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"647", "653", "658", "706", "722–724", "727", "738", "752", "766–767", "775–776", "810", "813", "818", "820", "826", "850", "873", "896", "906–907", "913", "922", "924", "941", "949", "953", "969", "997" ] }, { "name": "T-Mobile", "exchanges": 64, "byLineType": { "mobile": 64 }, "ranges": [ "207", "223", "262", "277", "280", "296", "332", "336", "342", "390", "392–393", "417–419", "441", "444–445", "449", "460", "462", "489", "517", "519", "563", "583", "620", "626", "640–641", "651–652", "654", "687", "698", "703–704", "725", "760", "801", "816", "819", "832", "851", "861–862", "876", "878", "885", "891", "905", "910", "914", "930–931", "938", "946", "960", "964", "978–981", "991" ] }, { "name": "Paetec Itel", "exchanges": 30, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 30 }, "ranges": [ "232", "329", "333", "343", "405", "474", "527", "559", "592", "609", "646", "756–757", "774", "798", "800", "803–805", "825", "852", "854", "859", "863", "867", "915", "929", "939", "968", "970" ] }, { "name": "Cablevision Lightpath", "exchanges": 13, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 13 }, "ranges": [ "230", "272", "388", "431", "507", "531", "554", "585", "688", "712", "845", "936", "998" ] }, { "name": "Monmouth Telecom", "exchanges": 12, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 12 }, "ranges": [ "234", "508", "520", "525", "588", "750", "869", "888", "932–933", "955", "963" ] }, { "name": "Cooperative Communications", "exchanges": 7, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 7 }, "ranges": [ "250", "488", "500", "707", "797", "871", "894" ] }, { "name": "Onvoy", "exchanges": 7, "byLineType": { "voip": 7 }, "ranges": [ "346", "381", "604", "843", "874", "899", "973" ] }, { "name": "USA Mobility", "exchanges": 7, "byLineType": { "mobile": 7 }, "ranges": [ "205", "231", "269", "603", "880", "892", "918" ] }, { "name": "Optimum", "exchanges": 6, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 6 }, "ranges": [ "246", "506", "732", "737", "749", "901" ] }, { "name": "Peerless Network", "exchanges": 5, "byLineType": { "voip": 5 }, "ranges": [ "201", "215", "521", "814", "834" ] }, { "name": "Aquis Communications", "exchanges": 4, "byLineType": { "mobile": 4 }, "ranges": [ "499", "501–502", "505" ] }, { "name": "Warwick Valley Telephone", "exchanges": 3, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 3 }, "ranges": [ "764", "853", "864" ] }, { "name": "Bandwidth.com", "exchanges": 2, "byLineType": { "voip": 2 }, "ranges": [ "536", "561" ] }, { "name": "Barr Tell Usa", "exchanges": 2, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 2 }, "ranges": [ "469", "806" ] }, { "name": "Advantage Communications", "exchanges": 1, "byLineType": { "mobile": 1 }, "ranges": [ "212" ] }, { "name": "American Messaging", "exchanges": 1, "byLineType": { "mobile": 1 }, "ranges": [ "612" ] }, { "name": "CSC Wireless LLC", "exchanges": 1, "byLineType": { "mobile": 1 }, "ranges": [ "613" ] }, { "name": "General Communications & Electronics Corporation", "exchanges": 1, "byLineType": { "mobile": 1 }, "ranges": [ "217" ] }, { "name": "NetCarrier TeleCom", "exchanges": 1, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 1 }, "ranges": [ "902" ] }, { "name": "Service Electric Telephone Company", "exchanges": 1, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 1 }, "ranges": [ "721" ] }, { "name": "Simlab Communications", "exchanges": 1, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 1 }, "ranges": [ "855" ] }, { "name": "Tpx Communications", "exchanges": 1, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 1 }, "ranges": [ "719" ] }, { "name": "YMax Communications", "exchanges": 