The Garden State's love affair with the telephone is making it necessary to add yet another area code. It's all part of the need to keep pace with demand and for many phone users — at least half the ...

New Jersey’s latest area code will go into effect in January. With numbers in the 609 area code running out, the state’s Board of Public Utilities approved a request by Neustar, the Federal ...

Starting on Saturday, anyone with 856 and 609 area codes will have to change the way they're dialing phone numbers. It's not a big change, so everyone stay calm, but it's enough to drive you nuts if ...

Hey 856 and 609, are you ready to change the way you dial phone numbers? Starting Aug. 18, residents who live in the 856 and 609 area codes will have to do it differently: You'll need to dial the full ...

A new area code is coming to New Jersey and with it a new way to make certain calls. A new 640 area code is being added to the same geographic area currently served by the area code 609 in a process ...

New Jersey is getting another area code which means next time you try to call someone in the Garden State, you'll need to dial ten digits. Beginning Saturday, the new calling procedure will be ...

From the Jersey shore to Central Jersey, phone calls just got a bit more complicated due to the introduction of a new area code and dialing procedures. A number of changes are coming to New Jersey’s ...

That’s the new area code that will soon cover a large swath of South Jersey, including the Shore areas from southern Ocean County to Cape May County, as 609 numbers are on the verge of exhaustion.

The new year will bring a new area code to New Jersey. Officials are ramping up their public information campaign about the launch of the 640 area code, which will be added to the region currently ...

TRENTON – The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (Board) said in a statement Wednesday that it has begun the process of considering a request filed by Neustar, the Federal Communications ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- New Jersey is getting a new area code. To keep pace with demand, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) -- which regulates telecommunications -- is launching a 640 area ...