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

Examples of NANP in a sentence

  • In the NANP, NPAs are classified as either geographic or non-geographic.

  • Geographic NPAs are NPAs which correspond to discrete geographic areas within the NANP Area.

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

  • For international calls outside the NANP, a seven to twelve digit number may be dialed.

  • CPN shall, at a minimum, include information in an industry recognized standard format, consistent with the requirements of the NANP containing an NPA and seven digit (NXX-XXXX) telephone number.


More Definitions of NANP

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 system of telephone numbering employed in the United States, Canada, and certain Caribbean countries.
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. Xxxxxxx & 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. (“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.
NANP means the “North American Numbering Plan”, the system of telephone numbering employed in the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean countries that employ area codes.
NANP means the "North American Numbering Plan," the system of telephone numbering employed in the United States, Canada, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Caribbean countries that employ NPA 809.