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 ...

The Houston area is running out of telephone numbers and will soon add a fifth area code to accommodate its growing population. According to the Public Utility Commission of Texas, Houston's four ...

Montanans love living in the “406,” but Montana could run out of 406 phone numbers by 2033. It’s not because all the numbers will be in use by far. Still, the clock is ticking on assigning a new ...

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 ...

OAKLAND — The new telephone area code for a big stretch of the East Bay, including its largest city, Oakland, is 341, state regulators said Thursday. The 341 area code will be overlaid upon — ...

Colorado will soon have a new area code thanks to the rising demand for new phone numbers. Officials with the state's Public Utilities Commission said they've created the 748 area code to also cover ...

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 ...

A sign of growth in phone systems across Maryland was illustrated Wednesday when state officials announced a new area code is set to go into effect in Washington County and other regions across the ...