Get a local business phone number in Newport, TN

Area codes in Newport

Newport, in Cocke County, Tennessee, had a Census-estimated population of 6,954 in July 2024. All 15 exchanges NANPA lists for its rate center are in area code 423. 423 is part of an overlay with 729, so a new local number in Newport may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Newport is in the Eastern and Central time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 423 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.

Who holds Newport phone exchanges

8 carriers hold the 15 exchanges assigned to Newport's rate center. Bellsouth Telecomm INC d/b/a South Central Bell Tel has the most, with 4. 11 of them are pooled codes, which the holder shares with other carriers in blocks of 1,000 numbers. A business number in Newport can come from any of these blocks; once it is yours, porting lets it move between providers.

Local prefixes for Newport

Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to Newport's rate center (NEWPORT). The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2005. None were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Newport's exchanges were assigned

Assignment dates show when each block of Newport numbers was added to the local supply.

How local numbers work in Newport

What a caller sees as "local" is the area code plus prefix. In Newport, those come from the NEWPORT rate center, as recorded by NANPA.

New local numbers are drawn from carrier inventory, so the exact 423 numbers available change over time; porting an existing number is free.

The local business market

Newport is part of the Newport, TN micropolitan area, home to 37,596 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 474 business establishments in the Newport, TN micropolitan area in 2023, employing 5,871 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (115), accommodation and food services (59), and other services (except public administration) (55).

Setting up a Newport business line

Callata Office costs $99 per month for up to 5 people, and each additional user is $20 a month. That covers up to 3 local numbers, calling from a browser or your cell, transcribed voicemail, recorded calls with AI summaries, after-hours routing and E911 on each number.

If you already have a number in Newport, 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 Newport, TN micropolitan area, 12 users on RingCentral RingEX Core come to $360.00 a month and on Ooma Office Pro $299.40, at month-to-month list prices checked September 28, 2026. On Callata the same 12 people cost $239.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.