People living in the current 570 area code will have to dial 10-digit numbers. The days of new phone numbers being handed out in the 570 area code are, well, numbered. Residents and businesses in ...

The state Public Utility Commission announced the area code overlay for the 570 region will be 272. The move will require that people dial 10 digits for all local phone calls as new phones are issued ...

A new 272 area code remains on schedule to be implemented in the current 570 area code region during the third quarter of 2013. However, the public will have more time to get into the habit of dialing ...

The area code overlay for the 570 region will be 272, the state Public Utility Commission has announced. The move will require that people dial 10 digits for all local phone calls as new phones are ...

They first started popping up in 2014, but not many in Northeastern Pennsylvania have received the new 272 area code. In an area with more than 3 million active phone numbers, fewer than 5,000 with ...

Northeast Pennsylvania gained the 272 area code almost two years ago. Yet few 272 numbers have been assigned since then. “There are still 11 prefixes still available in 570,” said John Manning, ...

Implementation of an overlay in the 570 area code has been delayed a year, a state official said this week. A new 272 area code overlay scheduled for implementation in the third quarter of this year ...

The number 272 will be the overlay area code for the 570 area code when implemented. The North American Numbering Plan Administrator informed the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission that the new ...

West Scranton residents Don and Cheryl Tucker changed their cellphone carriers earlier this year and each was assigned a new phone number with a 272 area code. At first, they thought it was a mistake.

Northeastern Pennsylvania, meet your new area code overlay. The state Public Utility Commission announced Friday that 272 will be used in the 570 area code as the first three digits for new phone ...

West Scranton residents Don and Cheryl Tucker changed their cellphone carriers earlier this year and each was assigned a new phone number with a 272 area code. At first, they thought it was a mistake.

A spokeswoman for the state’s Public Utility Commission has confirmed that plans to introduce a new area code to portions of the region currently served by the 570 area code have been put on ...