An additional area code, the state’s 20th, was approved for the Tampa region Tuesday as numbers in the decades-old 813 area code are running out. The Florida Public Service Commission voted ...

An additional area code, the state’s 20th, was approved for the Tampa region Tuesday as numbers in the decades-old 813 area code are running out. The Florida Public Service Commission voted ...

August 13 is a special day in Tampa. Every year, the Bay Area celebrates "813 Day" to honor its area code and showcase everything that makes this community unique.

To complete local calls, T-Mobile says the new dialing procedure requires callers to dial both the area code and telephone number. That means all calls in the 813 area code that are currently ...

The 813 area code was introduced in 1953 as the second area code ever assigned in Florida. It was introduced when the 305 area code was running out of phone numbers.

Because of population growth and the popularity of fax machines and pagers, some of the area now served by the 813 area code will have a new code by 1996, telephone officials say. The 813 ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – Tampa is getting a new area code in 2022. The Florida Public Service Commission said the 813 area code is running out of numbers and will have exhausted its supply by the ...

Hillsborough County will soon be home to more than just the 813 area code. A new area code will be added to the existing 813 region, through an overlay implementation plan approved by the Florida ...

There's a new area code coming to town in Hillsborough County. Beginning January 22, 2022, telephone customers in the 813 area code overlay region may be assigned the new 656 area code when ...