A large part of Connecticut on Saturday officially gets a new area code: 959. The code will cover the same geographic region now covered by the 860 area code, which is roughly all but the southwestern ...

The 860 area code is being phased out for new numbers moving forward in the region and a new 959 area code is being introduced in its place. This won't affect people who already have a phone with an ...

The new 959 area code is now a reality to overlay the 860 area code. Originally expected to be implemented in August 2014, the rollout was delayed because it wasn’t needed earlier. Michael Coyle, a ...

It’s hard to believe, but by Aug. 30 the state will run out of telephone exchanges in the 860 area code region, resulting in a new area code being assigned for all new telephone connections after that ...