Article: New 872 area code coming.(Business)

Article: Area code overlay plan postponed until 1999
Cary Grove Countryside (IL);  August 6, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... was introduced in January 1996, the 847 area code was predicted to last well into the first ... companies want to assign a new "overlay" area code to the 847 region. While the proposed 224 area code would go only to new phone customers or ...

Article: Area Code Change Creeps Closer to Fresno, Calif..
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  July 13, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... 13--It's funny how the new 559 area code heading this way can sneak up on people ... business cards and brochures. The area code for Fresno, Madera, Kings and Tulare ... to use up their old forms with the 209 area code and get new ones with 559. Business ...

Article: 323 Area Code Begins Service On June 13.
Business Wire;  June 2, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 2, 1998-- New Area Code - California's 21st - Splits off from 213 The new 323 area code will begin serving customers in part of the existing 213 area code on June 13, 1998. The 323 area code is being created ...

Article: 925 Area Code Becomes Mandatory on September 12.
Business Wire;  September 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... residents east of the Oakland Hills previously served by the 510 area code. Anyone not dialing the 925 area code will receive a recorded message reminding them of the area code change. The reminder will last for approximately three months ...

Article: Area code overlay delayed until 1999
Lake Forester (Lake Forest, IL);  August 6, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... to Lake County in January 1996, the 847 area code was predicted to last well into the first ... companies want to assign a new "overlay" area code to the 847 region. While the proposed 224 area code would go only to new phone customers or ...

Article: AREA CODE PROPOSAL: YOUR NUMBER'S UP
Post-Tribune (IN);  October 21, 1999 ;     691 words ... ... PRINTED VERSION. QUICKLY QUESTION Another area code is coming. Should the new numbers be ... telephone numbers and could get a new area code in the next year. But it might not mean ... for existing phone numbers in the 219 area code. Instead, the Indiana Telecommunications ...

Article: Area code 562 begins Jan. 25 for most of Long Beach ...
Business Wire;  January 21, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... Jan. 21, 1997--On Jan. 25, area code 562 in generally the greater Long Beach area and in the existing 310 area code communities east of the Los Angeles River will become California's 14th area code. This is the first area code that ...