1, "byLineType": { "voip": 1 }, "ranges": [ "551" ] } ], "grid": 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"^\\+1973(?:2(?:0[03689]|1[08]|2[15-8]|3[02-9]|4\\d|5[0-46-9]|6[013-8]|7[2-689]|8[1-8]|9[0-57-9])|3(?:0[0-79]|[18][02-9]|[267]\\d|3[013-57-9]|4[013-578]|5[0-57-9]|9[14-9])|4(?:0\\d|1[02-6]|2[1-9]|3[013-9]|4[0236-8]|5[0135-9]|6[135-9]|7[0-58]|8[0-8]|9[0-246-8])|5(?:0[0346-9]|1[024-6]|2[0235-9]|3[0-357-9]|[49]\\d|5[02-4679]|6[024-69]|[78][124-9])|6(?:0[125-9]|1[46-9]|2[1-57-9]|3[0135-9]|4[2-9]|5[35-9]|6[0-57-9]|7[1-9]|8[0-689]|9[0-7])|7(?:0[125-9]|1[026-9]|2[014689]|3[1-9]|4[0-689]|5[013-9]|6[1-7]|[78]\\d|9[02-9])|8(?:0[02-8]|1[02357]|2\\d|3[0135-9]|4[0-24-9]|5[02-57-9]|6[034679]|7[0-357]|8[1-47-9]|9[03-58])|9(?:0[12479]|1[235-7]|2\\d|3[235-79]|4[02-47-9]|5[24-7]|6[1-35-9]|7[0-2457]|8[2-47-9]|9[02-689]))\\d{4}$", "mobile": "^\\+1973(?:2(?:0[2457]|1[24679]|2[02-49]|31|55|6[29]|7[017]|8[09]|96)|3(?:08|3[26]|4[29]|56|9[023])|4(?:1[7-9]|20|32|4[1459]|5[24]|6[024]|7[679]|89|9[359])|5(?:0[125]|1[37-9]|[23]4|58|6[378]|[78][03])|6(?:0[03]|1[0235]|2[06]|3[24]|4[01]|5[0-24]|66|70|87|9[89])|7(?:0[34]|1[3-5]|2[2357]|30|47|52|6[089]|91)|8(?:0[19]|[17][689]|32|5[16]|6[1258]|8[056]|9[1267])|9(?:0[03568]|1[0489]|3[0148]|4[156]|5[13]|6[04]|7[89]|8[0156]|9[17]))\\d{4}$", "voip": "^\\+1973(?:2(?:01|15)|3(?:46|81)|5(?:[256]1|36)|604|8(?:[137]4|43|99)|973)\\d{4}$" }, "sandbox": { "input": "+19735550123", "valid": true, "type": "Fixed line or mobile", "region": "US", "formats": { "e164": "+19735550123", "international": "+1 973-555-0123", "national": "(973) 555-0123", "rfc3966": "tel:+1-973-555-0123" }, "parts": { "countryCode": "+1", "destinationCode": "973", "destinationKind": "area code", "subscriber": "5550123" } }, "faq": [ { "question": "Where is area code 973?", "answer": "Area code 973 is in New Jersey, in the United States: all 799 of its exchanges on record are there. From abroad it is dialled +1 973, then the seven-digit number." }, { "question": "Is a 973 number mobile or landline?", "answer": "Either: in the North American Numbering Plan the line type belongs to the exchange (the three digits after the area code), not to the area code. Of the 799 exchanges on record in 973, 158 (20%) were allocated as mobile, 612 (77%) as fixed line, 15 (2%) as VoIP and 14 (2%) have no line type on record. A number can have been ported since, to another carrier and even to another line type." }, { "question": "Which carriers have numbers in area code 973?", "answer": "25 carriers hold exchanges in 973 on record; the most: Verizon (450), Lumen (90) and AT&T (74). These are the original allocations: with number portability, a number may be served by another carrier today, which only a live carrier lookup (an HLR or MNP query) can tell." }, { "question": "How do I validate a 973 phone number?", "answer": "In E.164 a 973 number matches ^\\+1973[2-9]\\d{6}$: +1, the area code, a central office code that does not start with 0 or 1, then four digits. Written nationally it reads (973) 555-0123. The exchange patterns on this page narrow it to the exchanges allocated as mobile, fixed line or VoIP." } ], "neighbours": { "sameRegion": [ "us-201", "us-551", "us-609", "us-640", "us-732", "us-848", "us-856", "us-862", "us-908" ], "previous": "us-972", "next": "us-975" }, "meta": { "dataAsOf": "2026-10-25", "dataPoints": 799, "references": [ { "authority": "NANPA", "title": "North American Numbering Plan Administrator", "url": "https://nanpa.com/" }, { "authority": "CNAC", "title": "Canadian Numbering Administrator", "url": "https://www.cnac.ca/" }, { "authority": "ITU", "title": "National numbering plan: United States", "url": "https://www.itu.int/oth/T02020000DE/en" } ] } }