COLORADO SPRINGS — Starting Saturday, April 24 Colorado customers with numbers in the 719 and 970 area codes should start dialing 10-digits for all local calls. This is due to the Federal ...

Colorado’s familiar area code for mountain towns has some new company. As of July 7, the region now has a second area code, 748, which will overlap with the existing 970 code that encompasses much of ...

Just about a year ago, the Denver Metro Area got a new 983 area code, which is "WTF" on your dial pad. Now, another new area code is on the way for a large part of the state. The 970 area is getting ...

A new area code has arrived in Colorado. Starting July 7, the 748 area code will exist within the current 970 area code, overlapping the entire existing region, which stretches from the northern ...

On April 24, even local calls will require the 970 area code as part of an effort to roll out a nationwide three-digit dialing code for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Right now, within ...

Northern and western Colorado are outgrowing the 970 area code. So, telephone customers in the 970 area code region who request new service, an additional line or move their service starting in the ...

Come 2026 there will be a new way to distinguish longtime locals from transplants: their area code. Beginning in the first quarter of 2026, telephone customers in the 970-area code overlay regional ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - If you plan on getting a new phone number, don’t expect the number to begin with 970. Starting Monday, July 7, the 970 area code will change to 748. This change only ...

Colorado will soon have a new area code thanks to the rising demand for new phone numbers. Officials with the state's Public Utilities Commission said they've created the 748 area code to also cover ...

The Colorado Public Utilities Commission is making changes to the state’s telephone network, to prepare for a faster way for people in distress to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Pikes ...

COLORADO SPRINGS — Starting Sunday, October 24 customers who don't dial the full 10 digits, which is the area code plus the telephone number, will not have their call go through. This is due to the ...

The Colorado Public Utilities Commission said Monday that, starting in 2026, residents requesting new phone line services in northern and western Colorado will be assigned the new 748 area code. The ...