With new telephone numbers in high demand, the Tennessee Public Utility Commission approved the addition of the new 729 area code to the existing 423 area code region, which covers two non-contiguous ...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn — East Tennessee will soon have another new area code, and it's going to add three more digits to many people's local calls. The new area code, 729, is being added to the 423 area ...

This article originally appeared on Knoxville News Sentinel: Welcome to the 729: When East Tennessee's newest area code launches and who will be assigned that number Knoxville News Sentinel reporter ...

There are many signs of an area's growth - more and taller apartment buildings, new schools and mor e traffic chief among them. But, every once in a while, more people also means a new area code to ...

With new telephone numbers in high demand, the Tennessee Public Utility Commission approved the addition of the new 729 area code to the existing 423 area code region, which covers two non-contiguous ...

A new area code, 729, will soon join the existing 423 area code serving most of East Tennessee. State regulators last week approved the creation of the new area code in the growing region since the ...

A new 729 area code is coming to East Tennessee as the region continues to attract thousands of new residents. The 729 area code will be introduced in the existing 423 area code zone centered around ...

East Tennessee has another new area code, and it's going to add three more digits to many people's local calls. Starting Aug. 5, people in upper and lower East Tennessee in the 423 area code region ...

There are many signs of an area's growth - more and taller apartment buildings, new schools and mor e traffic chief among them. But, every once in a while, more people also means a new area code to ...

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) – Population growth in East Tennessee has required the state to add an additional area code to the current 423 area code. “The North American Numbering Plan administrator ...