Within the next two years, South Central Pennsylvania will add a new area code, a change that has some residents and business owners concerned. There's no question the new area code will be added. An ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Mandatory 10-digit dialing will begin later this year in 16 counties in south-central Pennsylvania that are getting a new area code to overlay the existing 717 area code. The ...

The 717 area code was established in 1947. Some of you may remember a time when it serviced a great deal more of eastern Pennsylvania than it does today. In fact, 717 was the largest area code on the ...

Probably starting next summer or early fall, the area code for new telephone numbers in the saturated 717 region will be 223. The new area code was announced Tuesday by Neustar Inc., the company ...

Mandatory 10-digit dialing will begin Aug. 26 and new 223 area codes will be released Sept. 26 in Lancaster and the other 15 Pennsylvania counties with 717 area codes. The Pennsylvania Public Utility ...

HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission will hold two “smart hearings” on Aug. 9 to gather public comment on plans to address the predicted exhaustion of telephone numbers in the 717 ...

Saturday is the day that 10-digit dialing begins in what has been the 717 area code. The change is required as a result of a new "overlay" area code -- 223 -- being activated in the 717 service area.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission has approved a plan to overlay a new area code within the 16 counties currently covered by the 717 area code. The 5-0 vote means ...

An additional area code for the Susquehanna Valley region - the "717" - has been selected. Now, "223" will be assigned to new telephone numbers once the available supply of numbers is exhausted. Based ...

WEBVTT NEWS 8'S SUSAN SHAPIRO IS HERE WITH MORE ON THE PLAN THAT WAS JUST APPROVED TODAY BY T PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION. SUSAN: THE NEED FOR PHONE NUMBERS IS GROWING THE 717 AREA CODE, THANKS IN PART, ...

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) on Thursday approved an implementation plan that will establish a new "overlay" area code for the 717 Number Planning Area (NPA), which covers all or ...

A portion of Berks and 15 other counties in Pennsylvania are getting a new area code, but numbers already being used in the 717 area code won't be affected. The state Public Utility Commission said ...