A proliferation of wireless phones, pagers and Internet users is creating problems for Nebraska's 402 area code. While only about 34 percent of the 6.5 million telephone numbers in the 402 area code ...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska’s new 531 area code will soon be assigned to new phone lines in the eastern third of the state. Regulators say the new area code is needed because phone companies are close ...

The Young family is a household divided. Mom Michaela, dad Joseph and sister Finnley have phone numbers that begin with the 402 area code. But the phone number for Kylan’s brand-new birthday iPhone ...

OMAHA -- It's not clear exactly when eastern Nebraska will run out of phone numbers in its 402 area code, but state officials now have a plan to deal with it when it does. Nebraska's Public Service ...

Still, it’s kind of funny imagining an Omaha resident with a Los Angeles area code calling his wife, a couple of blocks away, at her 402 cellphone number. Ben Vu, who grew up in Nebraska, got a 310 ...