If you have a phone number in the 740 area code, mandatory 10 digit dialing began over the weekend. The change is the next step in preparing for the overlay of the 220 area code. All phone calls ...

There aren’t enough numbers in the 740 area code to accommodate anticipated demand, so state utility regulators are preparing to introduce a new code by early 2015. Now, they’re asking people to weigh ...

MARIETTA – A new area code is coming to the region, and the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio wants residents to help make the call on how it happens. The PUCO has been notified by the North ...

People who live in the 740 area code should prepare to see a new area code, 220, popping up in their neighborhoods beginning in early 2015. But current 740 customers will be allowed to retain their ...

MARIETTA – On March 21 everyone within the 740 area code in Ohio will have to add that three-digit prefix to make phone calls. In April, a second area code, 220, goes into service within the 740 area.

Starting Sept. 20, customers can practice placing calls with all 10 digits for local calls. Starting March 21, customers must use all digits to place local phone calls. The new area code, 220, will be ...

Telephone customers in the 740 are being asked to vote on two proposals to create a new area code for parts of central and southeast Ohio. The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio said Wednesday it has ...

Residents in the 740 area code will need to get ready to start punching in more numbers on local calls because of a decision made Wednesday by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. The regulatory ...

Southeastern Ohioans have spoken, and they want to keep their 740 area code, even if that means dialing a longer phone number. The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio says 70% of residents who ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Callers in central and southeast Ohio’s 740 area code are beginning to need 10 numbers to make local calls as preparations are made for the addition of a new 220 area code in ...

(COLUMBUS) – Beginning Saturday, mandatory 10-digit dialing comes to the 614 area code. The change is coming to help prepare for the arrival of the new 380 area code to Columbus. The new area code is ...

MARION – Beginning March 21, all local calls made within the Ohio 740 area code must be placed using the 10- or 11-digit telephone number (area code plus the seven-digit telephone number or 1 plus the ...