Area codes have only been around since the invention of long-distance telephone calls. Once upon a time, calling someone locally required a human conversation with an operator. But as long distance ...

AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine's 207 area code has more life. While the area code had previously been predicted to expire by the fourth quarter of 2025, the Maine Public Utilities Commission said in a release ...

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MAINE, USA — It's official! Maine, grab your merch: 207 will remain our one and only area code, at least for another 20 years. The North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA) released an ...

Maine's utility regulator said it's not ready to call time on the 207 statewide area code, now that new data show it won't be used up until the end of 2025, a year after originally feared. The Maine ...

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Maine’s 207 area code will be in service until at least the first quarter of 2050, the latest projection shows. That's the year that Carly Rae Jepsen, the Canadian singer-songwriter who released the ...

Nov. 26—The Maine Public Utilities Commission approved the consolidation of more than 100 phone rate centers, which should free up thousands of phone numbers in the 207 area code. Chair Philip ...

HALLOWELL --Maine will have it's single 207 area code for awhile longer. It's now projected to last until 2045. That's according to an updated forecast released by the North American Numbering Plan ...