The need for a new area code isn’t necessarily driven by population but associated with the multiple numbers each person may be using. The supply of 502 area code phone number prefixes, the three ...

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) -- A new area code is coming to North Carolina. The new code will be 472 and it will overlay the existing 910 area code and will serve the same geographic area but will not ...

The last 937 area code numbers are being assigned to phone carriers in the Miami Valley, and a new area code will be rolled out in about two months. The new 326 area code will overlay the existing ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The New York Department of Public Service made a stir Tuesday when it announced the official adoption of a new “624” area code for Western New York. But the move has been in the ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- There is a shortage of new phone numbers in the 502 area code, according to the Kentucky Public Service Commission. The commission said it was notified that the 502 area code ...

Kentucky's 502 area code is expected to run out of numbers by the third quarter of 2027. The Public Service Commission is considering either an overlay or a geographic split to address the shortage.

Tennessee's newest area code will be in service in March. The 729 area code will be added to the existing 423 area code zone centered around Johnson City and Bristol to the north and Chattanooga to ...

West Scranton residents Don and Cheryl Tucker changed their cellphone carriers earlier this year and each was assigned a new phone number with a 272 area code. At first, they thought it was a mistake.