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MAINE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION: MAINE'S SINGLE AREA CODE EXTENDED AN ADDITIONAL THREE AND A HALF YEARS
October 20, 2023
HALLOWELL, Maine, Oct. 20 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued the following news release:

The life of Maine's single area code has been extended another three and a half years to September 2032, according to a semi-annual review by the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA). In April 2023, the predicted date when Maine would need to implement a second area code was early 2029.

While only about 38 percent of telephone numbering resources are . . .

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