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Northern Californians get the new 837 area code in 2025. Here's where, why, who gets it, and why this is different from the 916 shift, the state said.
The new 530 area code is expected to accommodate the need for new phone numbers for about 16 years. The remaining 916 area code could divide in seven to eight years.
Area code 837 will be added to the same California region that uses area code 530. The overlay takes effect on Jan. 31, 2025, the PUC announced earlier this year.
Area code 837 will be added to the same California region that uses area code 530. The overlay takes effect on Jan. 31, 2025, the PUC announced earlier this year.
The CPUC approved the new overlay in June 2023, after it was projected the 530 area code would run out of available prefixes in 2025. A map of the affected areas can be found here.
The 530 area code — which includes Davis, El Dorado Hills, Oroville, Placerville, Red Bluff, Redding, South Lake Tahoe, Truckee, Woodland, and Yuba City — will see a new overlay area code, The ...
The 530 area code serves most of northeastern California, covering all or portions of Alpine, Butte, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Humboldt, Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra ...
Customers will continue to dial the three-digit area code for all calls to and from telephone numbers with the 530 and 837 area codes. The price of a call will not change due to the overlay.
(FOX40.COM) — Starting on January 31, some California residents in the 530 area code may receive a new three-digit number when activating a new landline or cell phone. Since 1997, the 530 are… ...
Northern Californians get the new 837 area code in 2025. Here's where, why, who gets it, and why this is different from the 916 shift, the state said.
Starting Friday, Jan 31, customers in the 530 area code region “may be assigned a number in the new 837 area code when they request new service or an additional line,” the utilities commission ...
Northern Californians get the new 837 area code in 2025. Here's where, why, who gets it, and why this is different from the 916 shift, the state said.