ALBANY, NY--(Marketwired - Aug 15, 2017) - Customers within the existing 518 area code should be prepared for the introduction of the new 838 area code. FirstLight, a leading fiber-optic bandwidth ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – Starting this Saturday, you’ll need to be ready for big changes when it comes to making calls. Right now if you have a 518 area code you simply dial the number to make a call, ...

GLENS FALLS, N.Y. (NEWS10) – Some changes may be coming for the 518 region and it could affect the way we make local phone calls. Public statement hearing will be going on Tuesday an continue ...

ALBANY, N.Y. >> Capital Region phone users will have to dial three extra digits beginning Saturday when making local calls. As part of the introduction of a second area code in eastern upstate New ...

ALBANY >> Current 518 residents won’t have to fear a geographic split of the area code any longer. The State Public Service Commission announced today an area code overlay for the 518 area code, which ...

The 518 area code long associated with the Capital Region and upper Hudson Valley may be changing in the next couple of years. A series of public hearings will be held over the next two weeks by the ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) New York regulators say the new telephone area code that will be added to eastern New York's 518 region will be 838. The Public... Sep 21, 2016 — ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) New York ...

ALBANY, N.Y. >> The new 838 area code is taking effect for new phone service in eastern New York. The state Public Service Commission says as of Tuesday, customers seeking new service or an additional ...

There is no need to dial the number "1" first when 10-digit dialing begins in the 518 area code Saturday. Residents in the 17-county 518 area code must start using the area code first when making ...

HOMES and businesses in the 518 area code has been given a reprieve of sorts. A projection by the North American Numbering Plan that the area code would run out of new telephone numbers to assign by ...