BOISE - Idaho regulators say the state will get a second area code as soon as 2017, which will require 10-digit dialing for the first time throughout the state. The Idaho Public Utilities Commission ...

BOISE — Idaho used to be just one of 12 states with only one area code. That’s not the case anymore. Early this year, people across the state began receiving the new area code — 986 — which is ...

NeuStar Inc., a company that manages telephone area codes in North America, had predicted that Idaho’s 208 area code would run out of telephone numbers in 2010. The mandatory pooling rule should stave ...

Idaho’s new area code will live side-by-side with its existing 208 area code as an overlay, requiring 10-digit dialing across the state. Statesman staff The Idaho Public Utilities Commission announced ...

Idaho regulators say the state will get a second area code as soon as 2017, which will require 10-digit dialing for the first time throughout the state. The Idaho Public Utilities Commission announced ...

Idaho's signature 208 area code will soon co-exist with a new three-digit code starting in 2017. The Idaho Public Utilities Commission announced Monday that the state's second area code will be 986.

TWIN FALLS — New technology has accelerated the need for a second area code in Idaho. Starting Sept. 5, 2017, new phone numbers may be assigned using a 986 area code, and all numbers will require ...

Western Washington will get a new telephone area code next year pending a vote of the state utilities commission. Idaho is rolling out a new area code as well. The new area code in Western Washington ...

BOISE – Idaho will add a second area code – 986 – in late 2017. That news follows the Idaho Public Utilities Commission’s unanimous decision Monday to implement the new area code as a “geographic ...

BOISE — Idaho's second area code — 986 — was approved by state regulators Monday and will be implemented in late 2017. The original 208 area code issued in 1947 has been the state's only area code ...