WASHINGTON — QUESTION: If a new area code is put in place for a city, does that mean you have to change your current phone number or will lose it if it has the old area code? ANSWER: You do not need ...

The area code 202 is synonymous with D.C. — it’s been the District’s sole area code for more than 70 years. But come 2022, when new phone numbers are forecast to run out, there’ll be a new three-digit ...

Okay, Washington. What do we think? The city is running out of 202 telephone numbers. On Tuesday it was announced that the new, additional area code for the city will be 771. Good number? Bad number?

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Washington, DC, residents could get some new digits starting Tuesday, as the area’s 771 area code will begin to be assigned to phones and services in the district, according to the District of ...

Washington, D.C., Sept. 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia (Commission) announced today that the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA) ...

As of Tuesday, DC has officially lost its status as a one-area-code city. But don’t fret. You can still rep the District with your 202 hoodies and T-shirts. The District of Columbia Public Service ...

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 ...

Washington, DC, residents could get some new digits starting Tuesday, as the area’s 771 area code will begin to be assigned to phones and services in the district, according to the District of ...