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. Local calls made with just seven digits will not be ...

Permissive 10-digit dialing will begin for Virginians living in the 540 area code region starting Nov. 13. This is the first step in a relief plan approved by the State Corporation Commission to phase ...

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 ...

A new 826 area code will soon coexist with area code 540 in portions of Southwest Virginia, according to the Virginia State Corporation Commission. The new area code was approved in June 2020 after ...

According to the North American Numbering Plan Administrator [NANPA], the 540 area code is expected to be exhausted by 2022. Because of subscriber growth and an increase in the number of devices that ...