CLEVELAND, Ohio — Few things feel more like home than seeing the area code you grew up dialing. But if you’re used to seeing the 440 used in many of Cleveland’s suburbs, change is on the horizon.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — If you were excited to get a phone number that started with 436, then Thank God It’s Friday. People getting new phone lines who in the past would have received a 440 area code will ...

The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio recently approved a plan to overlay a new area code over the existing 440 area code which will soon “exhaust.” According to regulators, the 436 area code will ...

Ohio is welcoming a new area code this year. In 2022, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) said the Northeast Ohio area code, 440, would become exhausted, or run out of available phone ...