956
Area code 956
Texas, United States
National (956) 555-0123, E.164 +19565550123
How the 753 central office codes (exchanges) of area code 956 were allocated, from the North American Numbering Plan's records: to which carrier, as which line type. A 956 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
- TX
- Exchanges on record
- 753
- Carriers on record
- 42
- Mobile 362 (48%)
- Fixed line 256 (34%)
- VoIP 117 (16%)
- No line type on record 18 (2%)
- 753 exchanges on record
Most exchanges: AT&T 293, T-Mobile 170, Verizon 49.
Check a number
Valid fixed line or mobile number in the United States.
+1
country code
956
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 | +19565550123 |
| International | +1 956-555-0123 |
| National | (956) 555-0123 |
| RFC 3966 | tel:+1-956-555-0123 |
Source: North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA); Canadian Numbering Administrator (CNAC); National numbering plan: United States (ITU)
The example is 956-555-0123: 555-0100 to 555-0199 are set aside for fictional use in every area code.
The exchange map
One cell per exchange: blocks 956 2xx to 956 9xx; in each block the row is the tens digit, the column the units digit.
- Mobile 362
- Fixed line 256
- VoIP 117
- No line type on record 18
- Not on record 47
Formats and patterns
| E.164 | +19565550123 |
|---|---|
| International | +1 956-555-0123 |
| National | (956) 555-0123 |
| RFC 3966 (tel: URI) | tel:+1-956-555-0123 |
Any 956 number, in E.164
^\+1956[2-9]\d{6}$+1, the area code, a central office code that does not start with 0 or 1, then four digits.
Mobile exchanges (362 on record)
^\+1956(?:2(?:0[02-46-9]|1[29]|2[0-24-79]|3[24-9]|4[014579]|5[0-26-8]|6[135-8]|7[029]|8[0-24-68]|9[03589])|3(?:0[17-9]|1[02-57]|2[124578]|3[0-7]|4[0-6]|5[1-578]|6[0379]|7[13-69]|82|9[14])|4(?:0[0-257-9]|1[0346]|22|3[2-46-9]|4[235]|5[013-9]|6[0369]|7[12589]|8[02-49]|9[013-57-9])|5(?:0[0-3589]|1[025-8]|2[0-24-689]|3[02-8]|4[03]|5[1-3689]|6[0-469]|7[0-256]|86|9[0235689])|6(?:0[035-8]|1[2679]|2[03469]|3[589]|4[01589]|5[0-24-689]|6[27]|7[02-589]|8[045]|9[26])|7(?:0[1368]|1[03-5]|20|3[1569]|4[0246]|5[014679]|6[37-9]|7[013-58]|8[09]|9[238])|8(?:0[125]|1[02-468]|2[0146-9]|3[459]|4[146]|56|6[27]|7[3468]|84|9[0378])|9(?:0[457-9]|2[39]|3[25]|4[29]|5[124]|6[0-24-6]|7[05]|8[59]|9[08]))\d{4}$Fixed line exchanges (256 on record)
^\+1956(?:2(?:05|1[03-8]|2[38]|3[013]|4[2368]|5[459]|6[024]|7[136-8]|8[379]|9[12467])|3(?:1[689]|2[369]|4[7-9]|5[069]|6[124-6]|7[78]|8[013-9]|9[02389])|4(?:03|1[27-9]|2[13-57-9]|30|4[0147]|6[14578]|7[03]|8[15-8]|9[26])|5(?:0[47]|1[49]|23|[39]1|4[124-8]|5[04]|6[578]|7[347-9]|8[013-57-9])|6(?:0[1249]|1[0458]|2[1257]|3[0-367]|4[27]|57|6[14-68]|8[1-36-9]|9[01389])|7(?:02|1[26-8]|2[1-9]|3[024]|4[378]|5[235]|6[014-6]|7[267]|8[1-8]|9[014-79])|8(?:0[03]|25|3[128]|4[2357-9]|5[34]|72|8[278])|9(?:0[03]|2[68]|36|4[348]|6[89]|7[1-3]|8[2-467]|9[2479]))\d{4}$VoIP exchanges (117 on record)
^\+1956(?:2(?:01|53|69|7[45])|3(?:0[02-6]|20|3[89]|68|7[02]|9[5-7])|4(?:0[46]|15|2[06]|3[15]|4[689]|[56]2|7[467])|5(?:06|13|[25]7|[34]9|82|9[47])|6(?:[15]3|28|34|4[346]|6[039]|7[167]|9[457])|7(?:0[4579]|[17]9|3[378]|4[159]|58|62)|8(?:0[47-9]|1[579]|2[23]|3[37]|40|5[57]|6[4-69]|77|8[01]|9[59])|9(?:[04]6|1[07]|2[27]|3[347]|5[357]|63|7[47]|81|9[1356]))\d{4}$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 956, with the exchanges allocated to it (the three digits after the area code).
