Oct. 16—Maine’s famed 207 area code is projected to last over two years longer than previously thought, extending through the summer of 2036.
The state Public Utilities Commission announced the projection on Wednesday, citing findings from a review by the North American Numbering Plan Administrator. The last forecast, made in April, said the area code would be used up by the end of 2033.
The PUC is “working with companies to ensure they get the telephone numbers they need, while asking other companies to return numbers they don’t need,” Chairman Philip L. Bartlett II said in a release.
State utility regulators have been monitoring the area code that serves all of Maine for several years “as the number of service providers in Maine has been increasing significantly along with the volume of numbering requests,” the release said.
The so-called “exhaust date” of the 207 area code has been pushed back many times. In January 2021, forecasters projected it to expire in 2024.
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