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Establish a local presence in Rhode Island

Area code 401

Thinking of expanding your business into Rhode Island? You need a local phone number with area code 401—and you can get it as part of Dialpad’s AI-powered collaboration platform. Try Dialpad for free to get set up with a local number!

Local phone numbers for area code 401: A must-have for sales and customer teams

Local numbers are useful for both inbound and outbound customer teams—and when you buy them from Dialpad, you’re getting much more than just a business phone number.

How it works

All of Dialpad’s paid plans come with a local number included, in this case a number with a local 401 area code. This is along with unified communications features like phone calls, video conferencing, SMS/MMS messaging and team messages, and more—all from one intuitive, easy-to-use desktop or mobile app:

A group video conference call on Dialpads desktop app

The lowest plan starts at just $15/user/month, which also includes unlimited calling in the US and Canada!

Next, let’s look at why you might need a 401 area code.

Where is area code 401?

The (401) area code serves the whole state of Rhode Island, including major cities like:

  • Cranston
  • East Providence
  • Pawtucket
  • Providence
  • Warwick
  • Woonsocket

Located in the Eastern time zone, it serves the five counties in Rhode Island: Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, and Washington. The 401 prefix isn't slated to run out for at least a few more decades.

All your essential communications features, included with a 401 area code number

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A truly unified platform

Dialpad’s not just about phone calls—the desktop and mobile app brings all your communication channels together into one app, from video conferencing to SMS and instant messaging, and even contact center AI if you need it.

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Plays nice with any device

Use Dialpad’s desktop and mobile app across iOS, Android, PC, and Mac—or just use your web browser to join a conference call or video meeting, no downloads needed. (Customers and prospects tend to love this because they don't have to download any software to join your online meeting.)

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Easy call forwarding

Never miss a call again. Dialpad’s call forwarding feature lets you choose up to five external phone numbers so you can have calls automatically forwarded to your cell phone or landline, a colleague, or another department.

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Flexible call routing

Smart call routing gets your callers to the right department or person—without you having to lift a finger. With Dialpad, you can easily set your own rules for specific people or departments, have out-of-hours calls sent to voicemail, and make changes to your IVR without any help from IT.

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Shield your personal number

With Dialpad, you can make work calls from your personal cell phone—while displaying your 401 area code business number (or any other business phone number you have) and protecting your privacy. Who says you need to carry two phones around to work remotely?

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Real-time call transcription

Dialpad’s built-in AI is designed by our own team and integrated directly into the communications platform to provide voice transcriptions for calls and video meetings—in real-time. This way, you don't have to be distracted with note-taking and can give them your full attention (and Dialpad even picks up on highlights and action items for you).

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Visual voicemail

When you're in back-to-back meetings all day, you can't always listen to every voicemail. Dialpad's visual voicemail feature transcribes your voicemails into text, so you can quickly read them when it isn't convenient to listen to them. (It even emails the audio and text versions to you!)

Get more than a 401 area code number

Try all these features out in Dialpad's AI-powered collaboration platform! Sign up for a 14-day free trial to take it for a test drive. It takes just a few minutes, and you'll be set up with a 401 number. Or, take a self-guided interactive tour of Dialpad to play with the app on your own first!

Does your business need a Rhode Island area code?

Local numbers are a great way to make a small business seem bigger, or for larger enterprises to establish a local presence without having to rent or lease a physical location there. With a 401 area code number for Rhode Island, for instance, you can set up a virtual branch out of Cranston, Providence, or Warwick—without having to rent or lease a physical office space.

And if you're running a marketing campaign that's trying to get potential customers to dial your business number, you can increase the chances of them calling if you make it a local number. Typically, people are far more likely to call since they won't have to worry about long-distance charges. And when you call them, they’ll be more inclined to pick up the phone if it's a local Rhode Island area code on the caller ID.

Today, healthcare and education are two of the biggest industries in Rhode Island. And Providence is home to the HQ of Citizens Financial Group, which is the 14th biggest bank in the US. (Not to mention there's a good handful of Fortune 500 and Fortune 1000 businesses located in Woonsocket and Providence in Rhode Island.

So, if you're running either a B2B or B2C business (but especially B2B) and are thinking of expanding your business to reach customers and prospects in Rhode Island, there could be a big opportunity here. Either way, it's a good idea to equip your sales and support teams with a local 401 area code number.

Get your 401 area code business phone number in 4 easy steps

It’s super-easy to look up area codes and add a local number in Dialpad. When you sign up for a free 14-day trial, which takes just a few minutes, you’ll also be set up with a phone number with your area code of choice—in this case, a 401 area code.

Or, if you’re already with Dialpad, it’s easy to add another VoIP number or do an area code lookup too:

Step 1. Navigate to Settings

Step 2. Choose “Add a Number”

Step 3. Check your local licenses and add a business phone line

Step 4. Confirm the new phone number or select it from the Change menu.

That’s it!

Get a communications platform with your 401 number

Standard

$15

/user/mo

$20 USD if billed monthly

1 License Minimum

  • Unlimited calling2
  • Call controls (call forwarding, transfer, hold, mute)
  • Custom voicemail greeting
  • Voicemail transcription
  • G Suite & Office 365 integrations
  • Fax (add-on)1
  • Custom off-hours routing

Enterprise

Contact us

100 License Minimum

All Pro plan features, plus:

  • 100% uptime Service Level Agreements (SLA)
  • Extensions
  • Unlimited office locations
  • Enhanced 24/7 Phone Support
  • Unlimited ring groups (departments)
  • Azure Integration
  • IAM/SSO Integrations (Okta, OneLogin)
  • Retention policies