Area code 917 is serving some areas of New York City Region, New York - Middle Atlantic State of United States. This area code has honor of being the first most overlay in NANP (North American Numbering Plan). When area code 917 was created, all the mobile phones as well as pagers which were using '212' and '718' area codes were switched into code 917 - releasing the phone numbers for additional landlines. Some of the voice mail services also started using area code 917.
Area code 917 is the standard area code used for mobile, pager and voicemail phone area code for all of the boroughs in city. It was particularly created to facilitate users of wireless phones. However now it is opened up to all services and is assigned landline numbers as well - particularly Manhattan.
It is an overlay to area code 212, 347, 646 and 718. However at this time there are total seven area codes serving the region of New York City.
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