At one time, a new area code made Houstonians cringe. It divided a city and its suburbs, splitting Houston like a Shipley doughnut. But Thursday's news that the Public Utility Commission of Texas ...

The Houston area is running out of telephone numbers and will soon add a fifth area code to accommodate its growing population. According to the Public Utility Commission of Texas, Houston's four ...

Houston, we've got your number - and it's 832. Come Jan. 16, that will be the third area code for metropolitan Houston. The new prefix will be just one of several changes scheduled to take effect that ...

The Houston area was introduced to the 832 area code about 19 years ago. On October 19, 1999, the new 832 area code went into effect, joining 713 and 281 as local area codes. 281 itself was just ...

HOUSTON – Does Houston need a new area code? Apparently so, according to the Public Utility Commission of Texas. PUCT is accepting public comments on a petition by the North American Number Planning ...