If you have a 540 area code, you’ll have to dial three more digits to make a local call starting this Saturday. According to Virginia’s State Corporation Commission (SCC), it will be mandatory as of ...

The State Corporation Commission announced today that the North American Numbering Plan Administrator has assigned a new area code to western and northern portions of the Commonwealth. The new 826 ...

With exhaustion of the 540 area code projected for next year, the Virginia State Corporation Commission announced the introduction of a new 826 area code for the same coverage region. Residents with ...

The 540 area code is running out of phone numbers. But if you have one now, you can keep it. In an order Wednesday, the State Corporation Commission approved a second area code — 826 — for a region ...

Mandatory 10-digit dialing (3-digit area code + the 7-digit telephone number) begins May 14 for Virginians living in the 540 area code region. Local calls made with just seven digits will not be ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The 540 area code will soon be put to rest. According to the State Corporation Commission, in the second quarter of 2022, there will be no new numbers using the 540 area code ...

A new 826 area code will soon coexist with area code 540 in portions of Southwest Virginia, according to the Virginia State Corporation Commission. The new area code was approved in June 2020 after ...

ROANOKE, Va. – Current estimates predict that in 2022, there will be 0 number left in the 540 area code, according to the State Corporation Commission. Now, a new area code will be able to take its ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ/SCC Release) - A new area code will begin soon in Virginia in areas currently served by the “540″ code, because the inventory of available phone numbers with “540″ as the area code ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The 540 area code will soon be put to rest. According to the State Corporation Commission, in the second quarter of 2022, there will be no new numbers using the 540 area code ...