New telephone lines or services started in “the 757? may now be assigned the new 948 area code beginning Monday. Virginia’s State Corporation Commission (SCC) began requiring 10-digit dialing last ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — The Hampton Roads/Tidewater area will still surely be referred to as the “757,” but there is another area code in town. The 948 code launched Monday due to the limited ...

NORFOLK, Va. — The 757 now officially has a second area code: 948. With this new area code in Hampton Roads comes a new way to dial numbers. The 757 area code, launched back in 1996 by splitting off ...

COURTLAND, Va. — It's become a culture, a vibe, to represent 757. But, for those new to snatching up a phone number with that area code, your time may be running out soon. The North American Numbering ...

Tidewater Virginia is running low on phone numbers, which means a new area code is coming. The plan is for a new “overlay” code, which means nobody’s current number will change. But everyone will have ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia state regulators are seeking public comments on a new area code in the southeastern part of the state as the 757 code runs out of new numbers. The State Corporation ...

Permissive 10-digit dialing will begin for Virginians living in the 757 area code region on Saturday, Sept. 11. This is the first step in a 2020 relief plan approved by the State Corporation ...

Get used to dialing 10 digits instead of seven — next month, the 757 area code is getting a sibling. The State Corporation Commission will assign 948 as a new area code for the Hampton Roads region ...

HAMPTON ROADS, Va. - The Hampton Roads area will now have a new area code. The State Corporation Commission announced Wednesday that the North American Numbering Plan Administrator has assigned a new ...

Eastern Shore of Virginia residents signing up for new telephone lines may get a new area code. Virginia's State Corporation Commission said on its website that beginning May 9, new telephone lines or ...

Mandatory 10-digit dialing (3-digit area code + the 7-digit telephone number) begins April 9 for Virginians living in the 757 area code region. Local calls made with just seven digits will not be ...