Neustar Assigns New 640 Area Code to Central, Southeastern New Jersey
A new "overlay" area code, 640, was assigned in New Jersey to the 609 area code for the state's central and southeastern regions, including Atlantic City, Hammonton, Princeton and Trenton, announced Neustar, the North American Numbering Plan administrator. "Neustar forecasts…
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that numbering resources in the 609 area code will be exhausted by the third quarter of 2018," said a company news release Tuesday. "The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities has directed all local exchange service providers to activate the new area code to ensure the availability of numbering resources in a manner that is most efficient and least confusing for consumers, while minimizing possible disruption to consumers and businesses."