Idaho will get a new area code, 986, and people will have to start using 9 and 10 digit dialing after August 5, 2017. But people can start dialing area codes among 208 phones as early as November 5, ...

For Idaho residents, you might want to get used to the number 986. Idaho is adding a second area code - 986 - because 208 phone numbers are beginning to run out. If you live in Idaho, you will need to ...

BOISE – Idaho will add a second area code – 986 – in late 2017. That news follows the Idaho Public Utilities Commission’s unanimous decision Monday to implement the new area code as a “geographic ...

BOISE -- Changes to the way Idaho residents make calls will start in less than one month. Beginning Aug. 5, callers will have to dial in the entire 10-digit number of the person they are trying to ...

Idaho's signature 208 area code will soon co-exist with a new three-digit code starting in 2017. The Idaho Public Utilities Commission announced Monday that the state's second area code will be 986.

Western Washington will get a new telephone area code next year pending a vote of the state utilities commission. Idaho is rolling out a new area code as well. The new area code in Western Washington ...

Idaho’s new area code will live side-by-side with its existing 208 area code as an overlay, requiring 10-digit dialing across the state. Statesman staff The Idaho Public Utilities Commission announced ...

BOISE — Idaho used to be just one of 12 states with only one area code. That’s not the case anymore. Early this year, people across the state began receiving the new area code — 986 — which is ...

A push-button landline phone that looks like an old-fashioned rotary model. Local calls on landline phones still won’t cost anything, and phone rates will not be affected, when 10-digit dialing ...

BOISE — Idaho's second area code — 986 — was approved by state regulators Monday and will be implemented in late 2017. The original 208 area code issued in 1947 has been the state's only area code ...