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Area code 808
Area code 808 covers Honolulu, Hawaii. We hold 4,207 allocated blocks for it across 7 rate centres, split 66% mobile, 28% landline and 6% VoIP.
How far area code 808 reaches
Area code 808 covers 7 rate centres, so two 808 numbers are not always a local call to each other.
A rate centre is a billing boundary rather than a postal one, which is why an area code can span several and a single city can contain many. It is also why the code alone cannot place a subscriber beyond a rough region.
808 is the only area code whose numbers sit mainly in Hawaii. Every Hawaii number therefore starts 808 unless it was issued in a border rate centre billed to a neighbouring code.
Where 808 numbers are concentrated
NANPA truncates rate-centre names to ten characters and drops the spaces, which is why Xxxxxxxxxx is shortened. Names are reproduced as recorded rather than expanded — the abbreviation is the key the block data is filed under.
| Rate centre | Blocks | Share of 808 |
|---|---|---|
| Honolulu | 2,828 | 67% |
| Hilo | 532 | 13% |
| Wailuku | 421 | 10% |
| Lihue | 222 | 5% |
| Kaunakakai | 98 | 2% |
| Lanai City | 85 | 2% |
| Xxxxxxxxxx | 2 | 0% |
Carriers holding the most 808 blocks
AT&T Wireless631 blocks
Verizon Wireless561 blocks
T-Mobile USA, Inc.454 blocks
Hawaiian Telcom, Inc.405 blocks
Onvoy368 blocks
T-Mobile Usa, Inc.348 blocks
The largest holder, AT&T Wireless, has 15% of the code.
These are original allocations. A number keeps its digits and its block when its subscriber moves network, so a ported 808 number still reports the carrier it started with. Closing that gap needs a live query against the routing database. How line type is derived.
Check a single 808 number, or run a whole list through the free cleaner — neither uploads anything.
Common questions
Where is area code 808?
Area code 808 covers Honolulu, Hawaii, spanning 7 rate centres.
Is a 808 number a mobile or a landline?
It can be either, and the digits do not say which. North American mobile and landline numbers share the same ranges, so the answer comes from the carrier holding the block. In 808 the split runs 66% mobile, 28% landline and 6% VoIP, so mobile is the most likely single answer.
Which carriers hold 808 numbers?
The largest holders are AT&T Wireless, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile USA, Inc.. That is the carrier the block was allocated to, which is not necessarily the network a given number sits on today.
How many 808 numbers are there?
The code holds 4,207 allocated blocks in our copy of the numbering plan. A block is 1,000 or 10,000 consecutive numbers depending on how deeply it has been pooled, so 808 covers on the order of 4,207,000 possible numbers — most of which have never been issued to anyone.