After more than half a century, the District’s beloved 202 area code is running out of numbers.
The impending shortage, announced recently by the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA), means the District will have to add a second area code by the end of 2022, when residents are expected to have exhausted all numbers beginning with 202.
The next D.C. area code is expected to be announced by the end of the year, according to Beth Sprague, director of NANPA, before it is rolled out in stages in mid-2022.
“There is a lot of pride in the District of Columbia built up around our area code, so this is a big decision,” D.C. Public Service Commission Chairman Willie Phillips said Tuesday in a virtual public hearing to discuss a petition from NANPA to add a new area code.
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