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Area code 908

Area code 908 serves New Jersey, including Elizabeth, Somerville and Plainfield (Eastern time). It has been in service since November 1, 1990.

Numbers starting with 908 drew 1,781 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 587 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 908 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
New JerseyAllentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area and New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Eastern
In service since
November 1, 1990Created from 201
Overlay
None: the only code for its area
Local calls
Dial 10 digitsArea code needed, even next door
Exchanges in use
721 of 792held by 46 carriers
Projected to run out
3Q 2036NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 908 numbers

Reports where the number on the consumer's caller ID (or, for the FCC, the number the caller asked them to call back) starts with 908. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

FTC reports, Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026

1,781

FCC complaints since November 2023

587

Different 908 numbers reported

2,181

FCC complaints naming a 908 number, by month

November 2023 to October 2026. Source: FCC Consumer Complaints Data.

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MonthComplaints
November 202314
December 20235
January 202415
February 202410
March 202410
April 202414
May 202414
June 202410
July 20246
August 202416
September 202413
October 20249
November 202416
December 202411
January 202512
February 202512
March 202525
April 202519
May 202519
June 202510
July 202521
August 202519
September 202521
October 20251
November 202510
December 20258
January 202612
February 202612
March 202630
April 202621
May 202618
June 202635
July 202629
August 202620
September 202625
October 202629

What people said 908 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 1,186 of 1,781 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other617
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)374
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends170
Dropped call or no message162
Medical and prescriptions48
Energy, solar, and utilities32

Most reported 908 numbers

Numbers with at least five reports from three or more places in the last twelve months. Many of them are likely spoofed.

Places served by 908

NANPA lists 48 rate centers for 908. A rate center is the town or district a block of numbers is tied to for billing; sorted here by how many exchanges each holds.
  • Elizabeth87
  • Somerville70
  • Plainfield48
  • Cranford38
  • Summit37
  • Unionville (union)33
  • Bernardsville27
  • Linden27
  • Clinton24
  • Westfield23
  • Millington21
  • Peapack21
  • Hackettstown20
  • Phillipsburg20
  • Fanwood17
  • Freehold17
  • Roselle17
  • New Brunswick13
  • Washington13
  • Belle Mead12
  • Perth Amboy12
  • Flemington11
  • Neshanic11
  • Milford10
Show all 48 rate centers

Hampton, Lebanon, Toms River, Whitehouse, Oldwick, Chester, Califon, Frenchtown, High Bridge, Long Branch, Long Valley, Metuchen, Belvidere, Blairstown, Bloomsbury, Middletown, Stroudsburg, Columbia, Great Meadows, Hope, Oxford, Rahway, Dunellen, Lakewood.

Phone companies holding 908 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 72% of these exchanges are pooled: their numbers are handed out in blocks of 1,000 to other carriers, so the holder below is not always the company serving a given number.

Exchanges held, top 8 of 46 carriers

NANPA central office code assignments, file of November 11, 2026.

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Verizon New Jersey, Inc.143
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - NJ83
Level 3 Communications, LLC - NJ83
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - DC75
Omnipoint Communications, Inc. - NJ56
Mcimetro Access Transmission Services LLC40
Brightspeed of New Jersey, Inc.37
Onvoy, LLC - NJ35

When today's 908 exchanges were assigned

Exchanges still assigned, by year of assignment. Exchanges returned since are not counted.

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YearExchanges
200138
200261
20043
20062
20072
20083
20091
20101
20113
20122
20134
20141
20155
20164
20175
20187
20195
202011
202120
202213
202313
20243
20252
20269

Check a 908 number

A check shows the carrier and rate center of the number's exchange and every FTC and FCC report about that exact number. Why the number on screen can be fake.

Other area codes in New Jersey

NANPA area code database and central office code file of November 11, 2026; FCC complaints November 1, 2023 to November 11, 2026; FTC reports August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. How the data is used.

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