The state Public Utility Commission announced the area code overlay for the 570 region will be 272. The move will require that people dial 10 digits for all local phone calls as new phones are issued ...

When the new 442 area code overlay goes into effect on May 2,everyone in the 760 area code should dial the full number for allcalls. That’s one of the steps telephone companies say callers shouldtake ...

Implementation of an overlay in the 570 area code has been delayed a year, a state official said this week. A new 272 area code overlay scheduled for implementation in the third quarter of this year ...

A second area code — 820 — for those already in the 805 will mean a different way of calling for people on the Central Coast, with a 6-month practice period kicking off Dec. 1 (Verizon map) A second ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – The state’s Public Utility Commission wants to hear from the public before it goes ahead with a plan that would result in a new area code for central Pennsylvania. PUC ...

If a public hearing Thursday in Scranton was any indication, the 570 area code will soon have a whole new area code laid over it and assigned to new phone accounts. Northeastern Pennsylvania is close ...

ALBANY >> Current 518 residents won’t have to fear a geographic split of the area code any longer. The State Public Service Commission announced today an area code overlay for the 518 area code, which ...

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 ...

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 ...

CITYWIDE — A PROPOSED NEW OVERLAY AREA CODE for parts of New York City will be the topic of two virtual public statement hearings that the New York State Public Service Commission will hold on Tuesday ...