FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) -- A new area code is coming to North Carolina. The new code will be 472 and it will overlay the existing 910 area code and will serve the same geographic area but will not ...

The North Carolina Utilities Commission announced Thursday 472 area code will serve the same geographic area already in the 910 area code in southeastern N.C. The 910 area code region includes ...

A new area code for southeastern North Carolina will go into effect in early October, more than four months earlier than planned, state officials say. The 472 area code will be used for new phone ...

Feb. 25—ROCKINGHAM — Some Richmond County residents have noticed that they are being required to enter the 910 area code to make a phone call, prompting concern that an impending change to the local ...

Local calls will require the area code to prevent misdials to the suicide prevention hotline. And the 910 area code is expected to run out of numbers in early 2023. Have a question about the Tar Heel ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCT) — A new area code is being added to the areas that uses the 910 area code as a way to meet the demands of those who need phone numbers. The North Carolina Utilities Commission ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- The new 472 area code will start being assigned in October. The North Carolina Utilities Commission announced that on October 7, customers in the 910 area code could be ...

The 472 area code is coming because the 910 area code is running out of phone numbers. Businesses with office telephone systems and fax machines may need to update their equipment to ensure it will ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WITN) - Part of Eastern Carolina is getting a new area code sooner than expected. As we reported last summer, the North Carolina Utilities Commission approved a new area code of 472 for ...

SOUTHEASTERN, N.C. (WECT) - It seems like a lot of things are in short supply these days, including our area code. Organizers with the North American Numbering Plan Administrator said that the supply ...

FILE - In this Aug. 11, 2019, file photo, a man uses a cell phone in New Orleans. The Federal Communications Commission is setting up a new three-digit number to reach a suicide prevention hotline.