Hawaii Area Code Directory Information

The area code system was developed as part of the North American Numbering Plan or the NANP which was implemented since 1947. The initiative for the introduction of the area code was first undertaken by Bell Laboratories and AT&T who started working on the system since the early 1940s in a bid to streamline the telecommunications network in this part of the world.

The island and the US state of Hawaii has an operational area code of 808.  The area code covers parts of Hawaii that are inhabited and are developed.  The areas that come under the area code 808 stretches from the Hawaiian Islands to the Midway Island. Area code 808 was introduced in 1957 and the establishment of the area code for Hawaii was soon followed by the declaration of Hawaii as a constituent state of the United States of America. Hawaii Area code directory includes all the numbers that are listed under area code 808.

The Wake Island, located in the Northern Pacific Ocean is an unincorporated territory of the United States of America. The telecommunication network of the Wake Islands is connected through the state of Hawaii and therefore the area code for the Wake Islands is same as that of Hawaii that is 808.

Cities under Area Code 808

Area code 808 covers four counties that fall under the state of Hawaii. These include Maui, Hawaii, Kauai and Honolulu. The cities that are covered by area code 808 include Captain, Kula, Kahuku, Hawi, Koloa, Wheeler Army Airfield, Honomu, Ewa Beach, Lanai City, Hilo, Mountain View, Hanalei, Volcano, Eleele, Pepeekeo, Pearl City, Makawao, Pearl Harbor, Forth Shafter, Kekaha, Wailuku, Captain Cook, Princeville, Fort Shafter, Paia, Schofield Barracks, Lihue, Puunene, Tripler Army Medical Center, Makawao, Lanai City, Hickam AFB, Kurtistown, Kamuela, Ocean View, Waimea Camp HM Smith and many others. The telephone numbers in these cities are preceded by the area code 808.

Area code 808 has 520 exchanges that are currently in operation under it. The numbers under each of these exchanges are listed under the Hawaii area code directory. Most of the states in the country have multiple area codes owing to the rapidly expanding telecommunications network and the increasing demand for new numbers. However, since the introduction of area code 808, it is one of the 13 area codes in the country that serve an entire state.

Services under Area Code 808

Area code 808 is served by numerous cell phone service providers. These include Nextel Communications Inc, Sandwich Isles Communications, T-Mobile USA, INC, Arch Wireless Holdings, INC, Sprint Communications Company, Time Warner Communication of Hawaii, Island Page, Metrocall, Clearwire Telecommunications, Pacific Lightnet Inc Hawaii, Sprint Spectrum L.P, Cellco Partnership DBA Verizon and Blue Licenses Holding, LLC. All these service providers aim to offer the services to their clients at affordable rates.

If you wish to find out any important landline number in the state of Hawaii, then you can make a quick search on the virtual yellow pages at http://www.yellowpages.com/state-HI. You can browse through the Hawaii area code directory to locate telephone numbers in the state.