WASHINGTON — QUESTION: If a new area code is put in place for a city, does that mean you have to change your current phone number or will lose it if it has the old area code? ANSWER: You do not need ...

The area code 202 is synonymous with D.C. — it’s been the District’s sole area code for more than 70 years. But come 2022, when new phone numbers are forecast to run out, there’ll be a new three-digit ...

D.C. has had one single area code — 202 — for more than 70 years. But it will soon be joined by a second area code, and the plan to make it happen gets a virtual public hearing at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept ...

Okay, Washington. What do we think? The city is running out of 202 telephone numbers. On Tuesday it was announced that the new, additional area code for the city will be 771. Good number? Bad number?