256 Area Code

Need a business phone number in Huntsville? Look no further. As an Aircall customer, you can be local throughout northern Alabama.

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Why an Alabama area code is a great idea for your business

If you’re looking to expand into or target new business in Huntsville and the surrounding areas, then having a local phone number is a great way to gain trust with the local community, even if your business isn’t physically there. Customers in that area code can call you without incurring long-distance charges, and they’ll be more likely to answer the phone if your number starts with (256).

How to get a 256 number with Aircall

Getting set up locally with Aircall is quick and easy. Just head to your Dashboard. 

On the Dashboard:

Click ‘Create or port number’ from the ‘Numbers’ tab

Choose ‘Local number’

Select the 256 Region

Name that number and assign it to a user or team

Select ‘Create Number’

What region does area code 256 cover?

Area code 256 is a Central time zone code serving the beautiful rural north of Alabama, bordering Georgia, Tennessee and Mississippi. There’s a 938 overlay that also covers the area.

In addition to Huntsville, 256 covers:

Decatur
Madison
Homewood
Hoover
Tuscaloosa
Vestavia Hills

Essential customer communication features with Aircall

Every Aircall local business number comes with a full suite of features that ensure seamless connectivity for your business and your customers.

“Aircall makes the process of speaking to hundreds of people a day super-efficient, seamless, and enjoyable. It allows us to engage in meaningful conversations every day.”

Owen Pickrell, Sales Manager, Disciple Media

Improve performance with powerful features

Ditch manual dialing with tools like Power Dialer and Click-to-Dial, so that reps can reach their quotas faster. And combine your calls with SMS and MMS capabilities so you can reach your customers in a way that suits them.

Deliver better customer experience

Get new teammates up-and-running quickly, and support them in their development with Call Coaching & Whispering. Use Live Monitoring to see who needs help, and review call recordings in half the time to improve your team’s customer service.

Build credibility and trust with in-depth insights

Advanced analytics dashboards help you to make informed decisions on quotas, capacity planning, and outreach strategy. And instant customer insights help your agents to dive into the detail of any call without asking the customer to repeat themselves.

“I want to track the activities of my salespeople and their success. If they make 200 phone calls a day, but each call is 10 seconds long, I know that we have work to do. It helps me to identify problems so I can then find solutions and coach people to be better..”

Pekka Nebelung, Chief Operating Officer, Jobilla

Level up with AI

Drive team performance with AI-generated call summaries to save time on reviews and reporting. Identify key discussion points for faster call monitoring. Review speaker dynamics and caller engagement levels to drive better conversations.

Integrate with your existing business tools

Aircall integrates with 100+ CRMs, help desks, and more. Conversation activity is automatically synced with all your other customer data, so you can limit the manual work, and better-personalize your interactions.