COLUMBUS, Ohio — A new phone area code “overlay” has been approved for the 440 zone, with officials saying the current code soon will run out of available numbers. The Public Utilities Commission of ...

An overlay plan is the best remedy for the pending shortage of phone numbers in the 918 area code, according to an administrative law judge. Such a plan would mean residents with telephone or ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KGPE/KSEE) – Those who live in the 559 area code are soon to be getting an additional area code. The California Public Utilities Commission is providing more numbers for the 559 area ...

You'll have to wait just a little bit longer to get your hands on a shiny new 729 area code. The Tennessee Public Utility Commission has delayed the area code overlay process that would add 729 to its ...

Butte County, and the 530 area code as a whole, will be getting a new code starting Jan. 31, 2024. According to an announcement and fact sheet from AT&T, the new 837 area code will be an overlay to ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — On Friday, 10-digit dialing became a requirement for people in the Arkansas 870 area code region. The Arkansas Public Service Commission said the change comes as the region ...

It's official — everyone whose phone numbers have a 918 area code will get to keep it. But soon most new numbers in eastern Oklahoma will be assigned 539 as their area code, and everyone eventually ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) has announced that the 440 area code, which covers several parts of Northeast Ohio, is expected to run out of available phone numbers in ...

A new area code is coming to Northern California to supplement the 530 code, which stretches from the edge of the Bay Area to the state's borders with Oregon and Nevada. The California Public ...

It might be Code Red in the 310 dialing area this month when the state’s first area code overlay goes into full effect on L.A.’s Westside. Beginning July 26, all calls made within the 310 territory ...

To ensure a continuing supply of telephone numbers, the California Public Utilities Commission has approved an all-services overlay for the 530 area code on Jan. 31. The 530 area code serves most of ...

John Manning doesn’t know why telecommunications carriers serving northeastern New York believe they need so many phone numbers. But the requests for so-called central office codes were coming at such ...