Washington, DC, April 05, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- All customers with the 202 area code should prepare for 10-digit dialing and the introduction of the new 771 area code. The 771 area code will be ...

DCPSC announces new 771 area code for the District of Columbia. Washington, D.C., Sept. 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia (Commission) announced ...

After more than half a century, the District’s beloved 202 area code is running out of numbers. The impending shortage, announced recently by the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA), ...

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 ...

When it comes to calls placed by Washingtonians, 771 is the new 202. With the 202 area code expected to run out of numbers by the end of 2022, D.C. has been assigned 771 as its replacement. The new ...

The District’s easily recognizable 202 area code will be joined by a second area code assigned to some new phone numbers beginning Nov. 9 — and it means a change for how customers place calls within ...

We’re making the call: it’s the start of a new era. The D.C. Public Service Commission announced Monday that the District’s new (771) area code will start being assigned to phones and services in the ...

If you have a D.C. phone number, you may want to hold on to it. Phone numbers with the 202 area code are expected to run out as early as 2023, according to the company that administers area codes ...

Hold onto your 202 hoodies and T-shirts: There’s a new area code in town. Well, in a few years there will be. DC will add the area code 771 to local numbers by the end of 2022, according to the DC ...

In just a few short years, D.C. could be a city divided—by little more than a three-digit number. The supply of phone numbers with the city’s (202) area code is shrinking, raising the possibility that ...