Area Code 786
The area code history in the United States of America and Canada began with the North American Numbering Plan in 1940. Bell Laboratories and AT & T introduced the North American Numbering Plan or the NANP under which all the States and Provinces in the United States and Canada that had a single area code were allotted a three digit area code with 0 as the middle number. Those states and provinces in the United States and Canada that had more than one area code were assigned 1 as the middle number. The first and third digits of the area code number were allotted upon the density of population and economic growth in a particular region. All the local numbers and area codes introduced under the Plan were not permitted to begin with the digits of 1 and 0. The second number of the code was always 1 and 0 and just by checking the first three digits of a number one could recognize whether the call was a local or a long distance one.
There were 86 area codes that were introduced under the NANP and all the telephone numbers consisted of a 3 digit area code and a 7 digit local number in the United States and Canada in the year 1947. The regions of Hawaii, Alaska and the Caribbean were not covered under the North American Numbering Plan. With the passage of time these area codes had to split into many area codes to meet the growing telephone needs of the regions. These splits depended on the population density and the economic developments of the areas. These splits helped to cater to the demands of phone services and at the same time gave improved phone services to the regions. Today there are 300 area codes and in 1995 the second stage of development began where area codes could have any number of three digits and that could also include 0 and 9 as the second digit.
The areas and regions that are served by the NANP is divided into smaller Numbering Plan Areas (NPAs) and they are each identified by a three-digit NPA code which is generally called an area code.
The area code of 786 is an area code for the State of Florida and it covers three counties. The names of the Counties are Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach. The area code of 786 covers nine cities in Florida and these cities are Fort Lauderdale
Hialeah, Hollywood, Homestead, Lake Worth, Miami, Miami Beach, North Miami Beach and Opa Locka. This area code 786 has 335 telephone exchanges under it and it provides services to an estimated population of around 1, 386, 577 people.
The phone carriers of the area code 786 are Omnipoint Miami E License, New Cingular Wireless PCS, Global Crossing Local Services Inc, Abc Paging City Beepers, Metro Pcs, Gabriel Wireless, Level 3 Communications, Metrocall, Broadwing Communications, Florida Cellular Service, Sprint Spectrum, Xo Florida, Bellsouth Telecomm Inc, Paetec Communications, Priority Paging and US Lec Of Florida.