NANPA Assigns Overlay Area Code for San Antonio
With numbers running out in San Antonio’s 210 area code, the North American Numbering Plan Administrator assigned 726 as an overlay area code, the Texas Public Utility Commission said Thursday. Numbers in the 210 area code are expected to last…
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until early 2018, the PUC said. Under a schedule ordered by the PUC, 10-digit dialing will be required in September 2017 and the 726 area code will be activated the following month. From March to September 2017, people can dial seven or 10 digits. Also Thursday, the New York Public Service Commission announced six public hearings in the upstate 518 area code to seek feedback on whether to use an overlay or split the area in half to relieve number exhaust. The hearings will be July 26 to Aug. 4 in a variety of places, the commission notice said.