AUSTIN -- The three numbers representing Austin had a good run. For more than 60 years, the greater Austin area often went by its area code of 512. Now, Austin's growth is giving it some competition.

It's all but official: 10-digit dialing for local calls is coming to Central Texas next year. The state's Public Utility Commission on Wednesday directed staffers to draft an order creating a second ...

Regulators have approved an additional area code for Central Texas that will require dialing all 10 phone digits. The Texas Public Utility Commission decision means the Austin area next July will have ...

512 area code 2-1-0 may today be synonymous with the Alamo City, but that wasn’t always the case. Beginning in October 1947, San Antonio (as well as Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Harlingen and McAllen) ...

Beginning Saturday, calling anyone in the 512 area code, even within the same area, will require dialing the entire number. That affects residents in 19 Central Texas counties where a new area code, ...