Washington, DC, April 05, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- All customers with the 202 area code should prepare for 10-digit dialing and the introduction of the new 771 area code. The 771 area code will be ...

WASHINGTON (ABC7) — D.C.'s well-known 202 area code has been a staple of the city since 1947, but the area code will run out of new phone numbers by the third quarter of 2022. To address this matter, ...

If you have a D.C. phone number, you may want to hold on to it. Phone numbers with the 202 area code are expected to run out as early as 2023, according to the company that administers area codes ...

When a 202 number flashes on your phone screen, you know you're getting a call from D.C. But the famed area code that's covered the city for decades is running out of numbers. Now, District residents ...

WASHINGTON — Nothing is more "D.C." than having a phone number with the area code 202. Rappers like Wale and Ludacris have rapped about the joys and the mischief one can find in the 202. It appears, ...

The area code 202 is synonymous with D.C. — it’s been the District’s sole area code for more than 70 years. But come 2022, when new phone numbers are forecast to run out, there’ll be a new three-digit ...

The countdown is finally here: No, we’re not talking about season three of the Crown, a certain first Tuesday of November, or even the end of the year 2020. We’re talking about the countdown toward ...

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser described 202 for Peace as a “summerlong, citywide gun violence awareness campaign.” (WTOP/Kristi King) How do you get people to put down guns to end violence and killings?

It’s quite literally the plot of a 1998 Seinfeld episode. A main character in the show lobbies to get a coveted Manhattan 212 phone area code from a dead neighbor after she is assigned the apparently ...