Starting on October 24, calls dialed with only seven digits may not be completed, and a recording will inform you that your call cannot be completed as dialed. You must hang up and dial again using ...

In many parts of the US, it has long been possible to make local calls with just the seven-digit phone number; the three-digit area code was implicit for calls between numbers using the same area code ...

If a 10-digit number of (212) 867-5309 was dialed, the 7-digit pattern would match and the first 7 digits of the call 212-8675 would be attempted. The easy fix to the previous challenge in major ...

10-digit dialing requires callers to enter the area code for the phone number they’re dialing. skynesher Getty Images People making local calls to Lexington phone numbers will now have to dial the 859 ...

Residents in telephone area codes 708 and 219 join others across the nation in having to dial all 10 digits, even when placing calls locally. The change, effective Oct. 24, is part of a Federal ...

Alabama residents in the 251 area code must now use 10-digit dialing. The Federal Communication Commission is transitioning to a 3-digit dialing code – 988 – for the National Suicide Prevention ...

Making a call? Phone users will now have to dial 10 digits to make local calls in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky.If you have a 513 or 859 area code, you’ll soon have to dial an area code — even for ...