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| | NANPA : Press Release |
 | | All existing numbers will retain their current area code, but new telephone customers for local phone service, cellular and paging services, and alarms, may be assigned a telephone number in the new overlay area code (689). |
 | | Thomas C. Foley, NANPA's area code relief planner for the Eastern Region, which includes Florida, said the introduction of the new 689 area code is needed due to an increase in competition in the local phone service market and the growing demand by the public for additional telephone numbers. |
 | | Relief activities for the area codes in Florida are administered by NeuStar, Inc., which was selected by the FCC to serve as the NANPA. |
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