240
Area code 240
Maryland, United States
National (240) 555-0123, E.164 +12405550123
How the 800 central office codes (exchanges) of area code 240 were allocated, from the North American Numbering Plan's records: to which carrier, as which line type. A 240 number is mobile, fixed line or VoIP according to its exchange, the three digits after the area code; the allocation is the original one (below).
At a glance
- Country code
- +1
- State
- MD
- Exchanges on record
- 800
- Carriers on record
- 34
- Mobile 308 (39%)
- Fixed line 299 (37%)
- VoIP 179 (22%)
- No line type on record 14 (2%)
- 800 exchanges on record
Most exchanges: Verizon 183, T-Mobile 138, AT&T 87.
Check a number
Valid fixed line or mobile number in the United States.
+1
country code
240
area code
5550123
subscriber number
| Country | United States numbering plan |
|---|---|
| Line type | Fixed line or mobile |
| Carrier the block was allocated to | No carrier on record for this prefix |
| E.164 | +12405550123 |
| International | +1 240-555-0123 |
| National | (240) 555-0123 |
| RFC 3966 | tel:+1-240-555-0123 |
Source: North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA); Canadian Numbering Administrator (CNAC); National numbering plan: United States (ITU)
The example is 240-555-0123: 555-0100 to 555-0199 are set aside for fictional use in every area code.
The exchange map
One cell per exchange: blocks 240 2xx to 240 9xx; in each block the row is the tens digit, the column the units digit.
- Mobile 308
- Fixed line 299
- VoIP 179
- No line type on record 14
Formats and patterns
| E.164 | +12405550123 |
|---|---|
| International | +1 240-555-0123 |
| National | (240) 555-0123 |
| RFC 3966 (tel: URI) | tel:+1-240-555-0123 |
Any 240 number, in E.164
^\+1240[2-9]\d{6}$+1, the area code, a central office code that does not start with 0 or 1, then four digits.
Mobile exchanges (308 on record)
^\+1240(?:2(?:0[3-5]|1[067]|2[47]|34|59|6[357]|7[0-2478]|8[156]|9[189])|3(?:0[024589]|1[069]|21|3[08]|4[0346]|5[013-57]|6[07]|7[025]|8[0138]|9[3478])|4(?:0[01689]|1[0236-9]|2[1-69]|3[12589]|4[014679]|5[27-9]|6[0-4689]|7[025689]|8[0146]|9[0568])|5(?:0[14-8]|1[3579]|2[0-2]|3[245]|4[139]|5[0-27]|6[145]|7[1247-9]|8[04579]|9[035])|6(?:0[0-689]|1[458]|2[56]|36|4[03]|5[1469]|6[035]|7[124-68]|8[7-9]|98)|7(?:0[1-79]|1[24679]|2[2379]|3[1268]|4[39]|5[068]|6[0-28]|72|8[34]|9[1-35-7])|8(?:0[1-3578]|1[04578]|25|3[2589]|4[08]|5[24-68]|6[19]|7[1269]|8[246-9]|9[03469])|9(?:0[4-79]|1[46-9]|2[135-8]|3[0568]|47|6[0-278]|7[3-58]|8[07-9]|9[0-247]))\d{4}$Fixed line exchanges (299 on record)
^\+1240(?:2(?:0[67]|1[25]|2[1-3589]|3[0-35-9]|4[1-79]|5[1246-8]|6[048]|7[3569]|8[3479]|9[02-7])|3(?:0[36]|1[2-578]|2[0235-9]|3[3-69]|4[1258]|56|6[12459]|7[347-9]|8[25-79]|9[02569])|4(?:0[2-57]|2[07]|3[03467]|42|5[03-6]|7[347]|8[257-9]|9[1-479])|5(?:00|1[02468]|2[37-9]|3[0378]|4[24-8]|5[34689]|6[026-8]|7[35]|8[1-368]|9[12689])|6(?:07|1[0236]|2[0247-9]|3[1-57-9]|4[4-9]|5[27]|6[1278]|7[79]|8[1-6]|9[0-24-79])|7(?:08|1[058]|2[0145]|37|4[04-8]|5[1-4]|6[4-7]|7[36-9]|8[016-8]|9[04])|8(?:00|1[23]|2[1369]|3[37]|4[1-3569]|57|6[3-58]|8[03]|9[12578])|9(?:12|2[09]|31|49|5[1-4]|6[45]|7[29]|8[134]|9[369]))\d{4}$VoIP exchanges (179 on record)
^\+1240(?:2(?:0[0-289]|1[3489]|2[06]|4[08]|5[035]|6[1269]|8[028])|3(?:0[17]|[28]4|3[127]|4[79]|5[289]|6[368]|7[16]|91)|4(?:1[45]|28|4[358]|[57]1|6[57]|83)|5(?:0[239]|2[4-6]|3[169]|40|6[39]|7[06]|9[47])|6(?:1[79]|2[13]|[38]0|4[12]|5[0358]|6[469]|7[03]|93)|7(?:13|2[68]|3[03-59]|4[12]|5[579]|6[39]|7[0145]|8[259]|9[89])|8(?:0[469]|1[69]|2[02478]|3[0146]|4[47]|5[0139]|6[0267]|7[03-578]|8[15])|9(?:0[0-38]|1[035]|2[24]|3[2-479]|4[0-68]|5[5-7]|6[369]|7[017]|8[256]|9[58]))\d{4}$The exchange patterns follow the original allocations; a number ported since keeps its digits but not necessarily its carrier or its line type.
