HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla — Tampa’s population is booming – and they're aren't enough telephone numbers to go around. The Florida Public Service Commission announced Tuesday the current supply of 813 ...

An additional area code, the state’s 20th, was approved for the Tampa region Tuesday as numbers in the decades-old 813 area code are running out. The Florida Public Service Commission voted, without ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Some major dialing changes are coming to callers in the Tampa Bay area. In order to make way for the new National Suicide Prevention Lifeline number and a new area code in the 813 region ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – Tampa Bay residents will have a new three-digit number to memorize by 2022. T-Mobile confirmed in a release to its users that a new area code, 656, will be added to the area ...

Because of population growth and the popularity of fax machines and pagers, some of the area now served by the 813 area code will have a new code by 1996, telephone officials say. The 813 region ...

FOX 13’s Lloyd Sowers examines the history of the 813 area code, which was Florida’s second area code and has now existed for more than 70 years. Yahoo Sports ...

State regulators Tuesday approved moving forward with a new 448 area code in Northwest Florida, while Tampa also could see an additional area code in the coming years. The reason? Current numbers are ...

The growing compulsion among Americans to reach out farther, faster and more frequently is gobbling up telephone numbers at a record pace. So quickly are businesses and private homes adding telephone ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – Tampa Bay residents will have a new number to memorize by 2022. The area is getting a new area code, 656, in addition to its existing 813 one, the Florida Public Service ...

TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) - Ten-digit dialing begins for all local calls in the Tampa Bay area on Jan. 22 in connection with a new 656 area code, the Florida Public Service Commission announced ...