The next time there’s this much fuss in Hampton Roads about a number, it will be the year 2000. But for now, the commotion involves three numbers, not four, and a location, not a century. The numbers ...

Mandatory 10-digit dialing (3-digit area code + the 7-digit telephone number) begins April 9 for Virginians living in the 757 area code region. Local calls made with just seven digits will not be ...

Three months after the 757 area code went into effect, some residents and businesses who heeded Bell Atlantic’s advice to start using it right away still aren’t getting all their calls. Voluntary use ...

NORFOLK, Va. — The Hampton Roads region may soon have a new area code to go alongside the 757. The North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA) filed a request for a new overlay code because ...

NORFOLK, Va. — We now know when Hampton Roads is getting a new area code. The current 757 area code isn't going away, but we are running out of numbers for it. Last year, the State Corporation ...

New telephone lines or services started in “the 757? may now be assigned the new 948 area code beginning Monday. Virginia’s State Corporation Commission (SCC) began requiring 10-digit dialing last ...

Get used to dialing 10 digits instead of seven — next month, the 757 area code is getting a sibling. The State Corporation Commission will assign 948 as a new area code for the Hampton Roads region ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia state regulators are seeking public comments on a new area code in the southeastern part of the state as the 757 code runs out of new numbers. The State Corporation ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — The Hampton Roads/Tidewater area will still surely be referred to as the “757,” but there is another area code in town. The 948 code launched Monday due to the limited ...

Hampton Roads’ area code turned 10 this year, just enough time for natives and newcomers to become accustomed to it, rappers to use it in songs and for the numbers to become an identifying ...

Permissive 10-digit dialing will begin for Virginians living in the 757 area code region on Saturday, Sept. 11. This is the first step in a 2020 relief plan approved by the State Corporation ...

Eastern Shore of Virginia residents signing up for new telephone lines may get a new area code. Virginia's State Corporation Commission said on its website that beginning May 9, new telephone lines or ...