The 540 area code will soon be put to rest. According to the State Corporation Commission, the area code is set to run out during the second quarter of 2022. In response, a new area code was added … ...

If you have a 540 area code, you’ll have to dial three more digits to make a local call starting this Saturday. According to Virginia’s State Corporation Commission (SCC), it will be mandatory ...

The new area code, 626, is being assigned by the North American Numbering Plan Administrator. The new code was administered to relieve future exhaustion of phone numbers in Virginia's 540 area code.

The 540 area code encompasses the northwestern and southwestern portions of Virginia; some of the larger cities include Blacksburg, Christiansburg, Culpeper, Fredericksburg, Front Royal ...

The SCC announced on Wednesday that the 826 area code has been assigned to phone numbers in western and northern portions of Virginia. The relief plan approved by the SCC superimposes 826 over the ...

If you have a 540 area code, you’ll have to dial three more digits to make a local call starting this Saturday. According to Virginia’s State Corporation Commission (SCC), it will be mandatory as of ...

The area code was created in 1995, splitting off from the 703 area code. Current estimates predict the available numbers in the 540 area code will be exhausted in 2022.

Mandatory 10-digit dialing (3-digit area code + the 7-digit telephone number) begins May 14 for Virginians living in the 540 area code region. Local calls made with just seven digits will not be ...

The 540 area code is running out of phone numbers. But if you have one now, you can keep it. In an order Wednesday, the State Corporation Commission approved a second area code — 826 — for a ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Consumers in southwest Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley may soon receive a new area code when they are assigned new phone numbers. The State Corporation Commission said ...

The 540 area code will soon be put to rest. According to the State Corporation Commission, the area code is set to run out during the second quarter of 2022. In response, a new area code was added … ...