The State of New York Public Service Commission approved an all services overlay as the relief method for the 718/347 NPA area on 12/16/09. The new 929 NPA will serve the same geographic locations currently covered by 718/347, which includes the Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx and Staten Island areas of New York. The overlay timeline was identified as:
- 07/16/10 – Start of Network Preparation and Customer Education
- 10/16/10 – Earliest Date to Order Central Office Codes in New 929 NPA
- 03/19/11 – Completion of Network Preparation
- 04/16/11 – Earliest New NPA Central Office Activation Date; and, Effective Date for New 929 NPA
Ten-digit dialing is already in existence for this area, so a permissive dialing period is not applicable. The dialing plan for the 718/347 and new 929 NPA is:
- Local Home NPA* (HNPA) or Foreign NPA (FNPA) Call … 1 + 10-Digits (1 + NPA-NXX-XXXX)
- Toll FNPA Call … 1+ 10-Digits (1+ NPA-NXX-XXXX)
- Operator Services HNPA or FNPA Call … 0+ 10-Digits (0+ NPA-NXX-XXXX)
- * Permissively as 10 digits (Home NPA-NXX-XXXX)
