HARRISBURG, Pa. – Today the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission approved a modified implementation schedule for the new “223” overlay area code, which covers all or part of 16 counties in Central ...

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.

Mandatory 10-digit dialing will begin Aug. 26 and new 223 area codes will be released Sept. 26 in Lancaster and the other 15 Pennsylvania counties with 717 area codes. The Pennsylvania Public Utility ...

Starting in the fall, the 223 area code will begin begin assigned to new telephone numbers in central Pennsylvania. On Aug. 26, anyone making calls to numbers in the 717 or 223 area codes will have to ...

A new area code is bringing 10-digit dialing to residents of 16 southcentral Pennsylvania counties.The new 223 area code is being added Saturday to the area covered by the 717 area code. That's ...

Mandatory 10-digit dialing will begin later this year in Berks and 15 other counties in Pennsylvania that are getting a new area code to overlay the existing 717 area code. The Pennsylvania Public ...

This article was originally published Aug. 23, 2017. Come Saturday, you won’t be able to dial local numbers without using the 717 area code. That’s because at 12:01 a.m., the Public Utility Commission ...

(WHTM) — When dialing the phone or texting someone, you may notice three numbers that come before the actual phone number. Area codes have been around since the 1940s and are apart of the North ...