Phone prefixes in Bragg Creek, AB

In numbers

In-service prefixes

5

Telephone numbers covered

50,000

Carriers

4

Area codes

4

Provinces and territories

1

First assignment

March 22, 2016

Most recent assignment

January 25, 2023

Bragg Creek’s share of its area codes

Within area code 587, Bragg Creek accounts for only 2 of 779 prefixes (0.3%): the code is dominated by Calgary and spread over 137 rate centres. Within area code 368, Bragg Creek accounts for only 1 of 78 prefixes (1.3%): the code is dominated by Calgary and spread over 10 rate centres. Within area code 403, Bragg Creek accounts for only 1 of 781 prefixes (0.1%): the code is dominated by Calgary and spread over 142 rate centres. Within area code 825, Bragg Creek accounts for only 1 of 769 prefixes (0.1%): the code is dominated by Calgary and spread over 301 rate centres.

Who holds these numbers

IXICA Communications Inc. holds the largest share at 2 prefixes, 40.0% of the total, ahead of 3 other carriers. Code by code: in 587, IXICA Communications Inc. leads with 1 of 2 prefixes ahead of 1 others; IXICA Communications Inc. is the only holder in 368; TELUS is the only holder in 403; Fibernetics Corporation is the only holder in 825. No carrier holds prefixes in every one of Bragg Creek’s 4 area codes, while 3 appear in just one.

Wireless and wireline

None of Bragg Creek’s holders carries a mobility brand in its registered name: all 5 prefixes belong to wireline or wholesale carriers, among them IXICA Communications Inc, Distributel, Fibernetics Corporation and TELUS. A call showing a Bragg Creek number therefore nominally comes from a landline, cable or VoIP platform rather than a locally assigned cellphone.

How the allocation was built up

Bragg Creek’s dated assignments run from 2016 to 2023. The busiest period was 2015–2019, when 2 prefixes went to 2 carriers. 1 prefixes (20%) carry no date in the register: these are the historic pre-1999 assignments, the wireline bedrock of the rate centre. Since 2020 another 2 prefixes have been added, so the rate centre is still growing.

Bragg Creek’s oldest prefixes, the ones the register leaves undated, belong to TELUS: this carrier made up the landscape before competition arrived. The first dated assignment went to Distributel in 2016. The most recent arrivals are Fibernetics Corporation (2023), IXICA Communications Inc. (2018) and Distributel (2016), a sign that new carriers are still asking for numbers in Bragg Creek.

Bragg Creek has just 5 prefixes (50,000 numbers): a very small rate centre, typical of a village or rural area served by a single switching office.

IXICA Communications Inc. leads with 40.0% of the prefixes, but 3 competitors have set up in Bragg Creek: a market where the incumbent keeps the edge without exclusivity.

Growth is recent: 50.0% of the dated prefixes were assigned in the last ten years, peaking in 2015–2019. Bragg Creek is among the rate centres where demand for numbers is still rising quickly.

1 undated in the register.

Dialling a Bragg Creek number

Bragg Creek is served by 4 overlaid area codes (587, 368, 403 and 825). A 825 number is no more “out of town” than a 587 one; from abroad, dial +1 and the full ten digits.

The numbering neighbourhood

Bragg Creek shares area codes 587, 368, 403 and 825 with at least 20 other rate centres, including Calgary, Edmonton, Red Deer, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Fort McMurray, Banff and High River. The largest of them, Calgary, holds 756 prefixes in 368, 403, 587 and 825; the smallest on the list, Stettler, has just 15.

What a Bragg Creek number tells you

A number attached to Bragg Creek tells you that its prefix was issued to a carrier for this rate centre in Alberta, most often IXICA Communications Inc.. It does not tell you where the handset is today: a subscriber may have ported the number to any of the 4 carriers present here or to a VoIP service usable anywhere. Nor does it tell you who is calling: caller ID can be spoofed, and an Alberta area code is easy to borrow to look local.

Reading a register entry for Bragg Creek: code 587-867 is recorded for IXICA Communications Inc., so every 587-867-XXXX number (10,000 possible) descends from that assignment. “Bragg Creek, Alberta” there names a rate centre, not a municipality, and several area codes overlay it.

Every Bragg Creek prefix

Each row is an in-service central-office code recorded for Bragg Creek, with its original holder and year of assignment.

Allocated prefixes

All 5 in-service prefixes, grouped by rate centre.

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