Area Code Overview

Area code 228 is a geographic telephone area code in Mississippi that went into service on September 15, 1997. The geographic regions covered by this area code overlay has a population of approximately 360,732.

Overlay and Dialing Rules

Area Code: 228
State: Mississippi
Type: General Purpose Code
In Service Date: September 15, 1997
Overlay Complex: 228
Local Dialing Plan: This area does not require you to dial the area code when calling locally.

Estimated Number of Assigned Phone Numbers in Area Code 228

This area code is ranked 287th out of 363 nationwide in estimated assigned phone numbers. Within the state territory it serves, it is ranked 3rd out of 4.

2,079,000

Estimated Service-Type Mix of Assigned Phone Numbers in Area Code 228

Total assigned 2,079,000

Wireless

887,000 assigned

42.66%

Wireline and VoIP

887,000 assigned

42.66%

Other / Unclassified

305,000 assigned

14.67%

Estimated Share of Wireless Numbers Originally Assigned to Each Carrier in Area Code 228

Estimated assigned wireless phone numbers: 887,000

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

AT&T Wireless 462,000 (52.09%)

CELLULAR SOUTH, INC. 145,000 (16.35%)

Verizon Wireless 111,000 (12.51%)

ELISKA WIRELESS VENTURES SUBSIDIARY I, LLC 102,000 (11.50%)

T-Mobile 66,000 (7.44%)

Optimum Mobile 1,000 (0.11%)

Estimated Share of Wireline and VoIP Numbers Originally Assigned to Each Carrier in Area Code 228

Estimated assigned wireline and VoIP phone numbers: 887,000

AT&T 281,000 (31.68%)

Onvoy 273,000 (30.78%)

Lumen 87,000 (9.81%)

PAETEC ITEL, LLC 84,000 (9.47%)

Spectrum 43,000 (4.85%)

Airus 27,000 (3.04%)

TERRA NOVA TELECOM INC. 27,000 (3.04%)

Commio 20,000 (2.25%)

Telnyx 18,000 (2.03%)

NUSO 11,000 (1.24%)

MCIMETRO ACCESS TRANSMISSION SERVICES LLC - MS 8,000 (0.90%)

Vonage 3,000 (0.34%)

Other / Unclassified Assigned Numbering in Area Code 228

Estimated assigned other or unclassified phone numbers: 305,000

TELEPAK NETWORKS, INC. - MS 147,000 (48.20%)

SPOK, INC. 50,000 (16.39%)

FRACTEL, LLC 24,000 (7.87%)

TON80 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 20,000 (6.56%)

TELEPORT COMMUNICATIONS AMERICA MS - LLC 17,000 (5.57%)

SOUTHERN COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, INC. 11,000 (3.61%)

GULFPINES COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 10,000 (3.28%)

HD CARRIER LLC 8,000 (2.62%)

RGTN USA, INC. 8,000 (2.62%)

MCC TELEPHONY LLC 4,000 (1.31%)

AHOI LLC 3,000 (0.98%)

CALLWORKS CORPORATION 1,000 (0.33%)

Cities and Towns in Area Code 228

Bay St. Louis, Mississippi Biloxi, Mississippi Gulfport, Mississippi Hurley, Mississippi Moss Point, Mississippi Ocean Springs, Mississippi Pascagoula, Mississippi Pass Christian, Mississippi Pearlington, Mississippi Vancleave, Mississippi

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 228, 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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