Editing Area code 900 (section)

{{short description|Premium rate telephone prefix in North America}}
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'''Area code 900''' is a telephone [[area code]] in the [[North American Numbering Plan]] for [[premium-rate telephone number]]s. Area code 900 was installed in 1971.<ref name="nanpa">{{cite web |url=http://www.nanpa.com/enas/npa_query.do |title=Enter Area Code to Query |publisher=NANPA|date=2019-03-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508003141/http://www.nanpa.com/enas/npa_query.do |archive-date=2013-05-08 }}</ref>

Premium rate services are dialed in the format 1-900-XXX-XXXX. This is often called a '''900 number''' or a '''1 900 number''' ("one-nine-hundred").

A call to a 900-number can result in high per-minute or per-call charges. For example, a "[[psychic]] [[hotline]]" may charge {{currency|2.99|USD}} for the first minute and {{currency|0.99|USD}} for each additional minute.