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Verizon: Mandatory 10-Digit Dialing in 82 Area Codes in 36 States Begins Oct. 24, 2021
October 19, 2021
BASKING RIDGE, New Jersey, Oct. 19 -- Verizon, a communications and technology solutions company, issued the following news release:

On July 16, 2020, the FCC adopted "988" as a three-digit abbreviated dialing code to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline starting July 16, 2022. For "988" to work for everyone in the 82 area codes listed below, all customers with a number from those area codes must transition to 10-digit dialing (or 1+10-digit dialing for . . .

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