Phone prefixes in Tribune, SK

In numbers

In-service prefixes

4

Telephone numbers covered

40,000

Carriers

4

Area codes

2

Provinces and territories

1

First assignment

September 24, 2014

Most recent assignment

May 31, 2019

Tribune’s share of its area codes

Within area code 639, Tribune accounts for only 3 of 776 prefixes (0.4%): the code is dominated by Regina and spread over 202 rate centres. Within area code 306, Tribune accounts for only 1 of 777 prefixes (0.1%): the code is dominated by Saskatoon and spread over 228 rate centres.

Who holds these numbers

Bell Mobility holds the largest share at 1 prefixes, 25.0% of the total, ahead of 3 other carriers. Code by code: in 639, Bell Mobility leads with 1 of 3 prefixes ahead of 2 others; SaskTel is the only holder in 306. No carrier holds prefixes in every one of Tribune’s 2 area codes, while 4 appear in just one.

Wireless and wireline

2 of Tribune’s 4 prefixes (50.0%) are held by carriers whose registered name marks a wireless business: Bell Mobility and SaskTel Mobility. Wireline prefixes still outnumber them, carried by SaskTel and TELUS Integrated Communications. 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

Tribune’s dated assignments run from 2014 to 2019. The busiest period was 2015–2019, when 2 prefixes went to 2 carriers. 1 prefixes (25%) carry no date in the register: these are the historic pre-1999 assignments, the wireline bedrock of the rate centre. No prefix has been added since 2020: demand for numbers in Tribune is flat.

Tribune’s oldest prefixes, the ones the register leaves undated, belong to SaskTel: this carrier made up the landscape before competition arrived. The first dated assignment went to SaskTel Mobility in 2014. The most recent arrivals are TELUS Integrated Communications (2019), Bell Mobility (2017) and SaskTel Mobility (2014), a sign that new carriers are still asking for numbers in Tribune.

Tribune has just 4 prefixes (40,000 numbers): a very small rate centre, typical of a village or rural area served by a single switching office.

No single carrier dominates Tribune: the leader, Bell Mobility, holds only 25.0% of the prefixes against 3 competitors, a sign of a highly fragmented market where cable companies, mobility brands and VoIP providers weigh as much as the incumbent.

Allocation is mature: only 0.0% of the dated prefixes are less than ten years old, most having been handed out in 2015–2019, and 1 prefixes go back to the undated monopoly era. New Tribune numbers mostly come out of blocks that were assigned long ago.

1 undated in the register.

Dialling a Tribune number

Tribune is served by 2 overlaid area codes (639 and 306). A 306 number is no more “out of town” than a 639 one; from abroad, dial +1 and the full ten digits.

The numbering neighbourhood

Tribune shares area codes 639 and 306 with at least 20 other rate centres, including Regina, Saskatoon, Moose Jaw, Prince Albert, North Battleford, Yorkton, Swift Current and Moosomin. The largest of them, Regina, holds 157 prefixes in 306 and 639; the smallest on the list, Rosthern, has just 12.

What a Tribune number tells you

A number attached to Tribune tells you that its prefix was issued to a carrier for this rate centre in Saskatchewan, most often Bell Mobility. 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 a Saskatchewan area code is easy to borrow to look local.

Reading a register entry for Tribune: code 639-820 is recorded for Bell Mobility, so every 639-820-XXXX number (10,000 possible) descends from that assignment. “Tribune, Saskatchewan” there names a rate centre, not a municipality, and several area codes overlay it.

Every Tribune prefix

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

Had a call from a Tribune 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 4 in-service prefixes, grouped by rate centre.

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