Phone prefixes in Orono, ON

In numbers

In-service prefixes

9

Telephone numbers covered

90,000

Carriers

9

Area codes

3

Provinces and territories

1

First assignment

December 14, 2004

Most recent assignment

September 27, 2021

Orono’s share of its area codes

Within area code 365, Orono accounts for only 6 of 702 prefixes (0.9%): the code is dominated by Markham and spread over 88 rate centres. Within area code 905, Orono accounts for only 2 of 773 prefixes (0.3%): the code is dominated by Hamilton and spread over 94 rate centres. Within area code 289, Orono accounts for only 1 of 772 prefixes (0.1%): the code is dominated by Hamilton and spread over 87 rate centres.

Who holds these numbers

Beanfield Technologies Inc. holds the largest share at 1 prefixes, 11.1% of the total, ahead of 8 other carriers. Code by code: in 365, Beanfield Technologies Inc. leads with 1 of 6 prefixes ahead of 5 others; in 905, Bell Canada leads with 1 of 2 prefixes ahead of 1 others; InnSysVoice Corp is the only holder in 289. No carrier holds prefixes in every one of Orono’s 3 area codes, while 9 appear in just one.

Wireless and wireline

None of Orono’s holders carries a mobility brand in its registered name: all 9 prefixes belong to wireline or wholesale carriers, among them Beanfield Technologies Inc, Bell Canada, Distributel and Fibernetics Corporation. A call showing a Orono number therefore nominally comes from a landline, cable or VoIP platform rather than a locally assigned cellphone.

How the allocation was built up

Orono’s dated assignments run from 2004 to 2021. The busiest period was 2020–2024, when 4 prefixes went to 4 carriers. 1 prefixes (11%) 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.

Orono’s oldest prefixes, the ones the register leaves undated, belong to Bell Canada: this carrier made up the landscape before competition arrived. The first dated assignment went to Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Cable) in 2004. The most recent arrivals are Fibernetics Corporation (2021), Beanfield Technologies Inc. (2021) and TekSavvy Solutions Inc (2021), a sign that new carriers are still asking for numbers in Orono.

Orono has just 9 prefixes (90,000 numbers): a very small rate centre, typical of a village or rural area served by a single switching office.

No single carrier dominates Orono: the leader, Beanfield Technologies Inc., holds only 11.1% 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.

Growth is recent: 50.0% of the dated prefixes were assigned in the last ten years, peaking in 2020–2024. Orono is among the rate centres where demand for numbers is still rising quickly.

1 undated in the register.

Dialling a Orono number

Orono is served by 3 overlaid area codes (365, 905 and 289). A 289 number is no more “out of town” than a 365 one; from abroad, dial +1 and the full ten digits.

The numbering neighbourhood

Orono shares area codes 365, 905 and 289 with at least 20 other rate centres, including Hamilton, Oshawa, Brampton, St. Catharines-Thorold, Oakville, Markham, Cooksville and Ajax-Pickering. The largest of them, Hamilton, holds 213 prefixes in 289, 365 and 905; the smallest on the list, Woodbridge, has just 28.

What a Orono number tells you

A number attached to Orono tells you that its prefix was issued to a carrier for this rate centre in Ontario, most often Beanfield Technologies 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 an Ontario area code is easy to borrow to look local.

Reading a register entry for Orono: code 365-424 is recorded for Beanfield Technologies Inc., so every 365-424-XXXX number (10,000 possible) descends from that assignment. “Orono, Ontario” there names a rate centre, not a municipality, and several area codes overlay it.

Every Orono prefix

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

Allocated prefixes

All 9 in-service prefixes, grouped by rate centre.

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