Its overlay area code is the 289 area code. It was introduced to the public in the middle of 2001. The first Mississauga (Malton) area code was all used up in the later months of 2005, thus the 289 area code will become the area code of phone numbers that will be given starting from that time onwards.
Direct inward dialing (DID), also called direct dial-in (DDI) in Europe and Oceania, is a telecommunication service offered by telephone companies to subscribers who operate a private branch exchange (PBX) system.
(December 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) In the United States and Canada, ten-digit dialing is the practice of including the area code of a telephone number when dialing to initiate a telephone call. When necessary, a ten-digit number may be prefixed with the trunk code 1, which is often referred to as 11-digit dialing or national format.