A new area code for Upstate South Carolina has been in the works for more than a year and is expected to be in use by sometime next year. New phone customers will be given an 821 area code rather than ...

Columbia, SC (WLTX) -- Before we know it, the Midlands will soon welcome the area code "839" to the "803", and some local businesses who pride themselves in the signature digits are weighing on the ...

Starting in May 2020, South Carolina will add a fifth area code: 839. S.C. Public Service Commission A new area code for Upstate South Carolina has been in the works for more than a year and is ...

New phone? Soon it’ll be coming with a new area code. An area code of 839 has been assigned to the entire area of what now is 803. That area includes York, Lancaster and Chester counties and goes down ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — On April 25th, ten digit dialing in the 803 area code will go into effect for all calls. Instead of dialing the seven digit number, you’ll have to add the area code before you dial.

Starting this Saturday, April 25, anyone dialing a phone number with an 803 area code must dial those three extra digits to put the call through. This 10-digit dialing requirement is going into effect ...

COLUMBIA — As South Carolina continues to be one of the nation's fastest-growing states, the region that includes Columbia is getting a new area code. The plan to supplement the state’s oldest area ...