The Houston area is running out of telephone numbers and will soon add a fifth area code to accommodate its growing population. According to the Public Utility Commission of Texas, Houston's four ...

The Houston area was introduced to the 832 area code about 19 years ago. On October 19, 1999, the new 832 area code went into effect, joining 713 and 281 as local area codes. 281 itself was just ...

HOUSTON – Does Houston need a new area code? Apparently so, according to the Public Utility Commission of Texas. PUCT is accepting public comments on a petition by the North American Number Planning ...

There will soon be a new way to identify a Houstonian. For the first time in a decade, a new area code will be distributed in the Houston area in January. The new area code, 621, will join 713, 281, ...

Houston, we've got your number - and it's 832. Come Jan. 16, that will be the third area code for metropolitan Houston. The new prefix will be just one of several changes scheduled to take effect that ...