Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Tennessee Public Utility Commission approved a new 729 area code for the existing 423 region in eastern Tennessee. The change ...

Tennessee's newest area code will be in service in March. The 729 area code will be added to the existing 423 area code zone centered around Johnson City and Bristol to the north and Chattanooga to ...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn — East Tennessee will soon have another new area code, and it's going to add three more digits to many people's local calls. The new area code, 729, is being added to the 423 area ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Public Utility Commission said it is working to make sure new phone numbers continue to be available in East Tennessee and is taking a step to make more available. The ...

With new telephone numbers in high demand, the Tennessee Public Utility Commission approved the addition of the new 729 area code to the existing 423 area code region, which covers two non-contiguous ...

You'll have to wait just a little bit longer to get your hands on a shiny new 729 area code. The Tennessee Public Utility Commission has delayed the area code overlay process that would add 729 to its ...

East Tennessee has another new area code, and it's going to add three more digits to many people's local calls. Starting Aug. 5, people in upper and lower East Tennessee in the 423 area code region ...

A new area code, 729, will soon join the existing 423 area code serving most of East Tennessee. State regulators last week approved the creation of the new area code in the growing region since the ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — A new area code number is coming to the 423 counties in East Tennessee. The new area code, 729, was approved on May 30 by the Tennessee Public Utilities Commission. According ...

There are many signs of an area's growth - more and taller apartment buildings, new schools and mor e traffic chief among them. But, every once in a while, more people also means a new area code to ...