PHILADELPHIA - The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission announced the assignment of 835 as a new area code that will eventually serve parts of the Philadelphia suburbs and the Lehigh Valley that use 610 and 484 area codes.The Commission voted 3-0 on Thursday to approve a petition filed by the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA).
The North American Numbering Plan Administrator is a third-party entity that allocates telephone numbering resources.The NANPA says the remaining supply of available telephone numbers in the 610/484 area is estimated to be exhausted in early 2023 Under the implementation plan approved by the PUC, no new 835 numbers will be assigned in the area until the remaining 610/484 numbers are completely.