There are two kinds of Austinites: Those with 512 phone numbers … and those without. Since its introduction in 2013, the 737 area code in Central Texas has become a blatant social marker ...

As the state gets ready to add a new area code, telephone customers in parts of Lampasas and Bell counties will be required to dial 10 digits for all local calls starting today. Central Texas ...

Any new phone numbers could begin with 737 instead of the old, familiar 512. State regulators expect to run out of 512 numbers by the end of the year. Ten-digit dialing took effect June 1 to help ...