Starting Saturday April 24 Colorado customers with numbers in the 719 and 970 area codes should start dialing 10-digits for all local calls.

On April 24, even local calls will require the 970 area code as part of an effort to roll out a nationwide three-digit dialing code for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.

The 970 area code’s exhaustion point will likely take place in early 2026, and the new area code is expected to last 38 years.

A big change is coming for those with 719 and 970 area codes Sunday. The Federal Communications Commission is ordering that all area codes that allow for 7-digit local dialing be transferred to 10 ...

Starting in 2026, phone customers in the 970 area code region, which covers western and northern parts of the state, could be assigned a new 748 area code.

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.

Phone users in area code 719 will need to dial 10 digits for local calls beginning April 24, as Colorado regulators make network changes to prepare for a new national suicide prevention access number.

Anyone with an existing phone with the 970 area code can still use it. The cost of a call, coverage area, or other rates are not changing.

Parts of northern and western Colorado will be adding a new area code, 748, to accommodate growth. The 748 area code will cover the same geographic area as the existing 970 area code. The change ...

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Starting Sunday, October 24 customers who don't dial the full 10 digits, which is the area code plus the telephone number, will not have their call go through.

The 970 telephone area code is projected to run out of available phone numbers, which will lead to the introduction of 748.