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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

BOISE -- Changes to the way Idaho residents make calls will start in less than one month. Beginning Aug. 5, callers will have to dial in the entire 10-digit number of the person they are trying to ...

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 ...

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 – The days of a single area code for Idaho are coming to an end. An agency that contracts with the federal government to administer the nation’s area code numbering plan recently informed Idaho ...

The increasing numbers of electronic devices in Idaho are gobbling up phone numbers under the 208 area code. It won't be long before changes are made to how you dial. It’s a change that's not going to ...

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 ...

POCATELLO — Though safe for one year, those partial to their 208 area code should refrain from changing their number come September 2017, as new Idaho phone numbers will be assigned the area code of ...

BOISE (July 27, 2016) – Staff from the Idaho Public Utilities Commission will be conducting workshops throughout Idaho to assist telephone customers transition to a second area code and 10-digit ...