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Verizon: Mandatory 10-Digit Dialing to Begin on Oct. 9, 2021 in the Washington, DC 202 Area Code
October 05, 2021
BASKING RIDGE, New Jersey, Oct. 5 -- Verizon, a communications and technology solutions company, issued the following news release:

All customers with the Washington, DC 202 area code should prepare for the start of mandatory 10-digit dialing and the introduction of the new 771 area code.

The 771 area code will be added as an overlay to the 202 region. An overlay is the addition of another area code (771) to the same geographic region served by an existing area code (20 . . .

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