An overlay plan is the best remedy for the pending shortage of phone numbers in the 918 area code, according to an administrative law judge. Such a plan would mean residents with telephone or ...

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CITYWIDE — A PROPOSED NEW OVERLAY AREA CODE for parts of New York City will be the topic of two virtual public statement hearings that the New York State Public Service Commission will hold on Tuesday ...

Detroiters will have to get used adding 313 when dialing out instead of just the seven digit phone number…even when dialing ...

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 ...

Pennsylvania’s 814 area code, the largest geographically, is getting a second overlay code, to ensure a sufficient supply of phone numbers for residents and businesses there. The new code — 582 — ...

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 ...

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) — This year, the Phoenix area changed how it dials telephone numbers. Specifically, if you have a 602 or 623 number, as of Aug. 12, you must include the area code when calling a ...

John Manning doesn’t know why telecommunications carriers serving northeastern New York believe they need so many phone numbers. But the requests for so-called central office codes were coming at such ...

OKLAHOMA CITY -- In a vote Monday morning, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission voted 2-1 on how it is going to break up the 918 area code. After holding a public discussion, the commissioners decided ...