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 ...

NeuStar Inc., a company that manages telephone area codes in North America, had predicted that Idaho’s 208 area code would run out of telephone numbers in 2010. The mandatory pooling rule should stave ...

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 ...

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 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 -- 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 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 ...

Idaho's signature 208 area code will soon co-exist with a new three-digit code starting in 2017. The Idaho Public Utilities Commission announced Monday that the state's second area code will be 986.

For Idaho residents, you might want to get used to the number 986. Idaho is adding a second area code - 986 - because 208 phone numbers are beginning to run out. If you live in Idaho, you will need 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 ...