Indianapolis — Southern Indiana will be assigned a new area code – 930 – with the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission’s adoption of an overlay to resolve the 812 area code numbering shortage. An area code overlay allows a new area code to be assigned over the same geographic area as an existing area code, which means any customer requesting…
The Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor (OUCC) is recommending overlaying a new area code throughout southern and south-central Indiana. A new area code will be needed because of the dwindling number supply for the 812 area code, which has remained largely unchanged since 1947. The 812 area code is projected to exhaust its number supply…
The state is moving forward soliciting opinions for how to handle changes to the 812 area code. According to the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, area code 812 will be exhausted by March of 2015 and the commission is planning to introduce a new area code. Options include splitting up the current area code geographically or…