Area Code 980
In the year 1940, Bell Laboratories and AT&T laid the foundation of an area code system. Though this area code system was introduced in the year 1940, yet it came into effect seven years later in the year 1947. This unique area coding system came to be known as the NANP or North American Numbering Plan. In addition to this, it is also believed that North American Numbering Plan or NANP included Canada and the United States. NANP is referred to as the well known agency that plays a key role in allocating phone numbers.
In the year 1947, states as well as provinces that were related to only one area code were assigned three digit numbers as area codes with zero as the middle digit. For example, the area code of Florida is referred to as area code 305 whereas the area code of Connecticut was referred to as 203. During this period, the total number of the area codes was restricted to 86. States as well as provinces that were associated with more than a single area code were assigned three digit numbers as area codes having one as their middle digit. For example, the area code of a couple of areas of California was allocated 213 whereas some areas of California were allotted 916. Similarly the area code of some regions of New York was offered the area code 518 and some region of New York was assigned the area code 212. The first as well as the third digits were offered only after taking into consideration the population density of the city as well as the region that is grouped under a specific area code. The areas that were densely populated were allotted the lowest numbers as area codes. The area covering the New York City was allocated the area code 212 whereas the surrounding areas were assigned the area code 914.
Area code 704 includes Metropolitan Charlotte, in the Piedmont area of North Carolina. On the other hand, area code 980 was introduced in 2001 as an overlay. It also includes the same region. In recent times, this area code is primarily used for pagers and wireless phones. Area code 704 is one amongst the first area codes that were introduced in the year 1947. During that period, it included the overall state of North Carolina. It got separated from area code 919 and again this very area code was split to create area code 828. Due to the overlay of the area code 980, the 704/980 requests all callers to make use of ten digits dialing whole making any local calls.
Area Code 980 serves the following states:
North Carolina
Area Code 980 serves the following Counties
Cabarrus, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Stanly, Union
Area Code 980 serves the following 10 Cities
Albemarle, Charlotte, Concord, Gastonia, Harmony, Lincolnton, Matthews, Monroe, Salisbury, Shelby, Denver, Kannapolis, Mooresville, Statesville
The carriers of area code 980 are as follows:
Alltel Communications
Intermedia Communications N
New Cingular Wireless Pcs
Area code 980 records an estimated population of 375, 168. In other words, nearly 375, 168 people are registered with the phone services of this area code.