NEW YORK (Reuters) - The looming arrival of a new Manhattan area code has triggered waves of dismay and anger online, while owners of the coveted original 212 telephone prefix swelled with pride on ...

A retired New Jersey businessman has put his coveted 212 Manhattan phone number up for sale on eBay for $1million. Known only as Carmen, the man, who has refused to reveal his full name decided to put ...

Sherri Littlefield wants a phone number with the 212 area code. “I think if people saw that, they would just immediately know, ‘Oh, she lives in New York City,’” Littlefield said. Littlefield is ...

A new area code was released to New Yorkers on Saturday — but no one wants it. Not one New Yorker has called for a 929 number, according to the North American Numbering Plan Administration. 929 joined ...

VIEW NOT INCLUDED: An online vendor is selling sought-after 212 area codes, once a status symbol only available to those living in Manhattan. Reuters Anyone from the Deep South to the West Coast can ...

The 212 area code is under attack! Those three little numbers may not be the perfect piece of affordable Manhattan ownership you thought they were. As Todd Shields & Scott Moritz reported in Bloomberg ...

The 212 area code is as New York as the Knicks, bagels and lox, and Central Park. But starting today, Manhattanites can no longer distinguish themselves by the 212 code. Bell Atlantic today begins ...

New York City’s iconic 212 area code, name-checked in songs and on TV shows such as "Seinfeld," is losing some of its exclusivity. On Thursday, the Federal Communication Commission gave ...

A man uses his phone while riding the subway in New York, U.S., August 24, 2016. Picture taken August 24, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/Files By Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - The looming arrival ...