The Houston area is running out of telephone numbers and will soon add a fifth area code to accommodate its growing population. According to the Public Utility Commission of Texas, Houston's four ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- We're celebrating 713 Day! It's a nod to Houston's first area code, but now the greater metro area has four. As the population continues to grow, people could be dialing an ...

Houston's new 621 area code — the fifth area code to service the greater Houston area — is set to launch beginning January 23, 2025. The new code was approved in October of 2023 by the Public Utility ...

Houston got some new digits, and soon people who live in the area will be adding them to their phones. The Public Utility Commission of Texas on Wednesday approved a new area code for the greater ...

The Public Utility Commission of Texas has approved the addition of a new area code for the Houston area because of ongoing population growth in the region, according to a news release. The new area ...

Rapid population growth in the greater Houston area will lead to the city gaining a new area code, according to a Public Utility Commission of Texas statement released Thursday. Rest assured to 713 ...

HOUSTON – Does Houston need a new area code? Apparently so, according to the Public Utility Commission of Texas. PUCT is accepting public comments on a petition by the North American Number Planning ...

AUSTIN, Texas (KTRK) -- Since hitmaking rapper Ludacris released his popular "Area Codes" song 22 years ago on July 3, 2001, 154 three-digit numbers were added in North America, including one ...

As Houston contemplates adding another new area code, the OG 713 will be celebrated on H-town’s unofficial holiday, 713 Day on July 13. Named after Houston’s oldest area code, 713 Day offers up ...