Connecticut won a two-year fight to implement a specific area code for wireless and certain other phone numbers.
The Federal Communications Commission said the Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control could establish a separate area code for wireless and other non-geographic services.
The new area code, which will overlay the current 203 and 860 area codes, will apply only to new wireless subscribers. The overlay can only be used for wireless phone numbers for three years. After that, the area code must be opened to all telecom users.
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