The Illinois Commerce Commission approved the new 730 area code to overlay the existing 618 area code region the currently serves all or part of 37 counties and includes communities such as Alton ...

According to the state, the 618 area code is one of the original, 86 area codes in the United States assigned by Bell Laboratories in 1947. On October 19, 2000, NeuStar, now Somos, under contract ...

In 1947, the 618 area code rolled out as one of the original 86 area codes in the country. According to the state, there haven't been any substantial changes to its boundary since the launch.

The 618 area code dates to 1947.A new 730 area code overlaying the current 618 area code will be introduced in southern Illinois next year, the Illinois Commerce Commission announced Wednesday ...

CHICAGO -- The Illinois Commerce Commission on Tuesday started wheels in motion to add another area code to the large part of the state now served by 618. But it will be at least one year before ...

This new area code will serve the same 37 counties of the southern Illinois area as the 618 area code, including the counties of Alexander, Pulaski, Pope, Hardin, Massac, Johnson, Union, Gallatin ...

The 618 area code covers all or parts of 37 counties and includes Alton, Belleville, Cairo, Carbondale, Centralia, East St. Louis, Edwardsville and Marion.

And some businesses across southern Illinois will now begin to add the 618 to the front of their number. “Most places here, they publicize the numbers without the area code on it.

Illinois residents with 618, 309 or 708 area codes are being asked to dial 10 digits beginning April 24 to make local and long-distance calls to get in practice for a mandatory change on Oct. 24.

Illinois residents with a 618 area code will need to dial all 10 digits of a phone number come later October when calls with seven digits will no longer complete.