The costly and disruptive nationwide explosion of area codes has long been blamed on popular gadgets like fax machines and wireless phones, but critics are now charging that the shortage of telephone ...

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 ...

212. 213. 312. If you know, you know. Over nearly 80 years, area codes have come to signify regional identities and a deep connection to a place. So what happens when tech and population growth ...

The way we communicate is a concept that has drastically and rapidly evolved. Today, within a couple of seconds, we can be on a phone call with someone on the other side of the world. Not too long ago ...

Residents in telephone area codes 708 and 219 join others across the nation in having to dial all 10 digits, even when placing calls locally. The change, effective Oct. 24, is part of a Federal ...

A Washington, D.C., software designer has developed a system that could slow Florida’s runaway consumption of telephone area codes. NeuStar Inc.’s software is designed to pool phone numbers for ...

The Ministry of Information and Communication’s (MIC) decision to change telephone area codes twice within six years shows an ineffective use of the national telecom number repository and a lack of ...

Beginning on Saturday, Oct. 22, three new phone area codes will be introduced in Quebec.