COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Regulators have approved a plan to usea new 220 area code in parts of Ohio
now covered by the 740 area code,which is expected to run out of numbers in 2015.The PublicUtilities
Commission of Ohio approved a plan Wednesday to let current740 customers keep that area code on existing
phone lines. The new 220area code will be assigned for new numbers in parts of central andsoutheast
Ohio.Customers in the affected regions will have to use10-digit dialing, including area codes, for local
calls starting inMarch 2015.The chairman of the utilities commission says the planto use two area codes in
the same region was fairer and less disruptivethan splitting the region geographically into two parts with
differentarea codes.Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rightsreserved. This material may not be
published, broadcast, rewritten orredistributed.COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Regulators have approved a plan to
usea new 220 area code in parts of Ohio now covered by the 740 area code,which is expected to run out of
numbers in 2015.The PublicUtilities Commission of Ohio approved a plan Wednesday to let current740 customers
keep that area code on existing phone lines. The new 220area code will be assigned for new numbers in parts
of central andsoutheast Ohio.Customers in the affected regions will have to use10-digit dialing, including
area codes, for local calls starting inMarch 2015.The chairman of the utilities commission says the planto
use two area codes in the same region was fairer and less disruptivethan splitting the region geographically
into two parts with differentarea codes.Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rightsreserved. This
material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten orredistributed.