NEW YORK (Reuters) - The looming arrival of a new Manhattan area code has triggered waves of dismay and anger online, while owners of the coveted original 212 telephone prefix swelled with pride on ...

If you’ve nabbed a highly sought-after rent-controlled apartment, what’s next on your list of hot city items? Try a 212 area code. The area code, typically used for Manhattan landlines, is the latest ...

New York City’s iconic 212 area code, name-checked in songs and on TV shows such as "Seinfeld," is losing some of its exclusivity. On Thursday, the Federal Communication Commission gave ...

In today's edition of A NY Times Study In Rich People, a couple moving to New York from Boston yearns for "his-and-her" 212 area codes, because nothing says MANHATTAN like shelling out hundreds of ...

Sherri Littlefield wants a phone number with the 212 area code. “I think if people saw that, they would just immediately know, ‘Oh, she lives in New York City,’” Littlefield said. Littlefield is ...

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Start spreading the news. The "212" area code is slipping out of New York City thanks to Internet-based phone companies. The coveted digits that mean so much to so many are ...

A new area code was released to New Yorkers on Saturday — but no one wants it. Not one New Yorker has called for a 929 number, according to the North American Numbering Plan Administration. 929 joined ...

VIEW NOT INCLUDED: An online vendor is selling sought-after 212 area codes, once a status symbol only available to those living in Manhattan. Reuters Anyone from the Deep South to the West Coast can ...

Even in our technologically abundant world, scarcity remains. Caroline Waxler reports on the half-silly, half-interesting trend of New York entrepreneurs trying to acquire (or proudly noting or ...

A man uses his phone while riding the subway in New York, U.S., August 24, 2016. Picture taken August 24, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/Files By Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - The looming arrival ...