Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oct. 19—Maine's only area code for phone calls is proving to be as resilient and stubborn as some of the people who live here.

Maine's sole area code, the iconic 207, will eventually lose that distinction. PHOTO / WILLIAM HALL Two-zero-seven, the area code that’s as synonymous with Maine as lobster or wild blueberries, has ...

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Maine’s 207 area code will be in service until at least the first quarter of 2050, the latest projection shows. That's the year that Carly Rae Jepsen, the Canadian singer-songwriter who released the ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A public commission examining whether Maine needs to add a new area code has determined it likely does, though it is asking telecommunications companies for more information.