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The 862 area code is part of the North American Numbering Plan (NANP). The NANP comprises the national numbering plan for the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) in Canada, the United States, and territories of the US in the Caribbean. This numbering plan was adopted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 1947 and has since been managed by the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA).

The 862 area code is located within the state of New Jersey. It was officially put into service on December 1, 2001 as an overlay to the 973 area code. Overlays split a geographic region into multiple area codes, allowing multiple numbers to exist within the same area code. The 862 code serves both Essex and Passaic Counties and was created to keep up with growing demands for new telephone numbers in the local area. Its service area includes some portions of Bergen, Morris, Sussex, and Warren Counties.