If you have a 540 area code, you’ll have to dial three more digits to make a local call starting this Saturday. According to Virginia’s State Corporation Commission (SCC), it will be mandatory ...

The 540 area code region currently encompasses a wide swath of the state, including Roanoke in the southwest, Harrisonburg and the Shenandoah Valley to the west, Winchester and parts of northern ...

If you have a 540 area code, you’ll have to dial three more digits to make a local call starting this Saturday. According to Virginia’s State Corporation Commission (SCC), it will be mandatory as of ...

Mandatory 10-digit dialing (3-digit area code + the 7-digit telephone number) begins May 14 for Virginians living in the 540 area code region.

The new area code, 626, is being assigned by the North American Numbering Plan Administrator. The new code was administered to relieve future exhaustion of phone numbers in Virginia's 540 area code.

The 540 area code will soon be put to rest. According to the State Corporation Commission, the area code is set to run out during the second quarter of 2022. In response, a new area code was added … ...

In 1995, the 540 area code was created, splitting off from 703. As part of the change, 10-digit dialing will now be required for local calls and as part of the plan, no residents and businesses ...

The 540 area code will soon be put to rest. According to the State Corporation Commission, the area code is set to run out during the second quarter of 2022. In response, a new area code was added … ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WDBJ) - Residents living in the 540 area code have to do 10-digit dialing as of May 14. Local calls made with just seven digits will not be connected, according to the SCC.