Area codes 876 and 658
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Area codes 876 and 658 are the local telephone area codes of Jamaica. The first area code, 876, was created during a split from the original 809 area code. Permissive dialing began 1 May 1997 and ended 1 May 1998.Area code 876 serves the country’s two mobile operators – Cable and Wireless/Liberty Global (marketed as FLOW Jamaica) and Digicel. Also served by area code 876 is the country's main landline provider, FLOW, as well as other smaller landline players like Digicel (which provides landline over its fibre network called Digicel Play).
The area code (876) is not a toll-free number and calls from any other area code are billed at international long distance rates.
Local calls within Jamaica are seven digits.
Calls outside Jamaica to the US and Canada are typically heavily discounted. FLOW Jamaica charges $2.99 JMD or $0.02 USD per minute for calls to all numbers in the USA and Canada as standard. The rate goes lower to $1.99 JMD or 1 cent USD for postpaid subscribers or those with an active data plan. Digicel charges similar rates as well but standard rates are around $17.70 JMD or $0.14 USD per minute without an international calling plan.
Calls to Jamaica from anywhere in the NANP area are 1-876 + seven digit phone number.
Jamaica will expand to 10-digit dialling, for local telephone calls, come May 31, 2018. This is as a result of Jamaica's new area code assignment of 658.
