Residents and businesses on L.A.’s Westside and in the South Bay will have to dial 11 digits to make local calls starting next July as the state Public Utilities Commission on Thursday unanimously ...

The Times really dialed a wrong number. Our previous efforts to defeat the overlay were not to protect our “vaunted” area code but to avoid dialing four extra digits each and every time we pick up a ...

ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - On August 18, Louisiana Public Service Commission (LPSC) posted a bulletin reminding residents that the next-to-last stage of area code overlay for the 318 area code region ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

The California Public Utilities Commission approved an area code overlay for the 805 region, and will be assigning the 820 area code to new numbers in the area starting in June 2018. (CPUC photo) ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Starting Tuesday, 689 will join 407 in Orange, Osceola, Seminole and parts of Lake and Volusia counties. According to the Florida Public Service Commission, the new area code is being ...