An additional area code for the Susquehanna Valley region - the "717" - has been selected. Now, "223" will be assigned to new telephone numbers once the available supply of numbers is exhausted. Based ...

Saturday is the day that 10-digit dialing begins in what has been the 717 area code. The change is required as a result of a new "overlay" area code -- 223 -- being activated in the 717 service area.

HARRISBURG, Pa. – Today the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission approved a modified implementation schedule for the new “223” overlay area code, which covers all or part of 16 counties in Central ...

HARRISBURG, Pa.– The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) has received notice that the number 223 will be the overlay for the 717 area code. The new area code designation was selected by the ...

Probably starting next summer or early fall, the area code for new telephone numbers in the saturated 717 region will be 223. The new area code was announced Tuesday by Neustar Inc., the company ...

A new area code is bringing 10-digit dialing to residents of 16 Pennsylvania counties, including a part of Berks where it doesn't already exist. The new 223 area code is being added Saturday to the ...

Mandatory 10-digit dialing will begin Aug. 26 and new 223 area codes will be released Sept. 26 in Lancaster and the other 15 Pennsylvania counties with 717 area codes. The Pennsylvania Public Utility ...

HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission has received notice that the number 223 will be the overlay for the 717 area code. Current customers' telephone numbers will not change, but ...

Get ready to dial "223." Southcentral Pennsylvania residents who get new phone numbers soon will be issued the new 223 prefix, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission said Wednesday. That area — ...

A new area code is bringing 10-digit dialing to residents of 16 southcentral Pennsylvania counties.The new 223 area code is being added Saturday to the area covered by the 717 area code. That's ...

Starting in the fall, the 223 area code will begin begin assigned to new telephone numbers in central Pennsylvania. On Aug. 26, anyone making calls to numbers in the 717 or 223 area codes will have to ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Sixteen counties in south-central Pennsylvania are getting a new area code, but numbers already being used in the 717 area code won’t be affected. The Public Utility Commission ...