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 ...

Sometime in the next five years or so, some southern Arizona residents are going to find out that their new neighbors have a different area code.

Some telephone customers in about a dozen counties including Stanislaus may be issued a phone number with a different area code before long. The 209 area code in the Central Valley and Sierra ...

In preparation for the new code, technically called an overlay because it serves people in 202, an existing area code—you and someone else in your house could have different area codes, for ...

The 707 area code has helped identify a vast coastal region stretching from Vallejo to the Oregon border since 1959, but beginning as soon as Feb. 1, new phone lines will carry three different digits.

Any new phone or extra line that you receive after Sept. 12 could be assigned a 480, 602 or 623 area code — whether you live in Tolleson or Tempe, Scottsdale or Surprise, or Phoenix or Peoria — thanks ...

When Robert Bensko was growing up in the 1950s, all Chicago phone numbers came with the 312 area code. "Back then, an area code meant a specific area – Chicago was 312, all of central Illinois was 217 ...

At face value, area codes may be nothing more than just three measly digits, but they carry cultural value in their unique geographical representation. People from Atlanta frequently refer to the city ...

As demand for new phone numbers grows, residents in the Greater Toronto Area are getting a new area code. The Telecommunications Alliance says that starting April 26, an additional area code will be ...