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Dec 14, 2022 · The Illinois Commerce Commission has announced another new area code in the state, this one for 37 southern counties. That will include communities such as Alton, Belleville, Cairo, Carbondale, Centralia, E. St. Louis, Edwardsville and Marion.
Dec 7, 2022 · The new 730 area code will "overlay" the existing 618 area code to address the depletion of prefixes available for assignment within the region. The first prefix in the new area code will not be introduced until after July 7, 2023.
Jan 4, 2023 · The newest area code coming to southern Illinois — 730 — has been 22 years in the making. The Illinois Commerce Commission reserved the 730 area code in October 2000 and held off on implementing it until July 2023. Metro East and southern Illinois residents could see a new area code starting in July.
- Will Bauer
Dec 8, 2022 · Illinois will move forward with the 730 area code next year, which will accompany the existing 618 area code that includes much of the Metro East. Currently, the 618 area code covers parts...
- Joey Schneider
Dec 7, 2022 · According to a press release from the Illinois Commerce Commission, the area impacted by the new number currently uses the 618 area code, covering virtually the entire southern-third of the...
Dec 7, 2022 · The Illinois Commerce Commission has announced a new area code is coming to southern Illinois. The new 730 area code will “overlay” the existing 618 area code to address the depletion of prefixes available for assignment within the region.
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This is a list of future area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) that are in the planning stages for relief of central office code exhaustion in the given numbering plan areas (NPAs). The dates are subject to change during implementation as published in the official NANP Administrator Planning Letters. New area code.