Carriers and their exchanges
Every carrier holding exchanges in 240, with the exchanges allocated to it (the three digits after the area code).
| Carrier | Exchanges | Mobile | Fixed line | VoIP | Exchanges held |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verizon | 183 | 85 | 98 | 0 | 204, 206, 221, 223–224, 228, 234, 236, 243, 247, 260, 264, 267–268, 270, 276, 278, 285, 290, 292, 294, 298, 300, 306, 309, 313–315, 318–319, 328, 338, 341, 343, 357, 362, 373, 379–380, 385–386, 393, 397, 399, 402, 404, 419–420, 427, 429, 435, 437, 439, 442, 444, 446, 453, 456–459, 470, 479, 489, 495–497, 507, 510, 517, 523, 527, 529, 532, 534, 538, 549, 553–554, 559–562, 566–568, 571–572, 577–578, 582–583, 585–588, 592, 595, 616, 618, 620, 624, 629, 631–632, 644–645, 651–652, 657, 660, 662, 672, 676–678, 683–684, 686–688, 694–695, 699, 702, 710, 712, 718–719, 721, 723, 725, 738, 743, 745, 749, 760, 762, 764–766, 772–773, 777–778, 781, 795, 801, 805, 808, 814–815, 818, 823, 825–826, 833, 837, 839, 841–843, 845–846, 856, 858, 890, 895, 904, 907, 925, 930, 935, 961–962, 964, 967, 975, 980, 993–994, 997, 999 |
| T-Mobile | 138 | 138 | 0 | 0 | 203, 216–217, 265, 272, 277, 286, 299, 304–305, 316, 330, 340, 346, 350–351, 353–355, 360, 367, 370, 372, 375, 388, 398, 400, 410, 412–413, 417–418, 421–426, 431–432, 438, 441, 452, 462, 464, 468–469, 476, 480–481, 486, 490, 498, 501, 504–505, 508, 513, 520, 522, 543, 557, 564–565, 579–580, 584, 590, 593, 600–606, 614–615, 625–626, 636, 643, 659, 663, 665, 671, 674, 698, 703, 709, 714, 716, 722, 729, 756, 784, 791–793, 796–797, 810, 817, 832, 838, 848, 852, 854–855, 861, 869, 871–872, 876, 879, 882, 886–887, 889, 899, 905–906, 909, 916, 918–919, 921, 923, 926–927, 936, 938, 960, 973, 978, 988, 991–992 |
| AT&T | 87 | 69 | 18 | 0 | 205, 210, 227, 233, 237, 249, 254, 256–258, 263, 271, 274, 281, 291, 302, 308, 344, 381–383, 394, 401, 406, 408–409, 416, 440, 447, 449, 460–461, 463, 466, 472, 475, 478, 484, 506, 515, 519, 521, 533, 535, 541, 550–552, 574, 589, 609, 640, 654, 656, 675, 690, 701, 704–707, 727, 731–732, 736, 746, 748, 750, 758, 761, 803, 849, 888, 893, 917, 928, 947, 951–954, 968, 974, 984, 987, 989–990 |
| Lumen | 66 | 0 | 62 | 4 | 215, 229–230, 232, 252, 273, 284, 297, 329, 334, 345, 348, 356, 374, 377, 396, 407, 434, 436, 491, 528, 547, 573, 575, 599, 607, 612, 627, 638, 667, 685, 691–692, 696, 708, 715, 720, 744, 751–754, 776, 780, 786–788, 790, 794, 812, 857, 863, 865, 880, 883, 891–892, 897–898, 901, 920, 971, 979, 985, 996, 998 |
| Paetec Itel | 63 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 207, 222, 235, 238, 283, 289, 295–296, 303, 312, 320, 326, 333, 335, 339, 361, 364, 387, 389–390, 395, 403, 405, 430, 433, 450, 454–455, 473, 477, 482, 485, 487, 492–494, 499, 500, 514, 516, 542, 544–546, 556, 558, 581, 613, 646, 681, 724, 737, 747, 767, 779, 813, 821, 864, 868, 912, 929, 949, 965 |
| Onvoy | 56 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 202, 226, 261, 301, 337, 349, 363, 391, 443, 445, 448, 451, 471, 563, 570, 650, 655, 666, 759, 771, 782, 798, 804, 809, 819–820, 822, 824, 827, 831, 834, 836, 844, 847, 851, 859, 862, 870, 873–875, 877, 885, 900, 908, 910, 913, 942, 944–945, 956, 970, 977, 982, 986, 995 |
| Peerless Network | 42 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 201, 208–209, 213–214, 218–220, 248, 250, 255, 266, 269, 282, 331–332, 352, 358–359, 368, 371, 376, 384, 414, 465, 503, 524–526, 536, 539, 597, 641, 653, 664, 680, 693, 713, 757, 806, 850, 860 |
| Bandwidth.com | 35 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 200, 253, 307, 347, 366, 428, 502, 509, 569, 594, 617, 621, 623, 630, 670, 673, 734, 763, 769, 774–775, 785, 816, 853, 881, 924, 932, 937, 939–941, 948, 955, 957, 963 |
