South Carolina Area Codes

South Carolina is South Atlantic state -- one of the geographic divisions of United States. The Standard Time Zone used by the code 803 is Eastern Time Zone. The state borders:

• Georgia to the south
• North Carolina to the north

The state of SC was originally part of the Province of Carolina. There are total three area codes providing telephone services in the state of South Carolina.
South Carolina's area codes providing telephone services in state are:

• Area Code 803 (Created in 1947)
• Area Code 843 (Created in 1998)
• Area Code 864 (Created in 1995)

Major companies providing telephone services in South Carolina are:

• ACS WIRELESS, INC.
• ARRIVAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. - CA
• BELLSOUTH TELECOMM INC DBA SOUTH CENTRAL BELL TEL
• CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS - AZ
• CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS - CA
• CORR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
• DIGITCOM SERVICES, INC.
• MCIMETRO, ATS, INC.
• NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC
• NEXTWAVE TELECOM, INC DBA NEXTWAVE WIRELESS
• O1 COMMUNICATIONS, INC. - CA
• QWEST CORPORATION
• SOUTHERN TELCOM NETWORK, INC. - AR
• SOUTHWESTERN BELL
• SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, L.P. - AL
• T-MOBILE USA, INC.
• TW TELECOM OF CALIFORNIA LP - CA
• USA MOBILITY WIRELESS, INC.
• VERIZON CALIFORNIA INC.-CA (GTE)
• WAYNE MARKIS DBA HANDY PAGE
• XO CALIFORNIA, INC.

A brief description of South Carolina Area Codes is given below:

It is one of the eighty six original area codes created by NANP (North American Numbering Plan) in 1947. This area code was introduced for providing telephone services to entire state. The code was split off and formed new area codes ? area code 864 (1995) and area code 843 (1998).

This area code was created in 1998 for providing numbering relief to the original area code 803. Area code 843 is providing telephone services to the regions located on the Eastern side of the State.