Next month Suffolk County residents will have to start dialing their 631 area code even when calling phone numbers that share their area code, according to telephone service providers. Starting June ...

NEW YORK -- Parts of Long Island could soon see a new area code and 10-digit dialing as the existing supply of telephone numbers quickly dwindles. A state agency this week proposed splitting up ...

Existing Suffolk phone customers would likely keep their 631 prefix when a new area code is set up to meet demand, unless there is an outcry to split the county with two area codes, a state official ...

State officials previously approved the creation of a new area code because 631 is running out of numbers. All existing numbers in Suffolk will keep their 631 area code, while any new numbers will be ...

State officials approved the move today because the 631 area code is running out of numbers. Officials haven't said what the new area code will be, but it will be put into effect toward the end of ...