The Chicago region’s supply of phone numbers is showing remarkable longevity, defying phone industry predictions that available numbers within the 847 area code would soon run out, the Illinois ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- State regulators voted Thursday to free up several blocks of phone numbers in the 847 area code, delaying a new code for the region for at least a few months. The Illinois Commerce ...

Illinois officials say that a new area code will be coming to the southern portion of the state, affecting more than 35 counties beginning in the new year. According to a press release from the ...

Even though more than half the phone numbers in the 847 area code are not in use, the industry wants to launch a new code, a request termed “crazy” by the chairman of the Illinois Commerce Commission.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- A new area code is coming to the Chicago suburbs, and state regulators said Wednesday they are helpless to stop it. A 224 area code will be added to the territory northwest ...

Students returning to campus for Winter Quarter were greeted with an important change to their phone service: four extra digits are now required to make off-campus calls, even if the calls are made ...

In this season of absurdity – the Chicago Bears are in the playoffs, for example – the local phone companies on Saturday introduced area code 224. It’s an overlay area code that covers the exact same ...

Starting next week, a second area code will be enacted across the 309 area code region of Illinois, which includes communities in the central and western portions of the state. With telephone numbers ...