With new telephone numbers in high demand, the Tennessee Public Utility Commission approved the addition of the new 729 area code to the existing 423 area code region, which covers two non-contiguous ...

East Tennessee has another new area code, and it's going to add three more digits to many people's local calls. Starting Aug. 5, people in upper and lower East Tennessee in the 423 area code region ...

There are many signs of an area's growth - more and taller apartment buildings, new schools and mor e traffic chief among them. But, every once in a while, more people also means a new area code to ...

Tennessee's newest area code will be in service in March. The 729 area code will be added to the existing 423 area code zone centered around Johnson City and Bristol to the north and Chattanooga to ...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Starting Tuesday, local calls made within the 423 area code have to be dialed using 10 digits instead of seven. To make a local call, the area code and phone number will ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — A new area code number is coming to the 423 counties in East Tennessee. The new area code, 729, was approved on May 30 by the Tennessee Public Utilities Commission. ‘Big John ...

You'll have to wait just a little bit longer to get your hands on a shiny new 729 area code. The Tennessee Public Utility Commission has delayed the area code overlay process that would add 729 to its ...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Beginning Tuesday, local calls made within the 423 area code will have to be dialed using 10 digits instead of seven. To make a local call, the area code and phone number ...