HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla — Tampa’s population is booming – and they're aren't enough telephone numbers to go around. The Florida Public Service Commission announced Tuesday the current supply of 813 ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (News Service of Florida) — State regulators Tuesday approved moving forward with a new 448 area code in Northwest Florida, while Tampa also could see an additional area code in the ...

An additional area code, the state’s 20th, was approved for the Tampa region Tuesday as numbers in the decades-old 813 area code are running out. The Florida Public Service Commission voted, without ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (NSF) — State utility regulators next week could approve a plan to bring an additional area code to the Tampa region. The North American Numbering Plan Administrator, which oversees ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) -Ten-digit dialing begins for all local calls in the Tampa Bay area on Jan. 22 in connection with a new 656 area code. The new area code will be used in the same communities as the ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Hold on to that 813 area code for life, Tampa Bay — a new one is coming soon. The Florida Public Service Commission approved the new 656 area code in March 2020 for areas already ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – Tampa Bay residents will have a new three-digit number to memorize by 2022. T-Mobile confirmed in a release to its users that a new area code, 656, will be added to the area ...

Because of population growth and the popularity of fax machines and pagers, some of the area now served by the 813 area code will have a new code by 1996, telephone officials say. The 813 region ...

TALLAHASSEE --- State regulators Tuesday approved moving forward with a new 448 area code in Northwest Florida, while Tampa also could see an additional area code in the coming years. The reason?

The growing compulsion among Americans to reach out farther, faster and more frequently is gobbling up telephone numbers at a record pace. So quickly are businesses and private homes adding telephone ...