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Area code 979

Area code 979 serves Texas, including Bryan, Angleton and Clute Lake Jackson (Central time). It has been in service since February 19, 2000.

Numbers starting with 979 drew 895 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 431 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 979 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
TexasHouston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Central
In service since
February 19, 2000Created from 409
Overlay
None: the only code for its area
Local calls
Dial 7 digits
Exchanges in use
413 of 792held by 50 carriers
Projected to run out
1Q 2075NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 979 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 979. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

895

FCC complaints since November 2023

431

Different 979 numbers reported

1,234

FCC complaints naming a 979 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 202320
December 20237
January 202419
February 20244
March 20246
April 202413
May 202410
June 20246
July 202410
August 202430
September 202416
October 202410
November 20249
December 20249
January 202512
February 20258
March 202512
April 202513
May 202510
June 20257
July 20257
August 20253
September 20256
October 20250
November 20255
December 20254
January 20264
February 202614
March 20269
April 20267
May 20265
June 20268
July 20269
August 202616
September 202623
October 202644

What people said 979 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 627 of 895 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other311
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)222
Medical and prescriptions81
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends76
Dropped call or no message69
Warranties and protection plans15

Most reported 979 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 979

NANPA lists 55 rate centers for 979. 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.
  • Bryan87
  • Angleton28
  • Clute Lake Jackson20
  • Freeport20
  • Brenham19
  • Bay City17
  • El Campo14
  • La Grange11
  • Columbus10
  • Sealy10
  • Wharton10
  • Hearne9
  • Hempstead9
  • Giddings8
  • Garwood7
  • Bellville6
  • Caldwell6
  • Eagle Lake6
  • Sweeny6
  • Wallis6
  • Brazoria5
  • Kurten5
  • Burton4
  • Calvert4
Show all 55 rate centers

Deanville, Franklin, Matagorda, Schulenburg, Boling New Gulf, Borden, Damon, Dime Box, East Bernard, Fayetteville, High Hill, Lexington, Markham, Moravia, Needville, Northrup, Snook Tunis, Somerville, Warrenton, Weimar, West Columbia, Beasley, Carmine, Churchill, Glen Flora, Hostyn, Industry, Louise, New Ulm, Plum, Xxxxxxxxxx.

Phone companies holding 979 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 77% 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 50 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Southwestern Bell58
Frontier Southwest Inc dba Frontier Comm of Texas54
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - IL47
Level 3 Communications, LLC - TX30
Aerial Communications, Inc.29
Texas Communications, Inc.24
Onvoy, LLC - TX16
Peerless Network of Texas, LLC - TX13

When today's 979 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
200126
200215
20036
200432
20051
20062
20071
20086
20091
20105
20113
20121
20138
20141
20155
20165
20173
20183
20198
20209
202114
202210
202311
20242
202512
20264

Check a 979 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 Texas

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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