Area code 600
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Area code 600 is a non-geographic Canadian area code, reserved for specialized telecommunications uses such as Teletype, caller-pays cellular, ISDN and mobile satellite communication services.[1] One of the code's most common contemporary uses is to provide satellite phone service in remote areas of the Canadian north where conventional telecommunications infrastructure is not available.
Exchanges in the 600 code are assigned according to a special set of guidelines issued by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.[2]
These uses were originally designated with the area code 610 in 1962 and reassigned to 600 in 1992 so that 610 could be assigned to Pennsylvania as an ordinary geographic area code.
[edit] References
- ^ "Canada Area Codes". Areacodehelp.com. http://www.areacodehelp.com/canada/canada_area_codes.shtml. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
- ^ Canadian NPA 600 NXX Code Assignment Guideline
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