Area Code 973
The Area Code 973 is assigned to represent the northern part of New Jersey; covering portions that of Morris, Bergen, Hudson, Essex, Sussex, Passaic and the Union Counties. It came into being on June 1, 1997 after the split of Area code 201. In 2001, a new code of 862 was formed to overlay this North American Numbering Plan code [area code 973] thereby making the 10-digit dialing system obligatory.
The regions covered under area code 973 include two biggest cities namely Newark and Paterson. According to a report published by Verizon, a well known name when it comes to advanced telecommunication services, the area code 973 includes part or all of New Jersey communities. For instance, the area code 973 representing the Essex County includes places like West Orange, Montclair, Cedar Grove, Nutley, Verona, Belleville, Maplewood, Irvington, Glen Ridge, Orange, Milburn -Short Hills, Bloomfield and Livingston.
In the Bergen County, area code 973 serves places like Wallington, Garfield and Lodi while in Hudson County it includes Harrison and East Newark. Morris County is also served by area code 973. Some of the places covered by 973 in Morris County include Lincoln Park, Denville, Chatham Borough, Hanover Township, Chatham Township, Montville, Morris Plains, Pompton Plains , Pequannock Township, Mountain Lakes, Roxbury, Randolph and Parsippany-Troy Hills.
As discussed earlier, Passaic County of New Jersey is covered under area code 973. The places of Passaic County include West Milford, Wanaque, Paterson, Clifton, Wayne, Prospect Park and Totowa. Similarly, the regions covered by 973 in Sussex County include Montague Township, Hampton Township, Andover Township, Frankford Township, Hamburg, Hardyston Township, Lafayette Township, Branchville, Green Township, Franklin, Wantage Township, Hopatcong, Stillwater Township, Sandyston Township, Newton and Sparta. The Union County includes Hillside and Springfield Township covered by area code 973.
New Jersey is one of the busiest states ranking in terms of population density and median income of any particular state in the country. Being the hub of industrial activities, New Jersey has developed in every sphere. The city's economy is primarily based on telecommunications, tourism, electric equipment production, publishing and printing, food processing, chemical development and pharmaceutical industry
With the development of all round activities, more emphasis was laid on building the infrastructure of the city. Today, you will find big, small and regional telecom companies operating services in different parts of this state. With their services, the telecom service providers connect several parts of New Jersey with the country as well as with the world.
The telecom service providers operating in the regions covered under area code 973 include Verizon, Comcast, Matrix Business Technologies, Service Electric, Cablevision, Time Warner Cable, Embarq, Covista Communications, PAETEC, CloseCall America, Cavalier and Broadview Networks. These telecom companies offer you a variety of services together with the usual ones. Almost every telecom provider offers you both cellular and landline facilities including additional facilities of caller id, voice mail, direct dialing and others. All telecom service providers aim to offer you well- knitted advanced services at convenient rates to meet your essential requirements.