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 ...

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.

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission on Thursday voted 5-0 to delay a decision on whether to split the region and give half of it a new area code or create an overlay that would give all new ...

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, ...

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 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 Pennsylvania Public ...

It's about to take a little longer for people in Pennsylvania's 717 area code to make phone calls. The state Public Utility Commission said Tuesday that, starting August 26, callers will have to use ...