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 ...

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 area code was created in 1995, splitting off from the 703 area code. Current estimates predict the available numbers in the 540 area code will be exhausted in 2022.

The new code was administered to relieve future exhaustion of phone numbers in Virginia's 540 area code. The 540 area code region currently includes a large portion of the state.

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 ...

Current estimates predict that in 2022, there will be 0 number left in the 540 area code, according to the State Corporation Commission.

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. This is ...

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 ...