848 Area Code

Area Code Overview

Area code 848 is a geographic telephone area code in New Jersey that went into service on December 29, 2001. The geographic regions covered by this area code overlay has a population of approximately 1,298,076.

Overlay and Dialing Rules

  • Area Code: 848
  • State: New Jersey
  • Type: General Purpose Code
  • In Service Date: December 29, 2001
  • Overlay Complex: 732/848
  • Local Dialing Plan: This area does require you to dial the area code when calling locally.

Estimated Number of Assigned Phone Numbers in Area Code 848

This area code is ranked 281st out of 363 nationwide in estimated assigned phone numbers. Within the state territory it serves, it is ranked 9th out of 10.

2,464,000

Estimated Service-Type Mix of Assigned Phone Numbers in Area Code 848

Total assigned 2,464,000
Wireless
1,059,000 assigned
42.98%
Wireline and VoIP
1,225,000 assigned
49.72%
Other / Unclassified
180,000 assigned
7.31%

Estimated Share of Wireless Numbers Originally Assigned to Each Carrier in Area Code 848

Estimated assigned wireless phone numbers: 1,059,000

Numbers may later be ported to another carrier, but this chart reflects original number assignment, not current subscriber share.

AT&T Wireless 409,000 (38.62%)
T-Mobile 361,000 (34.09%)
Verizon Wireless 281,000 (26.53%)
Optimum Mobile 8,000 (0.76%)

Estimated Share of Wireline and VoIP Numbers Originally Assigned to Each Carrier in Area Code 848

Estimated assigned wireline and VoIP phone numbers: 1,225,000

Onvoy 560,000 (45.71%)
Spectrum 140,000 (11.43%)
Bandwidth 121,000 (9.88%)
Peerless Network 71,000 (5.80%)
PAETEC ITEL, LLC 60,000 (4.90%)
Comcast Business 50,000 (4.08%)
CABLEVISION LIGHTPATH, INC. - NJ 46,000 (3.76%)
Telnyx 37,000 (3.02%)
Vonage 35,000 (2.86%)
MCIMETRO ACCESS TRANSMISSION SERVICES LLC 33,000 (2.69%)
Lumen 28,000 (2.29%)
Commio 22,000 (1.80%)

Other / Unclassified Assigned Numbering in Area Code 848

Estimated assigned other or unclassified phone numbers: 180,000

IP HORIZON LLC 38,000 (21.11%)
CORETEL NEW JERSEY, INC. - NJ 25,000 (13.89%)
HD CARRIER LLC 21,000 (11.67%)
CSC VOICE, LLC 20,000 (11.11%)
BLUEBIRD COMMUNICATIONS, LLC - NJ 17,000 (9.44%)
TELEPORT COMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC - NJ 14,000 (7.78%)
TON80 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 14,000 (7.78%)
BARR TELL USA, INC. 10,000 (5.56%)
BLOCK LINE SYSTEMS, LLC - NJ 8,000 (4.44%)
THE VOICE APPLICATION NETWORK, LLC 6,000 (3.33%)
FUSION, LLC 3,000 (1.67%)
BARR TELL USA, INC. - NJ 2,000 (1.11%)

How These Figures Were Built

These figures are estimates based on public phone-number assignment records. They are meant to show the likely mix of assigned phone numbers associated with area code 848, not live customer counts.

Some providers may have assigned phone numbers tied to this area code even if they do not actively market or sell service locally. These figures reflect public number-assignment records, not confirmed local service availability.

They also do not reflect number portability at the individual phone-number level, so some numbers may now be used on a different network or by a different provider than the original assignment records suggest.

Population data and locality matching provided by GeoNames.

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