Area Code 816
The Area Code 816 is located within the US state of Missouri. The Area Code 816 was assigned to Missouri in 1947, during creation of the North American Numbering Plan Administration. It mainly catered telecommunication services to the western fringe of the state. Area Code 816 caters telecommunication services to the Kansas City Metropolitan Area and the city of St. Joseph to the north. The other area codes serving Missouri was further subdivided to accommodate rising subscriber base in Missouri. In the late 1996, after the implementation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and with the growing popularity of cell phones, the subscriber base rose to all time high. Immediately, a new area code was created.
Later in 1998, area code 314 was split to form new area code 573. This new area code 573 catered the southeastern and central portions of Missouri. It served the cities of Jefferson City, Cape Girardeau, Columbia, and Hannibal. During early 1997, the Missouri Public Service Commission, the main telecommunication authority decided to split the area code. It recommended Area Code 816 to be used to serve the Kansas City area. It also recommended assigning a new area code to the rest of the calling area to lessen disruption. During mid 1997, the Missouri PSC facilitated permissive dialing for those areas that were to receive the new area code 660; i.e. one can only make calls by using either area code 660 or Area Code 816. In 1998, area code 660 became fully functional. Again in 2000, the Missouri PSC planned to add area code 975 to ward-off mounting load on Area Code 816, but soon postponed the idea indefinitely.
Area Code 816 is a common area code for landline and cell phones services. The state has state-of-the-art telecommunication infrastructure and it houses some of the most respected telecommunication operators of the US. These telecommunication service packages are economically priced and are meticulously designed to meet the domestic and modern business requirements. These telecom services include both, landline connections and cellular service along with bouquet of service that includes Broadband connection, IPTV and Cable TV.
Area Code 816 also extends additional telecommunication services like -
The lists of cities served by the Area Code 816 are as follows -
Some of the telecommunication Companies operating in Missouri under the Area Code 816 are -