Phone prefixes in Killarney

In numbers

In-service prefixes

11

Telephone numbers covered

110,000

Carriers

10

Area codes

5

Provinces and territories

2

First assignment

June 4, 2013

Most recent assignment

July 28, 2023

Provinces and territories

This name is used for separate rate centres in 2 provinces. The prefixes below share a name in the CNAC register but belong to different communities.

• Manitoba — 6 prefixes
• Ontario — 5 prefixes

Killarney’s share of its area codes

Within area code 204, Killarney accounts for only 3 of 781 prefixes (0.4%): the code is dominated by Winnipeg and spread over 245 rate centres. Within area code 249, Killarney accounts for only 3 of 585 prefixes (0.5%): the code is dominated by Sudbury and spread over 176 rate centres. Within area code 431, Killarney accounts for only 3 of 571 prefixes (0.5%): the code is dominated by Winnipeg and spread over 146 rate centres. Within area code 683, Killarney accounts for only 1 of 80 prefixes (1.3%): the code is dominated by Lindsay and spread over 57 rate centres. Within area code 705, Killarney accounts for only 1 of 770 prefixes (0.1%): the code is dominated by Barrie and spread over 203 rate centres.

Who holds these numbers

MTS Inc. holds the largest share at 2 prefixes, 18.2% of the total, ahead of 9 other carriers. Code by code: in 204, MTS Inc. leads with 1 of 3 prefixes ahead of 2 others; in 249, Distributel leads with 1 of 3 prefixes ahead of 2 others; in 431, MTS Inc. leads with 1 of 3 prefixes ahead of 2 others; ISP Telecom Inc. is the only holder in 683; Bell Canada is the only holder in 705. No carrier holds prefixes in every one of Killarney’s 5 area codes, while 9 appear in just one.

Wireless and wireline

2 of Killarney’s 11 prefixes (18.2%) are held by carriers whose registered name marks a wireless business: Bell Mobility and TELUS Mobility. Wireline prefixes still outnumber them, carried by MTS Inc, Bell Canada, Distributel and Fibernetics Corporation. 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

Killarney’s dated assignments run from 2013 to 2023. The busiest period was 2015–2019, when 5 prefixes went to 5 carriers. 2 prefixes (18%) 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.

Killarney’s oldest prefixes, the ones the register leaves undated, belong to Bell Canada and MTS Inc: these carriers made up the landscape before competition arrived. The first dated assignment went to MTS Inc. in 2013. The most recent arrivals are ISP Telecom Inc. (2023), Fibernetics Corporation (2022) and Distributel (2018), a sign that new carriers are still asking for numbers in Killarney.

Killarney has only 11 prefixes, or 110,000 numbers: a small rate centre, where the arrival of a single new carrier visibly changes the landscape.

No single carrier dominates Killarney: the leader, MTS Inc., holds only 18.2% of the prefixes against 9 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: 22.2% of the dated prefixes go back to the last ten years, the most active period being 2015–2019. The rate centre is growing at a regular rather than explosive pace.

2 undated in the register.

Dialling a Killarney number

Killarney is served by 5 overlaid area codes (204, 249, 431, 683 and 705). A 705 number is no more “out of town” than a 204 one; from abroad, dial +1 and the full ten digits.

The numbering neighbourhood

Killarney shares area codes 204, 249, 431, 683 and 705 with at least 20 other rate centres, including Winnipeg, Barrie, Sudbury, Peterborough, Sault Ste. Marie, North Bay, Brandon and Huntsville. The largest of them, Winnipeg, holds 386 prefixes in 204 and 431; the smallest on the list, Dauphin, has just 19.

What a Killarney number tells you

A number attached to Killarney tells you that its prefix was issued to a carrier for this rate centre in Manitoba, most often MTS Inc.. It does not tell you where the handset is today: a subscriber may have ported the number to any of the 10 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 Manitoba area code is easy to borrow to look local.

Reading a register entry for Killarney: code 204-523 is recorded for MTS Inc., so every 204-523-XXXX number (10,000 possible) descends from that assignment. “Killarney, Manitoba” there names a rate centre, not a municipality, and several area codes overlay it.

Every Killarney prefix

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

Allocated prefixes

All 11 in-service prefixes, grouped by rate centre.

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