NANP (North American Numbering Plan) assigned the state of Nebraska with area code 402 in 1947. At present, there are two area codes in-service and one (area code 531) is kept reserved for future use if the code 402 gets exhausted.
Major companies providing telephone services in Nebraska are:
It was created to provide numbering relief to area code 402 as it was getting exhausted because of the ever-increasing demands for telephone lines. It was created on 1st July 1954. The code is providing telephone services in the counties of DUNDY, FALL RIVER, FRANKLIN, RED WILLOW, SCOTTS BLUFF, SEDGWICK, HAMILTON, HARLAN and HAYES.
It is original area code created on October 1947 for providing telephone services in the state of Nebraska. It provided telephone services in the entire state until 1954 when it got a split and gave broth to new area code 308. It is estimated that this code will get exhausted in 2010. Area Code 531 has kept reserved for dealing with the situation. Some of the counties served by the code are BURT, BUTLER, CASS, CEDAR, SALINE, SARPY, SAUNDERS, SEWARD, STANTON, HAMILTON, HOLT and JEFFERSON.