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Area Code Overview
Area code 980 is a geographic telephone area code in North Carolina that went into service on April 1, 2001. The geographic regions covered by this area code overlay has a population of approximately 2,225,547.
Overlay and Dialing Rules
- Area Code: 980
- State: North Carolina
- Type: General Purpose Code
- In Service Date: April 1, 2001
- Overlay Complex: 704/980
- 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 980
This area code is ranked 218th out of 363 nationwide in estimated assigned phone numbers. Within the state territory it serves, it is ranked 7th out of 10.
4,125,000
Estimated Service-Type Mix of Assigned Phone Numbers in Area Code 980
Wireless
1,664,000 assigned
40.34%
Wireline and VoIP
2,288,000 assigned
55.47%
Other / Unclassified
173,000 assigned
4.19%
Estimated Share of Wireless Numbers Originally Assigned to Each Carrier in Area Code 980
Estimated assigned wireless phone numbers: 1,664,000
Numbers may later be ported to another carrier, but this chart reflects original number assignment, not current subscriber share.
Verizon Wireless 669,000 (40.20%)
AT&T Wireless 459,000 (27.58%)
SUNCOM DBA T-MOBILE USA 435,000 (26.14%)
Optimum Mobile 1,000 (0.06%)
Estimated Share of Wireline and VoIP Numbers Originally Assigned to Each Carrier in Area Code 980
Estimated assigned wireline and VoIP phone numbers: 2,288,000
Bandwidth 323,000 (14.12%)
Spectrum 292,000 (12.76%)
Peerless Network 89,000 (3.89%)
MCIMETRO ACCESS TRANSMISSION SERVICES LLC - NC 70,000 (3.06%)
PAETEC ITEL, LLC 42,000 (1.84%)
EON TELECOM, INC. 40,000 (1.75%)
WINDSTREAM COMMUNICATIONS, INC. - NC 35,000 (1.53%)
Other / Unclassified Assigned Numbering in Area Code 980
Estimated assigned other or unclassified phone numbers: 173,000
TELEPORT COMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC - NC 103,000 (59.54%)
TON80 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 27,000 (15.61%)
SOUTH CAROLINA NET, INC. - NC 12,000 (6.94%)
FRACTEL, LLC 8,000 (4.62%)
HD CARRIER LLC 8,000 (4.62%)
IP HORIZON LLC 3,000 (1.73%)
EXIANT COMMUNICATIONS LLC 2,000 (1.16%)
FIVE9, INC. 2,000 (1.16%)
TDS METROCOM, LLC 2,000 (1.16%)
AIRESPRING, INC. 1,000 (0.58%)
COMPORIUM, INC.- NC 1,000 (0.58%)
HADLO TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 1,000 (0.58%)
Cities and Towns in Area Code 980
Albemarle, North Carolina Alton, North Carolina Ansonville, North Carolina Badin, North Carolina Belmont, North Carolina Bessemer City, North Carolina Charlotte, North Carolina Cherryville, North Carolina Cleveland, North Carolina Concord, North Carolina Davidson, North Carolina Denver, North Carolina Gastonia, North Carolina Goose Creek, North Carolina Grover, North Carolina Harmony, North Carolina Harrisburg, North Carolina Hemby Bridge, North Carolina Huntersville, North Carolina Indian Trail, North Carolina Kannapolis, North Carolina King, North Carolina Lattimore, North Carolina Lawndale, North Carolina Lilesville, North Carolina Lincolnton, North Carolina Locust, North Carolina Lowell, North Carolina Marshville, North Carolina Matthews, North Carolina Monroe, North Carolina Mooresville, North Carolina Morven, North Carolina Mount Holly, North Carolina Mount Pleasant, North Carolina New Hope, North Carolina New London, North Carolina New Salem, North Carolina Newton, North Carolina Norwood, North Carolina Oakboro, North Carolina Peach, North Carolina Pineville, North Carolina Salisbury, North Carolina Shelby, North Carolina Stanley, North Carolina Statesville, North Carolina Stony Point, North Carolina Troutman, North Carolina Union Grove, North Carolina Wadesboro, North Carolina Waxhaw, North Carolina Wingate, North Carolina These geographic regions are also served by area code 704.
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 980, 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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