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Area code 978

The Area Code under the North American Numbering Plan is related the telephone services in the North American region along few other places outside mainland America.

It was implemented as a telephonic identification code for a particular region. Different areas were provided with particular numeric 3 digit codes, with which one can locate that area. This system of specific coding was designed and introduced by AT&T Bell Laboratories, one of the leading telecom based service providers in North America. It was used for the first time in the year 1947.

The NANP was actually created as an area identification system for 24 different countries within North America Canada, USA and its territories outside North America and the island countries in the Caribbean Sea. There were actually 86 area codes during the time of introduction in 1947. At present the number of area codes operating under NANP is 280.

Area code 978 along with the area code 351 was designated to serve the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts being an important region area code 978 handles some of the most important telephone call traffics. It provides service to the north eastern part of Massachusetts along with the other important communities such as Haverhill, Lowell, Lawrence, Leominster and Peabody. This area code was created in the year 1997 by dividing area code 508 due to importance and the heavy call traffic in this region. In 2001 area code 351 was created as a part of the overlay plan for the 978.

The area code 978 covers around 8 different counties including Barnstable, Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Middlesex, Strafford, Suffolk and Worcester. Within that area it is area code for several important cities and towns in the state of Massachusetts such as Amesbury, Ashburnham, Athol, Baldwinsville, Beverly, Bolton, Boston, Boxford, Cambridge, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Concord, Dunstable, East Templeton, Erving, Fitchburg, Georgetown, Gloucester, Groveland, Harvard, Haverhill, Hudson, Lancaster, Lincoln, Mansfield, Marlborough, Melrose, Methuen, Middleton, Newbury, Orange, Petersham, Princeton, Rockport, Salem, Salisbury, Sterling, Sudbury, Swampscott, Waltham, Warwick, Wenham, Westford, Westminster, Wilmington, Winchendon, Winthrop and Worcester.

This particular area code is divided into as many as 736 exchange codes including 201 - 219, 221 - 259, 261 - 299, 300 - 319, 321 - 359, 360 - 399, 400, 401, 402, 404 - 460, 461 - 499, 500 - 559, 560 - 599, 600 - 632, 633 - 659, 660 - 680, 681 - 699, 701 - 707, 709 - 769, 771 - 780, 782 - 829, 831 - 849, 851 - 899, 901 - 930, 932 - 948, 951 - 970, 972 - 998.

Some of the most popular telephone service providers in this region are Cape Telecom Inc., Comtel Group Inc., DSCI Corporation, Galaxy Internet Services Inc., Granite Telecommunications, Grove-Line, LD Post, Net-Way, Verizon, Sprint Spectrum, Bell South, Metro Media, Cingular Wireless, AT&T/SBC, Vonage, Choose One, Frontier Communications, Bergen Telecom, Level 3 Communications, CIMCO Communications, Comcast Phone, Global COM, Broadwing Communications, T Mobile, Ameritech, Arthur Mutual Telephone Company, Block Communications Inc., Communication Options Inc., New Knoxville Telephone Co., Staley Technologies Inc., World Radio Telecommunications Inc.

Landline 978 Area Code and Exchange Codes

Landline Location
978-960-xxxxLawrence, Massachusetts
978-962-xxxxActon, Massachusetts
978-963-xxxxConcord, Massachusetts
978-967-xxxxLowell, Massachusetts
978-970-xxxxLowell, Massachusetts
978-971-xxxxHudson, Massachusetts
978-972-xxxxIpswich, Massachusetts
978-974-xxxxLawrence, Massachusetts
978-975-xxxxLawrence, Massachusetts
978-976-xxxxCross Juris, Massachusetts
978-977-xxxxPeabody, Massachusetts
978-988-xxxxWilmington, Massachusetts
978-989-xxxxLawrence, Massachusetts
978-993-xxxxBoston, Massachusetts
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Cell 978 Area Code and Exchange Codes

CellPhone Location
978-763-xxxxBoston, Massachusetts
978-764-xxxxLawrence, Massachusetts
978-765-xxxxMarlborough, Massachusetts
978-766-xxxxHudson, Massachusetts
978-767-xxxxDanvers, Massachusetts
978-769-xxxxFoxboro, Massachusetts
978-771-xxxxLawrence, Massachusetts
978-773-xxxxMarlborough, Massachusetts
978-778-xxxxMarlborough, Massachusetts
978-782-xxxxNewburyport, Massachusetts
978-783-xxxxAndover, Massachusetts
978-785-xxxxLunenburg, Massachusetts
978-786-xxxxLeominster, Massachusetts
978-790-xxxxFitchburg, Massachusetts
978-791-xxxxDanvers, Massachusetts
978-792-xxxxMarlborough, Massachusetts
978-793-xxxxMaynard, Massachusetts
978-795-xxxxMarlborough, Massachusetts
978-797-xxxxHudson, Massachusetts
978-798-xxxxWorcester, Massachusetts
978-799-xxxxWestford, Massachusetts
978-800-xxxxLittleton, Massachusetts
978-801-xxxxEssex, Massachusetts
978-802-xxxxSudbury, Massachusetts
978-804-xxxxLowell, Massachusetts
978-805-xxxxMarlborough, Massachusetts
978-806-xxxxAndover, Massachusetts
978-807-xxxxLawrence, Massachusetts
978-808-xxxxBillerica, Massachusetts
978-809-xxxxAndover, Massachusetts
978-810-xxxxBeverly, Massachusetts
978-811-xxxxCross Juris, Massachusetts
978-812-xxxxCambridge, Massachusetts
978-813-xxxxLowell, Massachusetts
978-815-xxxxLowell, Massachusetts
978-816-xxxxBoston, Massachusetts
978-817-xxxxBoston, Massachusetts
978-818-xxxxPeabody, Massachusetts
978-819-xxxxCambridge, Massachusetts
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