Oct. 19—Maine's only area code for phone calls is proving to be as resilient and stubborn as some of the people who live here. Once predicted to run out of number sequences in 2025, Maine is now ...

Two-zero-seven, the area code that's as synonymous with Maine as lobster or wild blueberries, has become an endangered species. Thanks mostly to our ravenous appetite for cellphones and other mobile ...

Nov. 26—The Maine Public Utilities Commission approved the consolidation of more than 100 phone rate centers, which should free up thousands of phone numbers in the 207 area code. Chair Philip ...

Maine's utility regulator said it's not ready to call time on the 207 statewide area code, now that new data show it won't be used up until the end of 2025, a year after originally feared. The Maine ...

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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A public commission examining whether Maine needs to add a new area code has determined it likely does, though it is asking telecommunications companies for more information.

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It's official! Maine, grab your merch: 207 will remain our one and only area code, at least for another 20 years. The North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA) released an updated forecast ...

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