Phone prefixes in Tring Jonction, QC

In numbers

In-service prefixes

4

Telephone numbers covered

40,000

Carriers

4

Area codes

2

Provinces and territories

1

First assignment

July 22, 2008

Most recent assignment

October 19, 2021

Tring Jonction’s share of its area codes

Within area code 418, Tring Jonction accounts for only 2 of 777 prefixes (0.3%): the code is dominated by Quebec and spread over 258 rate centres. Within area code 581, Tring Jonction accounts for only 2 of 778 prefixes (0.3%): the code is dominated by Quebec and spread over 232 rate centres.

Who holds these numbers

Bell Canada holds the largest share at 1 prefixes, 25.0% of the total, ahead of 3 other carriers. Code by code: in 418, Bell Canada leads with 1 of 2 prefixes ahead of 1 others; in 581, IVIC Telecom s.e.n.c leads with 1 of 2 prefixes ahead of 1 others. No carrier holds prefixes in every one of Tring Jonction’s 2 area codes, while 4 appear in just one.

Wireless and wireline

None of Tring Jonction’s holders carries a mobility brand in its registered name: all 4 prefixes belong to wireline or wholesale carriers, among them Bell Canada, IVIC Telecom s.e.n.c, TELUS Quebec and Telecommunications Xittel Inc. A call showing a Tring Jonction number therefore nominally comes from a landline, cable or VoIP platform rather than a locally assigned cellphone.

How the allocation was built up

Tring Jonction’s dated assignments run from 2008 to 2021. The busiest period was 2005–2009, when 1 prefixes went to 1 carrier. 1 prefixes (25%) carry no date in the register: these are the historic pre-1999 assignments, the wireline bedrock of the rate centre. Since 2020 another 1 prefixes have been added, so the rate centre is still growing.

Tring Jonction’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 TELUS Quebec in 2008. The most recent arrivals are IVIC Telecom s.e.n.c (2021), Telecommunications Xittel Inc (2012) and TELUS Quebec (2008), a sign that new carriers are still asking for numbers in Tring Jonction.

Tring Jonction 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 Tring Jonction: the leader, Bell Canada, 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.

Demand remains steady: 33.3% 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.

1 undated in the register.

Dialling a Tring Jonction number

Tring Jonction is served by 2 overlaid area codes (418 and 581). A 581 number is no more “out of town” than a 418 one; from abroad, dial +1 and the full ten digits.

The numbering neighbourhood

Tring Jonction shares area codes 418 and 581 with at least 20 other rate centres, including Quebec, Chicoutimi, Rimouski, Alma, Riviere-du-Loup, Thetford Mines, Levis and Saint-Georges-de-Beauce. The largest of them, Quebec, holds 245 prefixes in 418 and 581; the smallest on the list, Chibougamau, has just 11.

What a Tring Jonction number tells you

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

Reading a register entry for Tring Jonction: code 418-426 is recorded for Bell Canada, so every 418-426-XXXX number (10,000 possible) descends from that assignment. “Tring Jonction, Quebec” there names a rate centre, not a municipality, and several area codes overlay it.

Every Tring Jonction prefix

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

Allocated prefixes

All 4 in-service prefixes, grouped by rate centre.

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