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, ...

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 ...

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 ...