Metro Detroit's phone network could get a new area code as soon as next month

As Detroit's cellular network grows, the city is running out of 313 area code phone numbers. Soon, new phone numbers will ...
WTVD

910 area code telephone numbers expected to run out in late 2022

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 ...
WECT

Short supply of 910 telephone numbers means new area code for Southeastern N.C.

SOUTHEASTERN, N.C. (WECT) - It seems like a lot of things are in short supply these days, including our area code. Organizers with the North American Numbering Plan Administrator said that the supply ...
Hoodline

Detroit Embraces 10-Digit Dialing as 313 Area Code Reaches Capacity, Welcomes New 679 Area Code

Detroit starts 10-digit dialing due to the 313 area code reaching capacity, with the new 679 area code introduced.
NBC 10 Philadelphia

Don't Recognize the Number? New Jersey Is Getting New 640 Area Code

From the Jersey shore to Central Jersey, phone calls just got a bit more complicated due to the introduction of a new area code and dialing procedures. A number of changes are coming to New Jersey’s ...
Tulsa World

Second telephone area code being added to 405 for OKC, central Oklahoma

The Oklahoma Corporation Commission on Wednesday approved a second telephone area code for the area using the 405 prefix in central Oklahoma. Called an “overlay,” the plan will add a yet-to-be ...
Mainebiz

Hanging on the telephone: 207 is safe for now, but what happens when our number is up?

Two-zero-seven, the area code that's as synonymous with Maine as lobster or wild blueberries, has become an endangered species. Thanks mostly to our ravenous appetite for cellphones and other mobile ...
SlashGear

Why Did Old Phone Numbers Have Letters In Them?

In this day and age, phones have undeniably become the main method of communication. It seems like everyone has a cell phone in their pocket, making them capable of chatting with others over social ...