After more than half a century, the District’s beloved 202 area code is running out of numbers. The impending shortage, announced recently by the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA), ...

Big changes to making phone calls in D.C. are about to go into effect. Phone numbers with the District’s new 771 area code will be issued starting next month, and using the area code while dialing ...

D.C. has had one single area code — 202 — for more than 70 years. But it will soon be joined by a second area code, and the plan to make it happen gets a virtual public hearing at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept ...

The plethora of timeless symbols that define Washington include the White House, the Lincoln Memorial and a venerated area code that evokes power and prestige: 202 — the digital entryway to the nation ...