- Area code 709
Area code 709 is the
telephone area code in the Canadian province ofNewfoundland and Labrador , encompassing the wholeprovince . Newfoundland and Labrador, as well asNew Brunswick , was originally part ofNova Scotia andPrince Edward Island 's 902 area code between1947 and1955 . The new 506 Area Code was split off for Newfoundland and Labrador, as well as New Brunswick, between 1955 and1962 . Newfoundland and Labrador's 709 Area Code was established sometime during early 1962, splitting off from 506 retained by New Brunswick, with customer-dialable locations coming on-line during the next severalyear s. The previous identification of Newfoundland and Labrador by 902 and then 506, and even the earlier years by 709, was mostly for Operator routing purposes, since there was very little customer dialing of long distance calls in the US and Canada prior to the 1960s.The incumbent local exchange carrier in 709 is
Aliant (part of the Bell Aliant income trust), which was produced from a merger that includedNewTel Communications (previously Newfoundland Telephone). (There have been as many as nine companies in Newfoundland and Labrador up to 1951, the last independent being acquired in 1988.)ee also
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List of NANP area codes External links
* [http://www.cnac.ca/data/ac709.htm CNA exchange list for area +1-709]
* [http://mirror.lcs.mit.edu/telecom-archives/archives/history/56th-anniversary-areacodes Telecom archives]
* [http://www.cnac.ca/npa_codes/npa_map.htm Area Code Map of Canada]Area Code Box 2
This=Area code 709
State=NL
This=Area code 709
N=Country code +299 inGreenland
W=418/581, 819, 902
E=Atlantic Ocean
S=418/581, country code +508 inSaint-Pierre and Miquelon ,Atlantic Ocean
S1=PE|S2=QC
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