New Oklahoma 539 Area Code
Will Share the Existing 918 Area
Code Region
To accommodate the growing need
for telephone numbers in the geographic area served by the 918 area code, the Oklahoma
Corporation Commission has approved the addition of a new area code. The new 539
Area Code will cover the same geographical area as the 918 area code.
How will this affect me?
No one currently with a 918 Area Code will need to
change their existing phone number when the 539 Area Code numbers are
introduced. All customers within the 918/539
geography, which generally covers the eastern portions of Oklahoma and serves communities such as
Bartlesville, Clayton, Cushing, Fairfax, McAlester, Miami, Muskogee, Okemah,
Poteau, Sallisaw, Tahlequah, and Tulsa, will need to dial the appropriate Area
Code followed by the 7-digit telephone number when dialing a 918 or a 539
number. Please see the
map below for an outline of the 918/539 Area Code region.
When will the 539 Area Code be Assigned?
Customers seeking new telephone numbers
in the affected region may be assigned a new telephone number with the new 539 Area
Code as early as April 1, 2011.
What is the Dialing Change?
Because of the addition of the 539
area code, customers in the 918 Area Code will be required
to dial
10-digits (Area Code+ 7-digit phone number) when making
local calls. Long-distance calls will require
1+10-digit dialing.
Operator assisted calls
will require 0+10-digit dialing
Remember to use the new 539 Area Code as needed.
Calling to |
Dialing Plan |
|
Local and EAS Calls |
918 or 539 |
10-digits (AREA CODE+XXX-XXXX) |
Toll Call |
All Area Codes |
1+10-digits (1+AREA CODE+XXX-XXXX) |
Operator Calls |
All Area Codes |
0+10-digits |
When will the changes go Into Effect?
á Beginning
August 7, 2010, customers in the 918 Area Code should dial a local 918 number
with
10-digits (Area Code+ 7-digits).
á As of March
5, 2011, 918 Area Code customers must dial 10-digits to complete all
local calls.
If all 10-digits are not dialed, calls will not complete.
What needs to Change?
á
Customers in the 918 Area Code will need to dial
10-digits (Area Code+ 7-digit phone number)
for
every local call.
á
Customers in the 918 Area Code may need to
reprogram or upgrade equipment if specialized
communications equipment like a PBX, electronic telephone
sets, auto-dial systems or
multi-line key systems are used.
á
Some automatically dialed calls may require
reprogramming to 10-digits.
These calls may include: life safety
systems, fax machines, Internet
dial-up
numbers, alarm and security systems, speed dialers, call
forwarding
settings, voice mail services, and similar functions.
Remember to dial a Ò1Ó if these numbers are
long distance.
á
Check business stationery or any other advertising
materials or
logos to be
sure they include the area code.
What will
Remain the Same?
á
Your telephone number, which includes your area
code, will remain the same.
á
The price of a call, local and long-distance
calling areas, and other rates and services will not change. What is currently
a local call will remain a local call regardless of the number of digits
dialed.
á
You should still dial just three digits to reach
911 and 411.
á
If 211, 311, 511, 611, 711 and 811 are currently
available in your community you will still dial them with just three digits.
Questions?
If you have any questions regarding information provided in this notice,
please call toll free (888)898-4426 or (580)584-3355 or contact the following
websites for more information: www.pinetelephone.com or the Oklahoma
Corporation Commission (OCC) website at www.occeweb.com.