Tech Arkansas's 501 area code among 82 others that must dial 10 digits after Oct. 24 The 501 area code is among the 82 that will be making the move.

Beginning Sunday, landline users with a telephone number in the 501 area code will have to dial the 10-digit number — the area code plus the telephone number — for local calls to be completed ...

"When an area code transitions to 10-digit dialing, you will no longer be able to dial seven digits to make a local call." In Texas, the area codes included are 254, 361, 409, 806, 830, 915, 940.

The 501 area code region has already transitioned to 10-digit dialing. The Arkansas Public Service Commission originally adopted an overlay plan for the 870 area code in an order issued Dec. 11, 2009.

"There are, I think, about 80 cities within the 501 area code," Lampe said. From all the way up to Clinton and down to in Hot Springs, Searcy to Sherwood, there's a lot of planned things everywhere.

May 1 corresponds with the Central Arkansas 501 area code, so cities throughout the region held events and celebrations to mark 501 Day, an idea that the Downtown Little Rock Partnership came up with.

Arkansas had only one area code, 501, for decades until it was split into two areas _ 501 and 870 _ only four years ago, in 1997.

The Little Rock metropolitan area is covered by the 501 area code, while northwest Arkansas is in the 479 area code.Since September 2003, the telecommunications industry has been planning for the ...

In honor of 501 Day in central Arkansas,McDonald’s restaurants in the 501 area code will be giving out FREE Crispy Chicken Sandwiches to customers. It's a one-day deal available only through the ...