JACKSON, Miss. (WTVA) — A new area code will be added to Mississippi, effective Jan. 30. The new area code, 471, will be ...

In the beginning, there were telephones, but no telephone numbers. Calls were placed by operators, who connected people by name. Then came numbers, but the first phone numbers were short — “5” could ...

BUTLER, WARREN COUNTIES — The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio on Wednesday approved a plan to overlay a new area code over the existing 513 area code. The area code, which covers southwest Ohio, ...

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 ...

New York is running out of 845 area code phone numbers. The state Public Service Commission is considering creating a new area code to solve that problem, and area residents will have three chances to ...

DESOTO COUNTY, Miss. (WMC) - The 662 area code in North Mississippi will soon have an area code overlay. Internet and ...

Because telephone companies put their own marketing needs ahead of the public interest, customers in the 847 area code may have to start dialing 11 digits for every local call in November instead of ...

If your phone rings just once from a three-digit area code, you may assume the call is coming from somewhere in the United States and be tempted to call the number back. But satisfying your curiosity ...