Get a local business phone number in Medway, MA
Medway's area codes, prefixes and carriers from NANPA records, and how to put a Medway number in front of your customers.
- Area code
- 774 / 508
- Exchanges
- 8NANPA-assigned
- Carriers
- 7
- Population
- 13,836Census 2024 est.
Area codes in Medway
Medway, in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, had a Census-estimated population of 13,836 in July 2024. NANPA lists 8 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 774 has the most (5, 63%). 774 is part of an overlay with 508, so a new local number in Medway may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Medway is in the Eastern time zone.
According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 774 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.
Phone carriers in Medway
7 carriers hold the 8 exchanges assigned to Medway's rate center. Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless - Ma has the most, with 2. 6 of them are pooled codes, which the holder shares with other carriers in blocks of 1,000 numbers. Holding a code means NANPA assigned that block of numbers to the carrier for this rate center; individual numbers may since have been ported elsewhere.
| Carrier (NANPA operating company) | Exchanges | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless - Ma | 2 | 25% |
| Comcast Ip Phone, LLC | 1 | 13% |
| Verizon New England INC. | 1 | 13% |
| Paetec Itel, LLC | 1 | 13% |
| Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - Ma | 1 | 13% |
| Ton80 Communications, LLC | 1 | 13% |
| Level 3 Communications, LLC - Ma | 1 | 13% |
Carrier names are the operating company (OCN) names on NANPA's utilized central office code file dated 10/01/2026. A carrier holding a code may port numbers to other carriers.
Exchanges (NPA-NXX) assigned in Medway
Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to Medway's rate center (MEDWAY). The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. 1 of the 8 were assigned in 2020 or later.
| Area code | Prefixes (NXX) |
|---|---|
| 508 | 254, 321, 533 |
| 774 | 277, 324, 507, 832, 854 |
Source: NANPA utilized central office code file.
When Medway's exchanges were assigned
Assignment dates show when each block of Medway numbers was added to the local supply.
| Decade assigned | Exchanges | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3 | 60% |
| 2010s | 1 | 20% |
| 2020s | 1 | 20% |
Assignment dates as recorded in NANPA's utilized code file; codes without a recorded date are excluded.
Rate centers and local calling in Medway
What a caller sees as "local" is the area code plus prefix. In Medway, those come from the MEDWAY rate center, as recorded by NANPA.
Keeping an existing Medway number costs nothing on Callata, because porting is free; a new number depends on what carriers have open in 774 when you pick it.
Who does business near Medway
Medway is part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area, home to 5.0 million people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 133,807 business establishments in the Boston, MA-NH metro area in 2023, employing 2,681,704 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are professional, scientific, and technical services (17,803), retail trade (15,568), and health care and social assistance (15,127).
| Industry | Establishments | Employees | Employees per establishment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full-service restaurants | 4,652 | 104,689 | 22.5 |
| Limited-service restaurants | 3,920 | 51,825 | 13.2 |
| Residential remodelers | 3,263 | 11,112 | 3.4 |
| Law offices | 2,967 | 24,707 | 8.3 |
| Landscaping services | 2,876 | 12,494 | 4.3 |
| Dental offices | 2,419 | 19,313 | 8.0 |
| Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors | 2,169 | 22,860 | 10.5 |
| Beauty salons | 2,025 | 10,995 | 5.4 |
Selected small-business industries (six-digit NAICS) covered by these guides. Source: Census County Business Patterns 2023.
Setting up a Medway business line
For $99 a month, Callata puts a team of up to 5 on one plan ($20 for each person after that): up to 3 local numbers, unlimited inbound calls, a pooled allowance of 1,500 outbound US and Canada minutes per user, browser and cell calling, voicemail transcription with urgency triage, recorded calls with AI summaries and business-hours routing, with E911 on every number.
If you already have a number in Medway, porting it to Callata is free. Texting from a local number requires a one-time carrier registration (10DLC, $49), and the numbers available in any area code depend on carrier inventory when you choose them.
Optional AI agents (receptionist, sales, support or scheduler) can answer calls after hours or when nobody picks up, take messages, text, email and transfer to your team. They are billed from prepaid AI minutes at $0.25 per minute, identify themselves as AI, and may only place outbound calls to people who consented, between 8am and 9pm.
Per-seat phone plans multiply by headcount. For the rounded average establishment size in the Boston, MA-NH metro area, 20 users on RingCentral RingEX Core come to $600.00 a month and on Ooma Office Pro $499.00, at month-to-month list prices checked September 28, 2026. On Callata the same 20 people cost $399.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.
| Provider (plan) | Pricing basis | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Callata (Callata Office) | $99 incl. 5 users, $20 per extra user | $399.00 | $4,788.00 |
| Quo (Starter) | $19.00 per user | $380.00 | $4,560.00 |
| Nextiva (Core) | $23.00 per user | $460.00 | $5,520.00 |
| Ooma (Office Pro) | $24.95 per user | $499.00 | $5,988.00 |
| Dialpad (Standard) | $27.00 per user | $540.00 | $6,480.00 |
| RingCentral (RingEX Core) | $30.00 per user | $600.00 | $7,200.00 |
Competitor prices are each vendor's published month-to-month list price per user for its lowest plan that includes business calling and texting, checked September 28, 2026: Quo Starter $19, Nextiva Core $23, Ooma Office Pro $24.95 (Essentials excludes texting; one-time $29.95 activation not included), Dialpad Standard $27, RingCentral RingEX Core $30 ($20 billed annually). Prices exclude taxes and fees and may change; annual contracts lower some competitors' prices.
Frequently asked questions
What area code is Medway, MA?
Medway has exchanges in 774 and 508; 774 has the most.
How many phone companies have exchanges in Medway?
7, holding 8 exchanges between them, according to NANPA's 10/01/2026 file.
Can I keep my existing Medway business number?
Yes. Porting an existing number to Callata is free. Texting from it starts after carrier registration (10DLC), a one-time $49 fee.
How much is a business phone line in Medway?
Callata is $99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user, with up to 3 local numbers; 20 users come to $399.00 a month. For comparison, 20 users on RingCentral RingEX Core list at $600.00 a month (checked September 28, 2026).