Area Code Overview

Area code 984 is a geographic telephone area code in North Carolina that went into service on April 30, 2012. The geographic regions covered by this area code overlay has a population of approximately 2,057,923.

Overlay and Dialing Rules

Area Code: 984
State: North Carolina
Type: General Purpose Code
In Service Date: April 30, 2012
Overlay Complex: 919/984
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 984

This area code is ranked 274th out of 363 nationwide in estimated assigned phone numbers. Within the state territory it serves, it is ranked 8th out of 10.

2,636,000

Estimated Service-Type Mix of Assigned Phone Numbers in Area Code 984

Total assigned 2,636,000

Wireless

1,006,000 assigned

38.16%

Wireline and VoIP

1,500,000 assigned

56.90%

Other / Unclassified

130,000 assigned

4.93%

Estimated Share of Wireless Numbers Originally Assigned to Each Carrier in Area Code 984

Estimated assigned wireless phone numbers: 1,006,000

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

AT&T Wireless 365,000 (36.28%)

Verizon Wireless 363,000 (36.08%)

SUNCOM DBA T-MOBILE USA 235,000 (23.36%)

T-Mobile 36,000 (3.58%)

UScellular 4,000 (0.40%)

Optimum Mobile 3,000 (0.30%)

Estimated Share of Wireline and VoIP Numbers Originally Assigned to Each Carrier in Area Code 984

Estimated assigned wireline and VoIP phone numbers: 1,500,000

Onvoy 623,000 (41.53%)

Bandwidth 336,000 (22.40%)

Spectrum 143,000 (9.53%)

Lumen 87,000 (5.80%)

MCIMETRO ACCESS TRANSMISSION SERVICES LLC - NC 66,000 (4.40%)

Commio 60,000 (4.00%)

Telnyx 48,000 (3.20%)

Peerless Network 44,000 (2.93%)

AT&T 32,000 (2.13%)

Vonage 21,000 (1.40%)

CHARTER IP ENABLED SERVICES, LLC 10,000 (0.67%)

NUSO 10,000 (0.67%)

Other / Unclassified Assigned Numbering in Area Code 984

Estimated assigned other or unclassified phone numbers: 130,000

TELEPORT COMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC - NC 63,000 (48.46%)

TON80 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 16,000 (12.31%)

FRACTEL, LLC 14,000 (10.77%)

SOUTH CAROLINA NET, INC. - NC 13,000 (10.00%)

IP HORIZON LLC 12,000 (9.23%)

HD CARRIER LLC 6,000 (4.62%)

FIVE9, INC. 2,000 (1.54%)

EXIANT COMMUNICATIONS LLC 1,000 (0.77%)

HADLO TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 1,000 (0.77%)

STRATUS NETWORKS 1,000 (0.77%)

WAVENATION, LLC 1,000 (0.77%)

Cities and Towns in Area Code 984

Angier, North Carolina Apex, North Carolina Benson, North Carolina Bonlee, North Carolina Broadway, North Carolina Cary, North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina Clayton, North Carolina Creedmoor, North Carolina Durham, North Carolina Four Oaks, North Carolina Franklinton, North Carolina Fremont, North Carolina Fuquay Varina, North Carolina Goldsboro, North Carolina Goldston, North Carolina Grantham, North Carolina Hillsborough, North Carolina Kenly, North Carolina Knightdale, North Carolina Louisburg, North Carolina Mebane, North Carolina Mount Olive, North Carolina Olivia, North Carolina Oxford, North Carolina Pittsboro, North Carolina Princeton, North Carolina Raleigh, North Carolina Sanford, North Carolina Selma, North Carolina Siler City, North Carolina Smithfield, North Carolina Wake Forest, North Carolina Wendell, North Carolina Zebulon, North Carolina

These geographic regions are also served by area code 919.

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 984, 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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