Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A new area code is coming to Colorado. Starting in 2026, phone customers in the 970 area code region, which covers western and northern parts of the state, ...

Colorado’s familiar area code for mountain towns has some new company. As of July 7, the region now has a second area code, 748, which will overlap with the existing 970 code that encompasses much of ...

Just about a year ago, the Denver Metro Area got a new 983 area code, which is "WTF" on your dial pad. Now, another new area code is on the way for a large part of the state. The 970 area is getting ...

A new area code has arrived in Colorado. Starting July 7, the 748 area code will exist within the current 970 area code, overlapping the entire existing region, which stretches from the northern ...

Northern and western Colorado are outgrowing the 970 area code. So, telephone customers in the 970 area code region who request new service, an additional line or move their service starting in the ...

Come 2026 there will be a new way to distinguish longtime locals from transplants: their area code. Beginning in the first quarter of 2026, telephone customers in the 970-area code overlay regional ...

On April 24, even local calls will require the 970 area code as part of an effort to roll out a nationwide three-digit dialing code for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Right now, within ...

The Colorado Public Utilities Commission said Monday that, starting in 2026, residents requesting new phone line services in northern and western Colorado will be assigned the new 748 area code. The ...

A new area code — 748 — is set to be introduced across Western and Northern Colorado, including Pitkin County, as the long-serving 970 code nears exhaustion. While the change won’t take effect until ...

Colorado's Department of Regulatory Agencies announced the new area code that's coming to Colorado in 2026 – 748. The area code will go live in northern and western Colorado regions, expected to last ...

The Colorado Public Utilities Commission is making changes to the state’s telephone network, to prepare for a faster way for people in distress to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Pikes ...