Identify your telephone number as a 10-digit number and include the area code when giving the number to friends, family, business associates and customers, etc.

Begin identifying your telephone number as a 10-digit number (area code plus your seven-digit number) and include the area code, whether 864 or 821, when giving the number to friends, family ...

• Identify your telephone number as a 10-digit number and include the area code when giving the number to friends, family, business associates and customers, etc.

Starting Aug. 5, all local calls made within the 423 area code must be dialed using 10 digits (area code + the 7-digit telephone number).

Local calls made in parts of East Tennessee's 423 area code, including Chattanooga, will need to be made dialing 10 digits soon because of a new area code: 729.

If you have been used to dialing only seven digits for a telephone number when making local calls within the Detroit area, get ready to include the 313 area code as part of that process. A new 10 ...

This means that all local calls placed in the area not using the first three digits of a 10-digit phone number (the area code) will not have their call connected.

The Florida Public Service Commission says for people who have 904 as their area code, they'll have to start 10-digit dialing beginning on Jan. 29.

Originally, the Tennessee Public Utility Commission said in February and March, the new 729 area code would roll out and people would need to dial all 10 digits.

Mid-Missouri callers are advised to prepare for 10-digit local dialing as a new area code is established to cover the area.