The area codes (787) and (939) (as an overlay), are the local telephonearea codes of Puerto Rico. The (787) area code, or "(PUR)" was created during a split from the original (809) area code. The split was done on or around March, 1996. The area code (939) for Puerto Rico, operates as an overlay for the original local (787) telephone area code. ... The telephone is a telecommunications device which is used to transmit and receive sound (most commonly speech) across distance. ... A telephone numbering plan is a system that allows subscribers to make and receive telephone calls across long distances. ... // Present day 809 The area codes (809) along with (829) (as an overlay), are today the local telephone area codes solely for the Dominican Republic Following Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the year 1999, no other countries still pass-thru old numbers from the legacy 809 area code. ... March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
When in Puerto Rico, the full area code + seven digit phone number must be dialed. When calling to Puerto Rico from anywhere in the United States or Canada, dial 1 (787) + seven digit phone number. A telephone number is a sequence of decimal digits (0-9) that is used for identifying a destination telephone line in a telephone network. ...
In the overlay plan, an additional areacode is added to the same geographic area currently served by the existing 787areacode.
All existing numbers will retain the current areacode (787), but new telephone customers for local phone service, cellular and paging services, and alarms, may be assigned a telephone number in the new overlay areacode (939).
Relief activities for the areacodes in Puerto Rico are administered by NeuStar, Inc., which was selected by the FCC to serve as the NANPA.
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