Area code 600
Encyclopedia
Area code 600 is a non-geographic Canadian
area code, reserved for specialized telecommunications uses such as Teletype
, caller-pays cellular
, ISDN and mobile satellite communication
services. One of the code's most common contemporary uses is to provide satellite phone
service in remote areas of the Canadian north where conventional telecommunications infrastructure is not available.
Exchanges in the 600 code are assigned according to a special set of guidelines issued by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.
These uses were originally designated with the area code 610 in 1962, and were reassigned to 600 in 1992 so that 610 could be assigned to Pennsylvania
as an ordinary geographic area code.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
area code, reserved for specialized telecommunications uses such as Teletype
Teletype Corporation
The Teletype Corporation, a part of American Telephone and Telegraph Company's Western Electric manufacturing arm since 1930, came into being in 1928 when the Morkrum-Kleinschmidt Company changed its name to the name of its trademark equipment...
, caller-pays cellular
Mobile phone
A mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...
, ISDN and mobile satellite communication
Satellite phone
A satellite telephone, satellite phone, or satphone is a type of mobile phone that connects to orbiting satellites instead of terrestrial cell sites...
services. One of the code's most common contemporary uses is to provide satellite phone
Satellite phone
A satellite telephone, satellite phone, or satphone is a type of mobile phone that connects to orbiting satellites instead of terrestrial cell sites...
service in remote areas of the Canadian north where conventional telecommunications infrastructure is not available.
Exchanges in the 600 code are assigned according to a special set of guidelines issued by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.
These uses were originally designated with the area code 610 in 1962, and were reassigned to 600 in 1992 so that 610 could be assigned to Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
as an ordinary geographic area code.