WUSA

VERIFY: Will your phone number automatically change if your city gets a new area code?

WASHINGTON — QUESTION: If a new area code is put in place for a city, does that mean you have to change your current phone number or will lose it if it has the old area code? ANSWER: You do not need ...
WGN Radio

Area code 708: Deadline to start 10-digit-dialing for local phone numbers is Sunday

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The deadline is Sunday to ...
Chattanooga Times Free Press

New area code unveiled for East Tennessee phone customers

A new area code, 729, will soon join the existing 423 area code serving most of East Tennessee. State regulators last week approved the creation of the new area code in the growing region since the ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer

Local calls will require dialing area code plus phone number beginning in October

Mandatory 10-digit dialing for local calls in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky will be implemented in October, the Federal Communications Commission announced Friday. The move is necessary to allow a ...
Fox Carolina

REMINDER: Upstate SC to receive new area code for phone calls in August

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - In November 2023, the South Carolina Public Service Commission (PSC) announced that the South Carolina Upstate will receive a new 821 area code that will supplement ...
WRIC

Roll out the red carpet for “826”; Area code “540” phone numbers run out in Virginia

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The 540 area code will soon be put to rest. According to the State Corporation Commission, in the second quarter of 2022, there will be no new numbers using the 540 area code ...