The Houston area is running out of telephone numbers and will soon add a fifth area code to accommodate its growing population. According to the Public Utility Commission of Texas, Houston's four ...

HOUSTON – A new area code approved in 2023 for the Houston area will start adding numbers on January 23. According to AT&T, the new 621 area code will serve the same geographic area currently served ...

The Houston area was introduced to the 832 area code about 19 years ago. On October 19, 1999, the new 832 area code went into effect, joining 713 and 281 as local area codes. 281 itself was just ...

HOUSTON – Does Houston need a new area code? Apparently so, according to the Public Utility Commission of Texas. PUCT is accepting public comments on a petition by the North American Number Planning ...

Houston officially has a new area code amid the rapid population growth in the Bayou City. According to the Public Utility Commission of Texas, the new area code 621 is expected to provide phone ...

Jan. 15—AUSTIN — Responding to high demand for new telephone numbers in the greater Houston area, the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) has approved an additional area code for the region. The ...

Houston, we've got your number - and it's 832. Come Jan. 16, that will be the third area code for metropolitan Houston. The new prefix will be just one of several changes scheduled to take effect that ...

A really big change is coming in January 2025. No, not that one. Harris County is getting a new area code, which has been reported. But now, according to a press release from internet and phone ...

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Beginning today, the largest city in Texas has a fourth area code. The Public Utility Commission of Texas put the new 346 telephone area code into effect this morning. The new number ...