Phone prefixes in Clarenville, NL

In numbers

In-service prefixes

15

Telephone numbers covered

150,000

Carriers

9

Area codes

1

Provinces and territories

1

First assignment

July 16, 2002

Most recent assignment

August 19, 2024

Clarenville’s share of its area code

Within area code 709, Clarenville accounts for only 15 of 631 prefixes (2.4%): the code is dominated by St. John's and spread over 209 rate centres.

Who holds these numbers

Iristel Inc. holds the largest share at 5 prefixes, 33.3% of the total, ahead of 8 other carriers. Code by code: in 709, Iristel Inc. leads with 5 of 15 prefixes ahead of 8 others.

Wireless and wireline

4 of Clarenville’s 15 prefixes (26.7%) are held by carriers whose registered name marks a wireless business: Bell Mobility Aliant, Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Wireless) and TELUS Mobility. Wireline prefixes still outnumber them, carried by Iristel Inc, Aliant Telecom (NF), Bragg Communications Inc and Distributel. This is a sort by name, not a licence lookup, and a mobile prefix may have been ported to another network since.

How the allocation was built up

Clarenville’s dated assignments run from 2002 to 2024. The busiest period was 2005–2009, when 4 prefixes went to 4 carriers. 2 prefixes (13%) carry no date in the register: these are the historic pre-1999 assignments, the wireline bedrock of the rate centre. Since 2020 another 4 prefixes have been added, so the rate centre is still growing.

Clarenville’s oldest prefixes, the ones the register leaves undated, belong to Aliant Telecom (NF) and Bell Mobility Aliant: these carriers made up the landscape before competition arrived. The first dated assignment went to Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Wireless) in 2002. The most recent arrivals are Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Cable) (2022), Distributel (2022) and Iristel Inc. (2016), a sign that new carriers are still asking for numbers in Clarenville.

Clarenville has only 15 prefixes, or 150,000 numbers: a small rate centre, where the arrival of a single new carrier visibly changes the landscape.

No single carrier dominates Clarenville: the leader, Iristel Inc., holds only 33.3% of the prefixes against 8 competitors, a sign of a highly fragmented market where cable companies, mobility brands and VoIP providers weigh as much as the incumbent.

Demand remains steady: 30.8% of the dated prefixes go back to the last ten years, the most active period being 2005–2009. The rate centre is growing at a regular rather than explosive pace.

2 undated in the register.

Dialling a Clarenville number

A single area code, 709, covers Clarenville, and it is not overlaid with any other code on this territory: one of the few parts of Canada where seven-digit local dialling may still work. From abroad, dial +1 709 and the seven-digit number.

The numbering neighbourhood

Clarenville shares area code 709 with at least 20 other rate centres, including St. John's, Corner Brook, Carbonear, Gander, Marystown, Bay Roberts, Labrador City - Wabush and Deer Lake. The largest of them, St. John's, holds 100 prefixes in 709; the smallest on the list, Grand Bank, has just 5.

What a Clarenville number tells you

A number attached to Clarenville tells you that its prefix was issued to a carrier for this rate centre in Newfoundland and Labrador, most often Iristel Inc.. It does not tell you where the handset is today: a subscriber may have ported the number to any of the 9 carriers present here or to a VoIP service usable anywhere. Nor does it tell you who is calling: caller ID can be spoofed, and a Newfoundland and Labrador area code is easy to borrow to look local.

Reading a register entry for Clarenville: code 709-200 is recorded for Iristel Inc., so every 709-200-XXXX number (10,000 possible) descends from that assignment. “Clarenville, Newfoundland and Labrador” there names a rate centre, not a municipality.

Every Clarenville prefix

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

Had a call from a Clarenville number?

No clear pattern in reports on these numbers yet. If a call worried you:

1. Call back on a number you trust

   If a caller says they are your bank, the Canada Revenue Agency, a courier or your phone company, hang up and call the organization on the number from its website or your statement, never the number that called you. Caller ID can be faked.

2. Report the fraud

   Report the call or text to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre online or at 1-888-495-8501. If you lost money or gave out personal details, tell your bank first, then your local police.

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3. Register on the National Do Not Call List

   Registering a landline or mobile on the National DNCL is free. Registered charities, political parties, newspapers and companies you already do business with may still call.

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4. Forward suspicious texts to 7726

   Forward a scam or spam text to 7726 (SPAM on the keypad). It's free, and your carrier uses it to block the sender. Don't tap links or reply.

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Allocated prefixes

All 15 in-service prefixes, grouped by rate centre.

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