| Carrier | Exchanges | Mobile | Fixed line | VoIP | Exchanges held |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AT&T | 293 | 129 | 158 | 6 | 200, 202, 204–205, 217, 224, 228–229, 233, 243–245, 250, 252, 254, 256–257, 261–262, 267, 272–274, 276, 279–283, 285–287, 289–292, 294–296, 307–309, 312–314, 316, 318–319, 322–323, 326–327, 330, 332–333, 336, 340, 350, 352, 356, 361–367, 369, 371–373, 379–381, 383–396, 399, 400–401, 407–408, 412, 414, 421–425, 427–430, 436, 440, 443–444, 461–462, 464, 468–471, 473, 475, 478–479, 482, 485, 489, 500, 502, 504–505, 508–509, 514–516, 519, 523, 526, 528–529, 538, 541–542, 544, 546–548, 550, 554, 559–560, 562–563, 565, 569–570, 572, 574, 577–581, 583–587, 589–590, 599, 600, 603–607, 610, 612, 614, 616–619, 625, 628, 630–632, 637, 640–641, 661, 664–665, 668, 673, 678, 682–683, 685–688, 692–693, 698, 701–703, 708, 712, 717–718, 721–730, 734, 740, 744, 748, 752–753, 755–757, 760–761, 763–765, 771–775, 781–784, 786–788, 790–791, 794–796, 802, 810, 813–814, 818, 820, 825, 831–832, 835, 838, 843, 848, 872–874, 882, 897, 904–905, 907–909, 926, 928, 932, 942–943, 948, 962, 971–972, 975, 982–984, 986, 989–990, 992, 994, 998 |
| T-Mobile | 170 | 170 | 0 | 0 | 206–209, 212, 219–220, 222, 225–227, 232, 234–235, 237, 239–241, 247, 251, 258, 263, 265–266, 270, 284, 293, 299, 301, 315, 317, 321, 324–325, 328, 331, 334–335, 337, 341, 343, 345, 351, 353–355, 360, 375, 382, 402, 405, 413, 416, 432–434, 437–439, 442, 445, 451, 453–460, 463, 466, 472, 480, 484, 490–491, 493–495, 497–499, 501, 503, 510, 517–518, 520–522, 524, 530, 533–537, 543, 558, 571, 575–576, 592, 598, 608, 620, 624, 626, 629, 639, 645, 648–652, 655–656, 658–659, 667, 672, 680, 684, 706, 714–715, 720, 731, 735, 739, 742, 746, 750–751, 759, 769, 778, 780, 789, 792–793, 801, 812, 816, 821, 824, 827–829, 834, 839, 841, 844, 846, 862, 867, 876, 878, 884, 890, 898, 923, 949, 954, 960–961, 966, 970 |
| Verizon | 49 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 203, 221, 236, 238, 249, 264, 278, 298, 310, 342, 346, 357–359, 374, 376, 403, 410, 450, 483, 512, 525, 532, 540, 551–552, 556, 561, 564, 566, 593, 595–596, 609, 635, 638, 662, 679, 713, 754, 770, 798, 805, 826, 893, 929, 935, 951, 985 |
| Onvoy | 43 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 253, 275, 300, 302–306, 368, 420, 426, 431, 446, 449, 474, 476–477, 613, 634, 663, 697, 709, 719, 738, 741, 745, 749, 815, 817, 819, 857, 865, 869, 906, 917, 927, 934, 953, 957, 963, 974, 981, 995 |
| Spectrum | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 223, 230, 277, 378, 441, 496, 545, 568, 591, 601–602, 615, 621, 627, 800, 803, 854, 903, 997 |
| Bandwidth.com | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 269, 320, 339, 370, 404, 406, 415, 435, 513, 527, 597, 646, 704–705, 707, 807, 823, 996 |
| Frontier | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 347, 398, 447, 487–488, 573, 636, 647, 689–690, 716, 797, 847, 849, 968–969, 973 |
| Lumen | 16 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 242, 246, 255, 271, 329, 377, 397, 465, 467, 549, 557, 582, 622, 653, 660, 671 |
| Fractel | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 644, 677, 733, 822, 833, 855, 866, 877, 899, 922, 933, 946, 955, 977 |
| Foremost Telecommunications | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 348, 507, 588, 666, 732, 747, 766, 777, 887–888, 900, 999 |
| Smartcom | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 213–214, 216, 218, 259–260, 567, 657, 681 |
| Valley Telephone Cooperative | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 248, 481, 486, 642, 743, 842, 845, 944 |
| Emergency Networks | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 553, 696, 710, 856, 952, 964–965 |
| USA Mobility | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 268, 288, 344, 623, 767–768 |
| Dish Wireless | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 409, 670, 674–675, 736 |
| Ton80 Communications | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 737, 779, 837, 864, 937 |
| Alenco Communications | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 417–419, 799 |
| COMMIO LLC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 201, 694, 762, 804 |
| VTX Telecom | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 297, 349, 633, 699 |
| Vonage | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 338, 448, 452, 539 |
| IP Horizon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 594, 991, 993 |
| Brightlink Communications | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 643, 910 |
| Nuso | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 691, 987 |
| Peerless Network | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 669, 758 |
| TELNYX | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 506, 695 |
| 8x8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 881 |
| Ahoi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 210 |
| Astound Broadband | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 231 |
| Border to Border Communications | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 936 |
| CSC Wireless LLC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 654 |
| Callworks Corporation | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 676 |
| Comcast | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 840 |
| HD Carrier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 809 |
| Leap Telecom | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 785 |
| Paetec Itel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 531 |
| Skyetel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 880 |
| Terra Nova Telecom | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 808 |
| Tpx Communications | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 853 |
| TransTelco | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 215 |
| Twilio International | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 895 |
| Wavenation | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 492 |
| Westel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 776 |
Questions developers ask
- Where is area code 956?
- Area code 956 is in Texas, in the United States: all 753 of its exchanges on record are there. From abroad it is dialled +1 956, then the seven-digit number.
- Is a 956 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 753 exchanges on record in 956, 362 (48%) were allocated as mobile, 256 (34%) as fixed line, 117 (16%) as VoIP and 18 (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 956?
- 42 carriers hold exchanges in 956 on record; the most: AT&T (293), T-Mobile (170) and Verizon (49). 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 956 phone number?
- In E.164 a 956 number matches ^\+1956[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 (956) 555-0123. The exchange patterns on this page narrow it to the exchanges allocated as mobile, fixed line or VoIP.