Puerto Rico is joining the growing number of Carribbean countries
splitting off from NPA 809.

The new area code for Puerto Rico will be 787.  All PR exchanges will 
move to the new area code.  The following exchanges are involved:

212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258
259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 
277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 303 304 305 306 308 
309 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 330 360 370 371 372 374 375 376 378 
379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 395 396 397 398 399 
401 402 403 405 406 413 416 482 483 486 487 488 489 501 505 509 510 514 
613 614 691 704 716 717 720 721 722 723 724 725 726 727 728 729 730 731 
732 733 734 735 736 737 738 739 740 741 742 743 744 745 746 747 748 749 
750 751 752 753 754 755 756 757 758 759 760 761 762 763 764 765 766 767 
768 769 780 781 782 783 784 785 786 787 788 789 790 791 792 793 794 795 
796 797 798 799 820 821 822 823 824 825 826 827 828 829 830 831 832 833 
834 835 836 837 838 839 840 841 842 843 844 845 846 847 848 849 850 851 
852 853 854 855 856 857 858 859 860 861 862 863 864 865 866 867 868 869 
870 871 872 873 874 875 876 877 878 879 880 881 882 883 884 885 886 887 
888 889 890 891 892 893 894 895 896 897 898 899 

Permissive dialing period begins March 1, 1996.
Permissive dialing period ends January 31, 1997.

Test numbers: (787) 756-9399 ,
              (787) 787-0399 ,  
              (787) 781-0199 ,
              all give a recording if successfully dialed.

Source: Bellcore IL-95/12-005.  Accuracy of sources not guaranteed.
Posted by: Pierre Thomson, Telecom Manager, CE Service