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Area code 908
Area code 908 is centred on Elizabeth, New Jersey. We hold 5,380 allocated blocks for it across 48 rate centres, split 38% mobile, 47% landline and 15% VoIP.
The towns inside area code 908
Area code 908 is not a city code. It covers 48 separate rate centres — billing areas, each its own local calling zone. The largest of them are named in the table below.
That matters twice over. A call between two 908 numbers is not necessarily a local call, because they can sit in different rate centres. And a code this wide narrows a subscriber to a region rather than a town.
New Jersey is split across 10 area codes — 609, 732, 856, 201, 908, 973 and others. By allocated blocks 908 is the 5th largest of them, holding 12% of the New Jersey total.
Where 908 numbers are concentrated
NANPA truncates rate-centre names to ten characters and drops the spaces, which is why Bernardsvl 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 908 |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth | 709 | 13% |
| Somerville | 461 | 9% |
| Plainfield | 381 | 7% |
| Cranford | 270 | 5% |
| Summit | 267 | 5% |
| Bernardsvl | 246 | 5% |
| Linden | 236 | 4% |
| Unionville | 230 | 4% |
| Westfield | 191 | 4% |
| Phillipsbg | 178 | 3% |
| Clinton | 177 | 3% |
| Hackettstn | 172 | 3% |
| Fanwood | 170 | 3% |
| Roselle | 161 | 3% |
| Millington | 153 | 3% |
| Peapack | 153 | 3% |
| Washington | 103 | 2% |
| Belle Mead | 88 | 2% |
| Milford | 85 | 2% |
| Neshanic | 85 | 2% |
| Flemington | 80 | 1% |
| Hampton | 63 | 1% |
| Lebanon | 58 | 1% |
| Whitehouse | 58 | 1% |
24 further rate centres in 908 hold fewer blocks than these.
Carriers holding the most 908 blocks
Onvoy587 blocks
AT&T Wireless506 blocks
Verizon Wireless483 blocks
Omnipoint Communications, Inc.356 blocks
Verizon New Jersey, Inc.348 blocks
T-Mobile USA, Inc.330 blocks
No carrier holds more than 11% of 908; the blocks are spread thin across many companies.
These are original allocations. A number keeps its digits and its block when its subscriber moves network, so a ported 908 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 908 number, or run a whole list through the free cleaner — neither uploads anything.
Common questions
Where is area code 908?
Area code 908 is centred on Elizabeth, New Jersey and spans 48 rate centres, so it covers a region rather than a town.
Is a 908 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 908 the split runs 38% mobile, 47% landline and 15% VoIP, so landline is the most likely single answer.
Which carriers hold 908 numbers?
The largest holders are Onvoy, AT&T Wireless, Verizon Wireless. That is the carrier the block was allocated to, which is not necessarily the network a given number sits on today.
How many 908 numbers are there?
The code holds 5,380 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 908 covers on the order of 5,380,000 possible numbers — most of which have never been issued to anyone.