People in Tulare County will have to dial four more numbers when they make local calls. Starting Feb. 26, everyone with a 559 area code must dial 1 and an area code on all calls, including those made ...

A new 274 area code prefix will join phone numbers in the 920 area code Friday, the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin announced early April. The 920 area code will soon start running short on new ...

Ofcom is to remove obligations on landline providers to provide ‘local dialling’ services to customers, arguing the measure is outdated in a digital world. Traditionally, users have not needed to ...

There is a new phone area code being added to British Columbia this weekend, joining the five others in the province. The new code is 257, and it will join the existing 236, 250, 672, 778 and 604 ...

Southeastern Georgia will add the 565 area code, overlaying the existing 912 area code. Current 912 area code users will retain their numbers; new users will eventually be assigned the 565 code. The ...

WITH more and more people using smartphones to make calls, landline area codes could soon become a distant memory. In fact, Brits spend half as much time on the landline – but use ten times more ...

OUR WEBSITE, WKYT.COM. NEW TONIGHT. WE NOW KNOW WHAT KENTUCKY’S NEW ADDITIONAL AREA CODE WILL BE. 7.61 WILL BE KENTUCKY’S SIXTH AREA CODE. IT WILL COVER NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY, INCLUDING LOUISVILLE ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

There will be 10 million new phone numbers distributed across London (Picture: Rex Shutterstock) London is to get 10 million more landline phone numbers this year to meet rising demand fuelled by new ...