Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A new area code is coming to Colorado. Starting in 2026, phone customers in the 970 area code region, which covers western and northern parts of the state, ...

Just about a year ago, the Denver Metro Area got a new 983 area code, which is "WTF" on your dial pad. Now, another new area code is on the way for a large part of the state. The 970 area is getting ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Coloradans who sign up for a new phone number could end up with even more new digits than expected as the state rolls out a new area code to meet a growing ...

Northern and western Colorado are outgrowing the 970 area code. So, telephone customers in the 970 area code region who request new service, an additional line or move their service starting in the ...

The Colorado Public Utilities Commission said Monday that, starting in 2026, residents requesting new phone line services in northern and western Colorado will be assigned the new 748 area code. The ...

Come 2026 there will be a new way to distinguish longtime locals from transplants: their area code. Beginning in the first quarter of 2026, telephone customers in the 970-area code overlay regional ...

On April 24, even local calls will require the 970 area code as part of an effort to roll out a nationwide three-digit dialing code for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Right now, within ...

Colorado’s familiar area code for mountain towns has some new company. As of July 7, the region now has a second area code, 748, which will overlap with the existing 970 code that encompasses much of ...

A new area code — 748 — is set to be introduced across Western and Northern Colorado, including Pitkin County, as the long-serving 970 code nears exhaustion. While the change won’t take effect until ...

Parts of northern and western Colorado will be adding a new area code, 748, to accommodate growth. The 748 area code will cover the same geographic area as the existing 970 area code. The change will ...

The Colorado Public Utilities Commission is making changes to the state’s telephone network, to prepare for a faster way for people in distress to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Pikes ...