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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (ABC7) — D.C.'s well-known 202 area code has been a staple of the city since 1947, but the area code will run out of new phone numbers by the third quarter of 2022. To address this matter, ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — Nothing is more "D.C." than having a phone number with the area code 202. Rappers like Wale and Ludacris have rapped about the joys and the mischief one can find in the 202. It appears, ...

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) ...

The plethora of timeless symbols that define Washington include the White House, the Lincoln Memorial and a venerated area code that evokes power and prestige: 202 — the digital entryway to the nation ...

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 ...