| CoreTel | 34 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 212, 225, 231, 239, 251, 275, 279, 287, 322–323, 325, 327, 336, 369, 378, 512, 530, 548, 596, 598, 610, 622, 628, 634–635, 637, 639, 647–649, 679, 697, 800, 829 |
| Comcast | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 262, 280, 288, 467, 483, 619, 669, 755, 770, 830, 903, 943 |
| Astound Broadband | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 241–242, 244–246, 293, 317, 342, 392, 668, 682 |
| Emergency Networks | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 259, 717, 768, 835, 840, 884 |
| Baltimore-Washington Telephone Company | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 365, 474, 633, 661, 972 |
| Brightlink Communications | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 608, 726, 735, 742, 802 |
| Fractel | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 240, 733, 799, 922, 946 |
| Nuso | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 518, 931, 981, 983 |
| COMMIO LLC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 867, 878, 969 |
| Dish Wireless | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 894, 896, 914 |
| TELNYX | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 531, 828, 915 |
| Ton80 Communications | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 933–934, 966 |
| UScellular | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 310, 321, 807 |
| Vonage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 576, 658, 728 |
| Advanced Telecom Solutions | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 642, 789 |
| Atlantech Online Inc | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 537, 740 |
| Shentel Communications | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 488, 591 |
| YMax Communications | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 324, 415 |
| Airespring | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 741 |
| CSC Wireless LLC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 689 |
| HD Carrier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 730 |
| IP Horizon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 739 |
| MTE Paging | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 783 |
| Terra Nova Telecom | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 866 |
| Twilio International | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 902 |
| Voice Application Network | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 540 |
Questions developers ask
- Where is area code 240?
- Area code 240 is in Maryland, in the United States: all 800 of its exchanges on record are there. From abroad it is dialled +1 240, then the seven-digit number.
- Is a 240 number mobile or landline?
- Either: in the North American Numbering Plan the line type belongs to the exchange (the three digits after the area code), not to the area code. Of the 800 exchanges on record in 240, 308 (39%) were allocated as mobile, 299 (37%) as fixed line, 179 (22%) as VoIP and 14 (2%) have no line type on record. A number can have been ported since, to another carrier and even to another line type.
- Which carriers have numbers in area code 240?
- 34 carriers hold exchanges in 240 on record; the most: Verizon (183), T-Mobile (138) and AT&T (87). These are the original allocations: with number portability, a number may be served by another carrier today, which only a live carrier lookup (an HLR or MNP query) can tell.
- How do I validate a 240 phone number?
- In E.164 a 240 number matches ^\+1240[2-9]\d{6}$: +1, the area code, a central office code that does not start with 0 or 1, then four digits. Written nationally it reads (240) 555-0123. The exchange patterns on this page narrow it to the exchanges allocated as mobile, fixed line or VoIP.