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Area Code Overview
Area code 908 is a geographic telephone area code in New Jersey that went into service on November 1, 1990. The geographic regions covered by this area code overlay has a population of approximately 1,219,919.
Overlay and Dialing Rules
- Area Code: 908
- State: New Jersey
- Type: General Purpose Code
- In Service Date: November 1, 1990
- Overlay Complex: 908
- 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 908
This area code is ranked 143rd out of 363 nationwide in estimated assigned phone numbers. Within the state territory it serves, it is ranked 5th out of 10.
5,653,000
Estimated Service-Type Mix of Assigned Phone Numbers in Area Code 908
Wireless
2,364,000 assigned
41.82%
Wireline and VoIP
2,586,000 assigned
45.75%
Other / Unclassified
703,000 assigned
12.44%
Estimated Share of Wireless Numbers Originally Assigned to Each Carrier in Area Code 908
Estimated assigned wireless phone numbers: 2,364,000
Numbers may later be ported to another carrier, but this chart reflects original number assignment, not current subscriber share.
Verizon Wireless 949,000 (40.14%)
AT&T Wireless 766,000 (32.40%)
T-Mobile 642,000 (27.16%)
Optimum Mobile 7,000 (0.30%)
Estimated Share of Wireline and VoIP Numbers Originally Assigned to Each Carrier in Area Code 908
Estimated assigned wireline and VoIP phone numbers: 2,586,000
VERIZON NEW JERSEY, INC. 935,000 (36.16%)
Bandwidth 256,000 (9.90%)
Comcast Business 121,000 (4.68%)
MCIMETRO ACCESS TRANSMISSION SERVICES LLC 105,000 (4.06%)
TERRA NOVA TELECOM INC. 91,000 (3.52%)
Peerless Network 86,000 (3.33%)
PAETEC ITEL, LLC 49,000 (1.89%)
CABLEVISION LIGHTPATH, INC. - NJ 30,000 (1.16%)
Other / Unclassified Assigned Numbering in Area Code 908
Estimated assigned other or unclassified phone numbers: 703,000
BRIGHTSPEED OF NEW JERSEY, INC. 153,000 (21.76%)
CORETEL NEW JERSEY, INC. - NJ 111,000 (15.79%)
CSC VOICE, LLC 55,000 (7.82%)
COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 50,000 (7.11%)
IP HORIZON LLC 49,000 (6.97%)
SPOK, INC. 40,000 (5.69%)
TELEPORT COMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC - NJ 37,000 (5.26%)
BLUEBIRD COMMUNICATIONS, LLC - NJ 35,000 (4.98%)
ADVANTAGE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 30,000 (4.27%)
HD CARRIER LLC 25,000 (3.56%)
AMERICAN MESSAGING SERVICES, LLC 20,000 (2.85%)
FUSION, LLC 17,000 (2.42%)
Cities and Towns in Area Code 908
Belle Mead, New Jersey Belvidere, New Jersey Bernardsville, New Jersey Blairstown, New Jersey Bloomsbury, New Jersey Califon, New Jersey Chester, New Jersey Clinton, New Jersey Columbia, New Jersey Cranford, New Jersey Dunellen, New Jersey Elizabeth, New Jersey Fanwood, New Jersey Flemington, New Jersey Freehold, New Jersey Frenchtown, New Jersey Hackettstown, New Jersey Hampton, New Jersey High Bridge, New Jersey Hope, New Jersey Lakewood, New Jersey Lebanon, New Jersey Linden, New Jersey Long Branch, New Jersey Long Valley, New Jersey Metuchen, New Jersey Middletown, New Jersey Milford, New Jersey Millington, New Jersey Neshanic, New Jersey New Brunswick, New Jersey Oldwick, New Jersey Oxford, New Jersey Peapack, New Jersey Perth Amboy, New Jersey Phillipsburg, New Jersey Plainfield, New Jersey Rahway, New Jersey Roselle, New Jersey Somerville, New Jersey Stoutsburg, New Jersey Summit, New Jersey Toms River, New Jersey Unionville, New Jersey Washington, New Jersey Westfield, New Jersey Whitehouse, New Jersey 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 908, 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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