NANP definition

NANP means the numbering plan used in the United States that also serves Canada, Bermuda, Puerto Rico and certain Caribbean Islands. The NANP format is a 10-digit number that consists of a 3-digit NPA code (commonly referred to as the area code), followed by a 3-digit NXX code and 4-digit line number.

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NANP means North American Numbering Plan, the system of telephone numbering employed in the United States, Canada, and certain Caribbean countries.

NANP. (“North American Numbering Plan”) is a numbering architecture in which every station in the NANP Area is identified by a unique ten-digit address consisting of a three-digit NPA code, a three digit central office code of the form NXX, and a four-digit line number of the form XXXX.

Examples of NANP in a sentence

• Also sometimes referred to as an area code, is the first three-digit indicator of each 10-digit telephone number within the NANP.

• The NANP format is a 10- digit number that consist of a 3-digit NPA Code (commonly referred to as the area code), followed by a 3-digit NXX code and 4 digit line number.

• The three-digit switch entity indicator that is defined by the "D", "E", and "F" digits of a 10-digit telephone number within the NANP.

• The NANP format is a 10-digit number that consist of a 3-digit NPA Code (commonly referred to as area code), followed by a 3-digit NXX code and 4-digit line number.

• Where one Party has activated an entire NXX for a single end user, or activated a substantial portion of an NXX for a single end user with the remaining numbers in the NXX either reserved for future use or otherwise unused, if such end user chooses to receive service from the other Party, the first Party shall cooperate with the second Party to have the entire NXX reassigned to an End Office operated by the second Party through the NANP administrator.

More Definitions of NANP

NANP means the numbering plan used in the United States that also serves Canada, Bermuda, Puerto Rico and certain Caribbean Islands. The NANP format is a 10-digit number that consists of a 3-digit NPA code (commonly referred to as the area code), followed by a 3-digit NXX code and 4-digit line number. 78 “Numbering Plan Area” or “NPA” also is sometimes referred to as an area code. There are two general categories of NPAs, “Geographic NPAs” and “Non-Geographic NPAs.” A Geographic NPA is associated with a defined geographic area, and all telephone numbers bearing such NPA are associated with services provided within that geographic area. A Non- Geographic NPA, also known as a “Service Access Code” or “SAC Code,” is typically associated with a specialized telecommunications service which may be provided across multiple geographic NPA areas (e.g., 800, 900, 700, 500 and 888 are examples of Non-Geographic NPAs).

NANP means the North American Numbering Plan.

NANP means the “North American Numbering Plan”, the system or method of telephone numbering employed in the United States, Canada, and certain Caribbean countries. It denotes the three digit Numbering Plan Area code and a seven digit telephone number made up of a three digit NXX code plus a four digit line number.

NANP means the "North America Numbering Plan", the system of telephone numbering employed in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean countries which employ NPA 809.

NANP means the North American Numbering Plan which is the basic addressing scheme for the Public Switched Telephone Network in the following 19 countries in Country Code 1 (formerly known as World Zone 1): Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & the Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos Islands, and the United States (including Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands). The format of the NANP follows International Telecommunications Union (“ITU”) standards as detailed in Recommendation E. 164, or as amended.

NANP means the system of telephone numbering employed in the United States, Canada, and certain Caribbean SWBT/FULLTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Page 9 of 45 countries. It denotes the three digit Numbering Plan Area code and a seven digit telephone number made up of a three digit Central Office code plus a four digit station number.

NANP means the North American Numbering Plan. NANP is an integrated telephone numbering plan serving North American countries that share its resources. These countries include the United States and its territories (Puerto Rico, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands, North Mariana Islands and American Samoa), Canada, Bermuda, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Maarten, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, and Turks & Caicos.