Prior to November 2, 1991, this region had been part of area code 213. On that date, most of the western and southern portions of the old 213 region became area code 310. On January 25, 1997, the southern portion of the old 310 territory split again to become the 562 area code.
562 was originally meant to be an overlay code exclusively for cellular telephones and pagers for existing 310 area code customers in late 1995. However, the overlay (and all others in CA since 2008) was cancelled after cellular companies sued the California Public Utilities Commission to prevent a repeat of a similar split in New York City, where all 212 & 718 mobile customers were changed over to a new 917 NPA. Cellular technology was relatively new, and the industry argued that separate area codes for cellular customers created a stigma and would hurt sales as people wanted their home and cell phone numbers to be in the same area code. After years in court, the CPUC sided with the cellular industry, and so plans were made to split 310 instead.[1]
All of this area code is in Los Angeles County except for the cities of Seal Beach and Los Alamitos, which are in the very northwest corner of the Orange County coastline, portions of the city of La Habra, and the very small and northwest part of the city of Brea in the very northwest corner of inland Orange County. These exceptions exist because, at the time of 310's creation, Pacific Bell (now part of AT&T Inc.) was the primary telephone company for most of Southern California, whereas this region's primary telephone company was GTE (later Verizon and now part of Frontier). In fact, when 310 was carved out of the southern portion of the old 213 territory, Pacific Bell chose to move all of GTE's area code 213 exchanges into the 310 area code. As the primary telephone provider in Southern California, Pac Bell had the right to decide what exchanges stayed in 213.
^"Half of 310 Area Code Will Be Changed to 562". Los Angeles Times. 1995-08-12.
^"Transition to 10-digit dialing (for 988 as 3-digit access to National Suicide Prevention Hotline)" (PDF). North American Numbering Plan Administrator. January 8, 2021. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
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Area code 562 is a California telephone area code that was split from area code 310 on January 25 1997 It is the area code for much of southeastern Los Angeles County including Long Beach and parts of northern Orange County Numbering plan areas in California blue and border states Area code 562 is shown in red Contents 1 History 2 County anomaly 3 Cities and neighborhoods in the 562 area code 3 1 Los Angeles County 3 2 Orange County 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory editPrior to November 2 1991 this region had been part of area code 213 On that date most of the western and southern portions of the old 213 region became area code 310 On January 25 1997 the southern portion of the old 310 territory split again to become the 562 area code 562 was originally meant to be an overlay code exclusively for cellular telephones and pagers for existing 310 area code customers in late 1995 However the overlay and all others in CA since 2008 was cancelled after cellular companies sued the California Public Utilities Commission to prevent a repeat of a similar split in New York City where all 212 amp 718 mobile customers were changed over to a new 917 NPA Cellular technology was relatively new and the industry argued that separate area codes for cellular customers created a stigma and would hurt sales as people wanted their home and cell phone numbers to be in the same area code After years in court the CPUC sided with the cellular industry and so plans were made to split 310 instead 1 Prior to October 2021 area code 562 had telephone numbers assigned for the central office code 988 In 2020 988 was designated nationwide as a dialing code for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline which created a conflict for exchanges that permit seven digit dialing This area code was therefore scheduled to transition to ten digit dialing by October 24 2021 2 County anomaly editAll of this area code is in Los Angeles County except for the cities of Seal Beach and Los Alamitos which are in the very northwest corner of the Orange County coastline portions of the city of La Habra and the very small and northwest part of the city of Brea in the very northwest corner of inland Orange County These exceptions exist because at the time of 310 s creation Pacific Bell now part of AT amp T Inc was the primary telephone company for most of Southern California whereas this region s primary telephone company was GTE later Verizon and now part of Frontier In fact when 310 was carved out of the southern portion of the old 213 territory Pacific Bell chose to move all of GTE s area code 213 exchanges into the 310 area code As the primary telephone provider in Southern California Pac Bell had the right to decide what exchanges stayed in 213 Cities and neighborhoods in the 562 area code editLos Angeles County edit Artesia Bell Gardens also in the 213 323 area code Bellflower Cerritos small portion in the 657 714 area code Commerce mostly in the 213 323 area code Downey East Whittier Hacienda Heights mostly in the 626 area code Hawaiian Gardens Industry mostly in the 626 area code and small portion in the 840 909 area code La Habra Heights La Mirada small portion in the 657 714 area code Lakewood Long Beach Norwalk Paramount Pico Rivera Rowland Heights mostly in the 626 and 840 909 area codes Santa Fe Springs Signal Hill South Gate mostly in the 213 323 area code and small portion in the 310 424 area code South Whittier West Whittier Los Nietos WhittierOrange County edit Brea mostly in the 657 714 area code Buena Park mostly in the 657 714 area code Cypress mostly in the 657 714 area code Fullerton mostly in the 657 714 area code Huntington Beach mostly in the 657 714 area code only the Sunset Beach neighborhood is in the 562 area code La Habra small portion in the 657 714 area code La Palma mostly in the 657 714 area code Los Alamitos small portion in the 657 714 area code Rossmoor Seal BeachSee also editList of California area codes List of NANP area codes North American Numbering PlanReferences edit Half of 310 Area Code Will Be Changed to 562 Los Angeles Times 1995 08 12 Transition to 10 digit dialing for 988 as 3 digit access to National Suicide Prevention Hotline PDF North American Numbering Plan Administrator January 8 2021 Retrieved March 9 2021 External links editNorth American Numbering Plan Administration Southern California area code map NANPA area code map of California List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload com 562 Area Code Area 562 DirectoryCalifornia area codes 209 213 323 279 916 310 424 341 510 408 669 415 628 442 760 530 559 562 619 858 626 650 657 714 661 707 747 818 805 820 831 840 909 925 949 951 North 626 323West 310 424 323 area code 562 East 657 714South Pacific Ocean33 54 N 118 06 W 33 9 N 118 1 W 33 9 118 1 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Area code 562 amp oldid 1213448042, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
