fresno, Madera, P
- 209 Area Code - California Public Utilities Commission
In 1997, the 209 area code was split to form the 559 area code The area served by the 209 area code currently includes Amador, Calaveras, Mariposa, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne Counties, and portions of Alameda, Alpine, El Dorado, Fresno, Madera and Sacramento Counties
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